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Indiana Men Take Over the Great Lakes Region in Division I Regional Rankings
November 4, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – Outside of a big upset in the Big Ten, most of the top teams in the final U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Regional Rankings of the season performed up to their regional-favorite status during this past weekend’s conference championships.

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Indiana’s men (No. 24 nationally) took down the 14-time defending Big Ten Champion Wisconsin Badgers (No. 7) and Michigan (No. 16) to leap to the top spot in the Great Lakes Region, marking the only changing-of-the-guard among all the regions this week for both genders.

No new Regional Rankings will be published prior to regional championships on November 15, and the results of those meets will serve as the definitive season-end Regional Rankings.

A pair of men’s teams in Stanford (No. 13 nationally) and Georgia moved to the second spot in their respective West and South regions, while Florida was highest-profile mover and shaker in the women’s rankings with a jump to the second spot in the South Region.

With only the regional championships next weekend standing between now and the NCAA Championships on November 23, being one of the two top teams in the region is more important than ever. Only two teams from each region will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, while the remaining teams will hope for one of the 13 at-large spots.

Indiana is off that perceived bubble for now, jumping from third in the region to the top spot after its first Big Ten title in 33 years. First-year runner Jason Crist finished fifth to lead a quartet of Hoosiers to top-10 finishes to take the Big Ten crown in West Lafayette, Ind. — becoming the first school not named "Wisconsin" to win the conference in the 21st century, since 1999 to be precise. No other team finished with more than one top-10 runner.

Michigan finished second to remain second in the region, while the Badgers of Wisconsin dropped three spots from first to third. Wisconsin still holds an 11-year winning streak in the Great Lakes Region, which it will look to defend next weekend.

Stanford’s men (No. 13 nationally) may not have won their Pac-12 Conference meet, but the Cardinal’s third-place finish behind individual runner-up Jim Rosa to No. 1 Colorado and No. 4 Oregon — without their top Pre-Nationals finisher Sean McGorty, who did not finish — was good enough to bump them up to the second spot in the West Region.

Bumped out of that all-important second spot was Portland (No. 6 nationally), as the Pilots fell to BYU (No. 5) at the West Coast Conference Championships, 30-48, and dropped to third in the region. Arizona State made a big move to No. 4 in the region, up three spots following a fourth-place showing at the Pac-12.

BYU, meanwhile, also finds itself third in its loaded Mountain Region behind Colorado (No. 1 nationally) and Northern Arizona (No. 2 ) — victors in the Pac-12 and Big Sky, respectively — and just ahead of Mountain West champion New Mexico (No. 9). The men’s Mountain Region is the only region in the country, men or women, with four different conference champions occupying its top four spots.

The SEC Championships produced a pair of teams that moved into the second position in both the men’s and women’s South Region rankings. Georgia’s men took third at the meet just behind South Region favorite Florida (receiving votes nationally), 96-101. Florida’s women finished fourth at the meet to jump past three other SEC teams to the second spot in the region.

While Florida was the only women’s team to move into its region’s top two, a handful of women’s teams improved to third. Despite falling from a top-five national team in the preseason to now unranked, Duke moved one spot to third in the Southeast Region with a fifth-place showing at the ACCs.

West Virginia (receiving votes nationally) jumped two spots to third in the Midwest Region with a runner-up team showing at the Big 12 meet. SMU improved one spot to third in the South Central after winning the inaugural American Athletic Conference title in dominant fashion.

The Iowa State men were runners-up in the Big 12 over Texas (No. 29 nationally) and Oklahoma (No. 27 nationally) to improve one spot to third in the men’s Midwest Region.

USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning team strength with current-season results in determining predicted team finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships.

Regional Championships will be held Friday, November 15. More details can be found at Regional Championships Central.



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Week #6 — November 4
national poll release: November 5
next regional release: FINAL — NCAA Regional results, November 15

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 4
2 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 2
3 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 1
4 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 3
5 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 7
6 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 5
7 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 6
8 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 8
9 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 9
10 Akron Akron, Ohio Mid-American 11
11 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 13
12 Ohio Athens, Ohio Mid-American 14
13 Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Missouri Valley 12
14 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 10
15 IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind. Summit League 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin, 2010: Wisconsin, 2009: Wisconsin, 2008: Wisconsin
(Wisconsin has won 11-straight Great Lakes Region titles)


MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy 1
2 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East 2
3 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 3
4 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 4
5 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 6
6 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 5
7 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot 8
8 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 7
9 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 9
10 UMBC Catonsville, Md. America East 10
11 American Washington, D.C. Patriot 11
12 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 12
13 Rider Lawrenceville, N.J. Metro Atlantic 14
14 Monmouth West Long Branch, N.J. Metro Atlantic 13
15 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton, 2009: Georgetown, 2008: Georgetown


MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 1
2 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 2
3 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 4
4 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Big 12 3
5 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 6
6 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 5
7 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC 7
8 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 9
9 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12 8
10 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League 11
11 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley NR
12 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 15
13 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 13
14 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League NR
15 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 10
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, 2011: Oklahoma State, 2010: Oklahoma, 2009: Oklahoma State, 2008: Oklahoma State


MOUNTAIN Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 1
2 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 2
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 3
4 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 4
5 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 7
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 5
7 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 6
8 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky 9
9 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 8
10 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 10
11 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 11
12 UTEP El Paso,Texas Conference USA 12
13 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 13
14 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 14
15 Montana Missoula, Mont. Big Sky 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: BYU, 2008: Colorado


NORTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 1
2 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 2
3 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 3
4 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 4
5 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 6
6 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 5
7 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 7
8 Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. Northeast 8
9 Army West Point, N.Y. Patriot 11
10 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 10
11 Northeastern Boston, Mass. Colonial 9
12 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot 12
13 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 13
14 Binghamton Vestal, N.Y. America East NR
15 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Iona


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 1
2 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 3
3 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 2
4 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC 4
5 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 6
6 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC 5
7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 7
8 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 8
9 Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla. MEAC 9
10 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 11
11 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern 13
12 ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 10
13 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. American NR
14 Samford Birmingham, Ala. Southern 14
15 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Conference USA 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Alabama, 2009: Alabama, 2008: Alabama


SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC 1
2 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12 2
3 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 3
4 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 7
5 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 4
6 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA 8
7 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 5
8 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 6
9 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 9
10 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12 10
11 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Southland 11
12 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland 12
13 Ark.-Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Sun Belt 13
14 Houston Houston, Texas American 14
15 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas Southland NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Texas, 2011: Texas, 2010: Arkansas, 2009: Arkansas, 2008: Texas A&M


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 1
2 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC 2
3 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 3
4 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 6
5 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 4
6 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 7
7 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC 5
8 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 8
9 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 9
10 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South 11
11 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 10
12 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. Southern 12
13 High Point High Point, N.C. Big South NR
14 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 13
15 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Atlantic 10 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State, 2010: William and Mary, 2009: William and Mary, 2008: William and Mary


WEST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12 1
2 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 3
3 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 2
4 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 7
5 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 5
6 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 4
7 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 6
8 Washington State Pullman, Wash. Pac-12 14
9 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 8
10 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West 12
11 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 9
12 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast 11
13 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast 15
14 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 10
15 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 13
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford, 2010: Oregon, 2009: Stanford, 2008: Oregon



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Week #6 — November 4
national poll release: November 5
next regional release: FINAL — NCAA Regional results, November 15

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 1
2 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 2
3 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 3
4 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 5
5 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 9
6 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 4
7 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 6
8 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 8
9 Toledo Toledo, Ohio Mid-American 7
10 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 10
11 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio Big East 11
12 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 12
13 Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. Big East NR
14 Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio Horizon 15
15 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Michigan, 2011: Michigan, 2010: Michigan State, 2009: Notre Dame, 2008: Michigan


MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 1
2 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy 2
3 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. Big 12 5
4 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 3
5 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East 4
6 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 6
7 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot 7
8 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 8
9 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 10
10 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 15
11 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 14
12 Delaware Newark, Del. Colonial 9
13 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 13
14 American Washington, D.C. Patriot 11
15 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. ACC 12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Penn State, 2011: Georgetown/Villanova, 2010: Villanova, 2009: Villanova, 2008: Princeton/West Virginia


MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 1
2 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 2
3 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 3
4 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 10
5 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 7
6 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 5
7 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC 4
8 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 6
9 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12 8
10 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12 11
11 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League 14
12 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 12
13 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten 9
14 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley NR
15 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iowa State, 2011: Iowa State, 2010: Iowa State, 2009: Minnesota, 2008: Minnesota


MOUNTAIN Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 1
2 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 2
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 3
4 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 5
5 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 4
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 10
7 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12 7
8 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 6
9 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky 8
10 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 13
11 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 12
12 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 9
13 Montana Missoula, Mont. Big Sky 11
14 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 14
15 Nevada Reno, Nevada Mountain West NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Weber State, 2011: New Mexico/Colorado, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: Colorado, 2008: Texas Tech


NORTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 1
2 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 2
3 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 3
4 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 4
5 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 6
6 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ACC 5
7 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 7
8 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 8
9 New Hampshire Durham, N.H. America East 10
10 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 9
11 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American 11
12 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 12
13 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 13
14 Vermont Burlington, Vt. America East 14
15 Albany Albany, N.Y. America East 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Providence


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 1
2 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 6
3 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. SEC 2
4 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 4
5 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 9
6 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC 3
7 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 5
8 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 7
9 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 8
10 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 12
11 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC 10
12 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC 11
13 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Conference USA 13
14 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Conference USA NR
15 Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. Sun Belt 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Florida State, 2009: Florida, 2008: Florida State


SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC 1
2 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 2
3 SMU University Park, Texas American 4
4 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12 3
5 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 5
6 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12 9
7 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 6
8 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland 8
9 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA 7
10 Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. Sun Belt 10
11 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 11
12 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland NR
13 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas Southland 12
14 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 13
15 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas, 2009: SMU, 2008: Arkansas


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 1
2 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 2
3 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 4
4 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 5
5 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC 3
6 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 9
7 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC 6
8 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 8
9 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 7
10 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 10
11 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 11
12 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 13
13 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. Southern 12
14 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern 14
15 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. SEC 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia


WEST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 1
2 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 2
3 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12 3
4 San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. West Coast 4
5 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 5
6 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 6
7 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 7
8 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 9
9 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 11
10 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 10
11 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 13
12 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast 12
13 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 8
14 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West 14
15 Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. Pac-12 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington




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