Wednesday, September 28, 2016

NCAA DII Men’s National Coaches’ Poll Shifts After Griak

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NCAA DII Men’s National Coaches’ Poll Shifts After Griak


By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
September 28, 2016   



NEW ORLEANS – While certainly not as eventful as last week’s NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, this week’s edition has its fair share of changes – mostly as a result of the Roy Griak Invitational.
Each of the top six teams in the poll announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) remained stationary from a week ago, but several other teams farther down the top-25 list made big moves after big weekends in Minnesota.
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NCAA Division II National Coaches’ Poll Top 5 – Men

1)Colorado Mines2)Grand Valley State3)Adams State4)Chico State5)Cal Poly Pomona
Colorado MinesGVSUAdams StateChico StateCal Poly Pomona
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Defending national champion No. 1 Colorado Mines remained atop the poll with seven first-place votes, while Grand Valley State checked in once again at No. 2 with the remaining first-place nod.
Rounding out the top-six were No. 3 Adams State, No. 4 Chico State, No. 5 Cal Poly Pomona and Griak Champion No. 6 Augustana (S.D.).
While the Griak-winning Vikings weren’t able to move up, the two teams directly behind them in the standings did make significant gains.
Runner-up UC San Diego jumped up seven spots to No. 14, while third-place Black Hills State went from receiving votes outside the top-25 all the way to No. 17. That mark is tied for the highest in program history; the Yellow Jackets were also No. 17 last year in week five.
The Les Bolstad Golf Course wasn’t as kind to fifth-place Western Washington and sixth-place MSU Moorhead, however. The Vikings dropped seven spots to No. 21, while the Dragons fell six to No. 24.
Also new to the poll this year was No. 23 Bentley. Coming off a win at the Trevecca Nazarene DII Showcase Invitational, the men made their highest appearance in the poll since week seven of the 2012 season.
See the full poll below.
The USTFCCCA National Coaches’ Poll for DII ranks the top 25 teams in the country. Voting panel of eight consists of the eight regional representatives, per gender.

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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll

2016 Week #3 — September 28

next poll: October 5
RankInstitution (FPV)PointsRegion (CR)ConferenceHead Coach (Yr*)
Last
Week
1Colorado Mines (7)199South Central (1)RMACChris Siemers (5th)
1
2Grand Valley State (1)190Midwest (1)GLIACJerry Baltes (18th)
2
3Adams State187South Central (2)RMACDamon Martin (22nd)
3
4Chico State176West (1)CCAAGary Towne (21st)
4
5Cal Poly Pomona159West (2)CCAAOctavious Gillespie-Bennett (5th)
5
6Augustana (S.D.)157Central (1)NSICTracy Hellman (16th)
6
7Western State152South Central (3)RMACJennifer Michel (10th)
8
8Shippensburg149Atlantic (1)PSACSteve Spence (19th)
7
9Alaska Anchorage135West (3)GNACMichael Friess (27th)
9
10Hillsdale126Midwest (2)GLIACAndrew Towne (3rd)
11
11CSU-Pueblo124South Central (4)RMACMatt Morris (4th)
10
12Southern Indiana103Midwest (3)GLVCMike Hillyard (19th)
13
13Mount Olive97Southeast (1)Conf. CarolinasMatt Van Lierop (8th)
12
14UC San Diego89West (4)CCAANate Garcia (10th)
21
15Lee (Tenn.)78South (1)Gulf SouthCaleb Morgan (3rd)
15
16Lock Haven68Atlantic (2)PSACAaron Russell (19th)
16
17Black Hills State67South Central (5)RMACScott Walkinshaw (19th)
RV
18American International61East (1)Northeast-10Leo Mayo (11th)
19
19Missouri Southern59Central (2)MIAABryan Schiding (4th)
22
20Saginaw Valley State52Midwest (4)GLIACRod Cowan (7th)
20
21Western Washington50West (5)GNACPee Wee Halsell (30th)
14
22West Texas A&M26South Central (6)Lone StarDarren Flowers (8th)
17
23Bentley19East (2)Northeast-10Kevin Curtin (6th)
NR
24MSU Moorhead18Central (3)NSICRyan Milner (6th)
18
25Cal Baptist17West (6)PacWestBen Gall (5th)
25
25Bellarmine17Midwest (5)GLVCJim Vargo (17th)
24
Also Receiving Votes: Stonehill 10, Edinboro 6, Simon Fraser 3, Walsh 3, Harding 2, Queens (N.C.) 1
Dropped Out: No. 23 Stonehill
(* year as head coach of that team in men’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)


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