Movement in DI Regional Rankings After First Countable Weekend

By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA

September 28, 2015   

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NEW ORLEANS – The first countable weekend in NCAA Division I Cross Country brought some changes to the Regional Team Rankings in both the men’s and women’s poll, as released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). While there was no movement at the top, there was a litany of swapped spots throughout the heart of each survey.
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Starting on the men’s side, the only region that remained untouched was that of the Mid-Atlantic Region. No. 1 Villanova still sits on top with the remaining 14 teams – from No. 2 Georgetown to No. 15 Temple – all in the same order.
As expected, however, the Mountain Region underwent some renovations following the announcement that Northern Arizona would redshirt Futsum Zienasellassie (third-place finisher at NCAAs last year) and Nathan Weitz. The Lumberjacks fell from No. 2 to No. 6, while BYU (No. 3 to No. 2) and New Mexico (No. 4 to No. 3) shifted up one spot and Southern Utah (No. 6 to No. 4) climbed two spots after another strong showing at the Roy Griak Invitational.
There were a few teams, like the Thunderbirds, who trended quite a bit upward after the weekend’s meets. Missouri surged seven spots in the Midwest Region (No. 14 to No. 7), Liberty went up six spots in the Southeast Region (No. 15 to No. 9) and Georgia went from No. 6 to No. 2 in the South Region.
And just like the men’s side, the only non-changed region on the women’s side is the Mid-Atlantic Region. No. 1 Georgetown, fresh off a third-place finish at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, is followed in order by every team from last week.
The Southeast Region looks different with 10 teams taking up residence in a new spot. The biggest movers and shakers in that region were Clemson (No. 10 to No. 5), Appalachian State (No. 8 to No. 6) and Coastal Carolina (No. 11 to No. 7). Eastern Kentucky and Kentucky both fell more than five spots.
Six teams from the Ivy League are in the top-10 of the Northeast Region, including five in a row from No. 3 to No. 7 (Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth, Columbia and Brown). Both Cornell and Harvard went up more than two spots from the previous week.
In total, there are six new additions to the Regional Team Rankings – six men’s teams and five women’s teams. The new men’s teams are Houston Baptist, Sam Houston State, UMass Lowell (second-ever appearance), Kansas State (first-ever appearance), San Francisco and Long Beach State. The new women’s teams are LSU, McNeese State, Albany, Kansas State and Sacramento State.
NCAA Division I Regional Championships will be held around the country on Friday, November 13 with the national meet occurring eight days later in Louisville, Kentucky.
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 teams’ strength with current season results (if applicable) in determining predicted team finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Men’s Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2015 Week #3 — September 28
national poll release: September 29
next regional release: October 5
RAOR = Result against own region (since September 25, reported to TFRRS)
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Wisconsin	—	Big Ten	1
2	Michigan	—	Big Ten	2
3	Michigan State	21-0 (2-0)	Big Ten	3
4	Eastern Michigan	—	Mid-American	4
5	IUPUI	—	Summit League	5
6	Indiana State	—	Missouri Valley	6
7	Indiana	—	Big Ten	7
8	Purdue	18-2 (0-0)	Big Ten	12
9	Akron	—	Mid-American	8
10	Ohio State	—	Big Ten	9
11	Notre Dame	—	ACC	10
12	Butler	8-7 (0-0)	Big East	11
13	Central Michigan	6-15 (1-1)	Mid-American	13
14	Cincinnati	—	American	14
15	Milwaukee	—	Horizon	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Wisconsin, 2013: Michigan, 2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin, 2010: Wisconsin
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Villanova	—	Big East	1
2	Georgetown	—	Big East	2
3	Penn State	—	Big Ten	3
4	Princeton	—	Ivy	4
5	Navy	—	Patriot	5
6	Penn	—	Ivy	6
7	UMBC	—	America East	7
8	Saint Joseph’s	—	Atlantic 10	8
9	Duquesne	—	Atlantic 10	9
10	Bucknell	—	Patriot	10
11	Lehigh	—	Patriot	11
12	Monmouth	—	Metro Atlantic	12
13	Pittsburgh	8-13 (0-0)	ACC	13
14	La Salle	—	Atlantic 10	14
15	Temple	—	American	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Villanova, 2013: Villanova, 2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton
MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Oklahoma State	5-0 (2-0)	Big 12	1
2	Iowa State	—	Big 12	2
3	Oklahoma	14-1 (0-0)	Big 12	6
4	Minnesota	17-4 (4-0)	Big Ten	3
5	Tulsa	—	American	4
6	Illinois	—	Big Ten	5
7	Missouri	13-2 (0-0)	SEC	14
8	Bradley	—	Missouri Valley	7
9	South Dakota State	14-7 (3-1)	Summit League	8
10	Illinois State	—	Missouri Valley	9
11	Iowa	—	Big Ten	10
12	Kansas	—	Big 12	11
13	Wichita State	—	Missouri Valley	12
14	Loyola-Chicago	—	Missouri Valley	13
15	Kansas State	2-3 (1-1)	Big 12	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Oklahoma State, 2013: Oklahoma State, 2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State,2011: Oklahoma State, 2010: Oklahoma
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Colorado	—	Pac-12	1
2	BYU	—	West Coast	3
3	New Mexico	—	Mountain West	4
4	Southern Utah	20-1 (5-0)	Big Sky	6
5	Colorado State	18-3 (4-1)	Mountain West	5
6	Northern Arizona	3-2 (0-0)	Big Sky	2
7	UTEP	—	Conference USA	7
8	Air Force	—	Mountain West	9
9	Wyoming	13-8 (3-2)	Mountain West	10
10	Utah Valley	11-10 (2-3)	WAC	12
11	Utah State	9-12 (1-4)	Mountain West	11
12	Weber State	1-20 (0-5)	Big Sky	8
13	Montana State	—	Big Sky	13
14	Texas Tech	—	Big 12	14
15	New Mexico State	—	WAC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Colorado, 2013: Northern Arizona, 2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU, 2010: New Mexico
NORTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Syracuse	20-0 (17-0)	ACC	1
2	Iona	—	Metro Atlantic	2
3	Providence	—	Big East	3
4	Columbia	—	Ivy	5
5	Dartmouth	19-1 (16-1)	Ivy	6
6	Cornell	18-3 (16-2)	Ivy	4
7	Yale	12-3 (1-0)	Ivy	7
8	Canisius	—	Metro Atlantic	9
9	Harvard	15-5 (14-3)	Ivy	8
10	Brown	13-7 (13-4)	Ivy	10
11	Boston University	12-8 (12-5)	Patriot	11
12	Fordham	11-9 (11-6)	Atlantic 10	15
13	UMass Lowell	10-11 (10-8)	America East	NR
14	Binghamton	—	America East	13
15	Buffalo	—	Mid-American	14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Syracuse, 2013: Syracuse, 2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse
SOUTH Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Mississippi	—	SEC	1
2	Georgia	16-4 (1-0)	SEC	6
3	Florida State	14-6 (0-1)	ACC	2
4	Middle Tennessee	—	Conference USA	3
5	North Florida	—	Atlantic Sun	4
6	Florida	—	SEC	5
7	Georgia Tech	—	ACC	7
8	Auburn	9-6 (1-0)	SEC	8
9	Lipscomb	—	Atlantic Sun	9
10	South Alabama	—	Sun Belt	10
11	Alabama	1-4 (0-0)	SEC	11
12	Samford	2-4 (1-2)	Southern	12
13	Tennessee	—	SEC	13
14	Mississippi State	5-10 (0-1)	SEC	14
15	ETSU	—	Southern	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Mississippi, 2013: Georgia, 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Alabama
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Arkansas	—	SEC	1
2	Texas	15-0 (14-0)	Big 12	2
3	North Texas	14-1 (13-1)	Conference USA	3
4	Texas A&M	12-3 (12-2)	SEC	7
5	Stephen F. Austin	11-4 (11-3)	Southland	5
6	Lamar	10-5 (10-4)	Southland	4
7	Houston	9-6 (9-5)	American	8
8	UT Arlington	8-7 (8-6)	Sun Belt	6
9	McNeese State	7-8 (7-7)	Southland	9
10	Baylor	6-4 (0-0)	Big 12	11
11	Houston Baptist	6-9 (6-8)	Southland	NR
12	Sam Houston State	5-0 (5-0)	Southland	NR
13	Central Arkansas	8-13 (6-10)	Southland	10
14	Tulane	—	American	14
15	Texas State	—	Sun Belt	12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Arkansas, 2013: Arkansas, 2012: Texas, 2011: Texas, 2010: Arkansas
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Virginia	15-0 (9-0)	ACC	1
2	Furman	13-2 (8-1)	Southern	2
3	NC State	—	ACC	4
4	Eastern Kentucky	10-5 (6-3)	Ohio Valley	3
5	North Carolina	—	ACC	5
6	Louisville	—	ACC	6
7	Virginia Tech	—	ACC	7
8	Kentucky	4-1 (0-0)	SEC	8
9	Liberty	7-8 (5-4)	Big South	15
10	High Point	6-9 (4-5)	Big South	9
11	Duke	—	ACC	11
12	William and Mary	—	Colonial	12
13	Appalachian State	—	Sun Belt	13
14	George Mason	—	Atlantic 10	14
15	Wake Forest	4-11 (3-6)	ACC	10
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Virginia, 2013: Eastern Kentucky, 2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State, 2010: William and Mary
WEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Stanford	10-0 (8-0)	Pac-12	1
2	Oregon	—	Pac-12	2
3	UCLA	—	Pac-12	3
4	Arizona State	—	Pac-12	4
5	California	19-2 (5-0)	Pac-12	5
6	Portland	—	West Coast	6
7	Washington State	—	Pac-12	7
8	Washington	—	Pac-12	8
9	Boise State	16-5 (4-1)	Mountain West	9
10	UC Santa Barbara	—	Big West	10
11	San Francisco	15-6 (3-2)	West Coast	NR
12	Cal Poly	9-1 (7-1)	Big West	11
13	Gonzaga	—	West Coast	12
14	Long Beach State	10-11 (2-3)	Big West	NR
15	St. Mary’s (Calif.)	—	West Coast	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Oregon, 2013: Stanford, 2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford, 2010: Oregon

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Women’s Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2015 Week #3 — September 28
national poll release: September 29
next regional release: October 5
RAOR = Result against own region (since September 25, reported to TFRRS)
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Michigan	—	Big Ten	1
2	Wisconsin	—	Big Ten	3
3	Michigan State	23-1 (2-0)	Big Ten	2
4	Notre Dame	—	ACC	4
5	Purdue	20-3 (0-0)	Big Ten	8
6	Indiana	—	Big Ten	5
7	Ohio State	—	Big Ten	6
8	Eastern Michigan	9-5 (0-0)	Mid-American	7
9	Toledo	—	Mid-American	9
10	Butler	—	Big East	10
11	Bowling Green	—	Mid-American	11
12	Central Michigan	12-12 (1-1)	Mid-American	12
13	Miami (Ohio)	—	Mid-American	13
14	Indiana State	—	Missouri Valley	14
15	Xavier	—	Big East	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Michigan State, 2013: Michigan, 2012: Michigan, 2011: Michigan, 2010: Michigan State
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Georgetown	21-2 (0-0)	Big East	1
2	Penn State	—	Big Ten	2
3	West Virginia	—	Big 12	3
4	Villanova	—	Big East	4
5	Princeton	—	Ivy	5
6	Penn	—	Ivy	6
7	Bucknell	—	Patriot	7
8	Duquesne	—	Atlantic 10	8
9	Navy	—	Patriot	9
10	Rutgers	—	Big Ten	10
11	George Washington	—	Atlantic 10	11
12	Rider	—	Metro Atlantic	12
13	Monmouth	—	Metro Atlantic	13
14	Pittsburgh	11-13 (0-0)	ACC	14
15	Maryland	—	Big Ten	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Georgetown, 2013: Villanova, 2012: Penn State, 2011: Georgetown/Villanova,2010: Villanova
MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Iowa State	7-17 (4-4)	Big 12	1
2	Minnesota	22-2 (8-0)	Big Ten	2
3	Oklahoma State	5-0 (2-0)	Big 12	3
4	Bradley	—	Missouri Valley	4
5	Tulsa	—	American	5
6	Missouri	14-1 (0-0)	SEC	8
7	Oklahoma	10-4 (0-0)	Big 12	7
8	Illinois	17-7 (7-1)	Big Ten	9
9	Loyola-Chicago	—	Missouri Valley	11
10	Illinois State	—	Missouri Valley	12
11	South Dakota	15-9 (6-2)	Summit League	6
12	Iowa	—	Big Ten	13
13	Wichita State	—	Missouri Valley	14
14	Kansas	—	Big 12	15
15	Kansas State	1-4 (1-1)	Big 12	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Iowa State, 2013: Iowa State, 2012: Iowa State, 2011: Iowa State, 2010: Iowa State
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	New Mexico	—	Mountain West	1
2	Colorado	—	Pac-12	2
3	BYU	—	West Coast	3
4	Weber State	21-3 (5-0)	Big Sky	5
5	Northern Arizona	3-2 (0-0)	Big Sky	4
6	Colorado State	19-5 (4-1)	Mountain West	6
7	Utah	—	Pac-12	7
8	Wyoming	18-6 (3-2)	Mountain West	8
9	Utah State	16-8 (2-3)	Mountain West	10
10	Montana State	—	Big Sky	9
11	UTEP	—	Conference USA	11
12	Idaho State	—	Big Sky	12
13	Montana	—	Big Sky	13
14	Air Force	—	Mountain West	14
15	Nevada	—	Mountain West	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Colorado, 2013: Colorado, 2012: Weber State, 2011: New Mexico/Colorado,2010: New Mexico
NORTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Providence	23-0 (18-0)	Big East	1
2	Syracuse	22-1 (17-1)	ACC	2
3	Cornell	—	Ivy	5
4	Harvard	17-6 (16-2)	Ivy	7
5	Dartmouth	16-7 (15-3)	Ivy	3
6	Columbia	—	Ivy	6
7	Brown	15-8 (14-4)	Ivy	10
8	New Hampshire	14-9 (13-5)	America East	4
9	Boston College	13-10 (12-6)	ACC	9
10	Yale	11-3 (1-0)	Ivy	11
11	Connecticut	12-11 (11-7)	American	8
12	Iona	—	Metro Atlantic	12
13	Albany	11-12 (10-8)	America East	NR
14	Stony Brook	10-13 (9-9)	America East	13
15	Sacred Heart	—	Northeast	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Iona, 2013: Providence, 2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse
SOUTH Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Vanderbilt	—	SEC	1
2	Alabama	4-1 (0-0)	SEC	2
3	Lipscomb	19-4 (2-0)	Atlantic Sun	4
4	Mississippi State	13-1 (1-0)	SEC	3
5	Florida State	18-5 (1-1)	ACC	5
6	Florida	—	SEC	6
7	Auburn	12-2 (0-1)	SEC	7
8	Mississippi	—	SEC	9
9	Belmont	—	Ohio Valley	10
10	Georgia	9-14 (0-2)	SEC	8
11	Georgia Tech	—	ACC	11
12	North Florida	—	Atlantic Sun	12
13	Florida Gulf Coast	—	Atlantic Sun	13
14	USF	—	American	14
15	Middle Tennessee	—	Conference USA	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Vanderbilt, 2013: Florida State, 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Florida State
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Arkansas	—	SEC	1
2	Texas	15-0 (14-0)	Big 12	2
3	SMU	—	American	4
4	Baylor	—	Big 12	3
5	Texas A&M	12-3 (12-2)	SEC	5
6	Stephen F. Austin	11-4 (11-3)	Southland	8
7	Rice	10-5 (10-4)	Conference USA	6
8	Lamar	9-6 (9-5)	Southland	9
9	UT Arlington	8-7 (8-6)	Sun Belt	13
10	Arkansas State	4-2 (2-0)	Sun Belt	10
11	LSU	7-8 (7-7)	SEC	NR
12	North Texas	5-10 (5-9)	Conference USA	7
13	McNeese State	6-9 (6-8)	Southland	NR
14	Houston	4-11 (4-10)	American	15
15	TCU	3-12 (3-11)	Big 12	11
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Arkansas, 2013: Arkansas, 2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	NC State	—	ACC	1
2	Virginia	14-0 (8-0)	ACC	3
3	William and Mary	—	Colonial	2
4	North Carolina	—	ACC	4
5	Clemson	—	ACC	10
6	Appalachian State	—	Sun Belt	8
7	Coastal Carolina	8-6 (7-1)	Big South	11
8	Wake Forest	7-7 (6-2)	ACC	9
9	Furman	6-8 (5-3)	Southern	6
10	Duke	—	ACC	12
11	Eastern Kentucky	5-9 (4-4)	Ohio Valley	5
12	Kentucky	2-3 (0-0)	SEC	7
13	Richmond	—	Atlantic 10	13
14	South Carolina	—	SEC	14
15	James Madison	—	Colonial	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: William and Mary, 2013: Virginia, 2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia
WEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Stanford	10-0 (9-0)	Pac-12	1
2	Oregon	—	Pac-12	2
3	Boise State	24-0 (4-0)	Mountain West	4
4	Washington	—	Pac-12	3
5	California	20-4 (3-1)	Pac-12	5
6	UCLA	—	Pac-12	6
7	Arizona State	—	Pac-12	7
8	Cal Poly	9-1 (8-1)	Big West	11
9	Gonzaga	—	West Coast	9
10	Portland	—	West Coast	10
11	Arizona	14-10 (2-2)	Pac-12	14
12	San Francisco	13-11 (1-3)	West Coast	12
13	UC Davis	8-2 (7-2)	Big West	8
14	Washington State	—	Pac-12	13
15	Sacramento State	7-3 (6-3)	Big Sky	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2014: Oregon, 2013: Arizona, 2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington

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