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Two Months Before NCAAs, DI Men’s Regional Rankings Taking Shape

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA

September 19, 2016

NEW ORLEANS – Two months from today, cross country teams from around the country will be lining up for the NCAA Division I Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. But before they get their shot at Cross Country Town USA, they’ll have to get through the regional championships eight days prior.
With only a handful of significant races so far this month, those regional races are still in the early stages of shaping up in the week two edition of the Men’s Regional Team Rankings announced Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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The top two teams in each of the nine regional championships on Friday, November 11, will get automatic berths to the NCAA Championships on November 19. Finishing order beyond the top-two teams will be a significant factor in determining at-large berths to Terre Haute.
Only one new men’s team managed to crack into their region’s top-two this week, as Columbia jumped up a couple spots to No. 2 in the Northeast behind defending national champion Syracuse.
The Lions only ran a “B” team this weekend at Iona, but were the beneficiaries of cooling expectations for a pair of regional foes. Columbia bypassed Iona at No. 3, while previous No. 2 Providence fell three spots following a runner-up finish to Dartmouth at the Boston College Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown.
For their efforts, the Big Green moved up to No. 4 as a result of the win, and could potentially break through into the National Coaches’ Poll top-30 on Tuesday.
The next-closest move to the top came out West, where No. 3 Boise State, No. 4 Portland and No. 5 Washington State all moved up a spot from last week. That trio’s rise came at the expense of Washington, which fell three spots from last time to No. 6. The Huskies finished second to WSU at their home Sundodger Invitational.
Elsewhere, both Georgia and Baylor jumped up three spots each to No. 4 in their respective South and South Central regions. Neither region has qualified at-large teams in recent years, making claiming the top-two spots at their respective championships of the utmost importance.
The full regional rankings can be seen below.
NCAA Division I Regional Championships will be held around the country on Friday, November 11 with the return of the NCAA Championships to Terre Haute, Indiana, eight days later.
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
2016 Week #2 — September 19
national poll release: September 20
next regional release: September 26
RAOR = Record against own region (since September 9, reported to TFRRS, races 7500 meters or longer)
GREAT LAKES Region
1	Indiana	—	Big Ten	2
2	Wisconsin	3-0 (-)	Big Ten	1
3	Michigan	2-1 (1-0)	Big Ten	3
4	Michigan State	—	Big Ten	4
5	Eastern Michigan	—	Mid-American	5
6	Notre Dame	—	ACC	6
7	IUPUI	—	Summit League	7
8	Purdue	3-0 (-)	Big Ten	9
9	Ohio State	3-0 (3-0)	Big Ten	10
10	Oakland	—	Horizon	11
11	Akron	—	Mid-American	8
12	Miami (Ohio)	—	Mid-American	12
13	Butler	—	Big East	13
14	Ohio	2-0 (1-0)	Mid-American	15
15	Indiana State	0-3 (0-1)	Missouri Valley	14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Michigan, 2014: Wisconsin, 2013: Michigan, 2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin


MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Georgetown	5-2 (5-0)	Big East	1
2	Penn	4-0 (4-0)	Ivy	2
3	Princeton	0-7 (0-5)	Ivy	3
4	Villanova	3-1 (3-1)	Big East	5
5	Navy	3-0 (3-0)	Patriot	6
6	Lehigh	4-3 (4-1)	Patriot	11
7	Penn State	3-4 (3-2)	Big Ten	4
8	Saint Joseph’s	2-5 (2-3)	Atlantic 10	7
9	La Salle	—	Atlantic 10	8
10	Bucknell	—	Patriot	10
11	Duquesne	—	Atlantic 10	12
12	Rutgers	1-6 (1-4)	Big Ten	13
13	Pittsburgh	3-4 (0-4)	ACC	14
14	Temple	6-4 (4-4)	American	15
15	George Washington	2-1 (2-1)	Atlantic 10	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Georgetown, 2014: Villanova, 2013: Villanova, 2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown


MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Oklahoma State	—	Big 12	1
2	Oklahoma	—	Big 12	2
3	Tulsa	—	American	3
4	Illinois	1-1 (-)	Big Ten	4
5	Iowa State	—	Big 12	5
6	Minnesota	—	Big Ten	6
7	Bradley	—	Missouri Valley	7
8	South Dakota State	3-2 (3-1)	Summit League	8
9	Kansas	—	Big 12	9
10	Wichita State	—	Missouri Valley	10
11	Missouri	—	SEC	11
12	Nebraska	—	Big Ten	12
13	Iowa	7-0 (7-0)	Big Ten	NR
14	UMKC	2-2 (2-2)	WAC	14
15	Eastern Illinois	6-1 (6-1)	Ohio Valley	13
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Oklahoma State, 2014: Oklahoma State, 2013: Oklahoma State, 2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, 2011: Oklahoma State


MOUNTAIN Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Northern Arizona	3-0 (-)	Big Sky	1
2	Colorado	—	Pac-12	2
3	UTEP	3-0 (3-0)	Conference USA	3
4	BYU	—	West Coast	4
5	Southern Utah	4-0 (3-0)	Big Sky	5
7	Air Force	—	Mountain West	7
8	New Mexico	—	Mountain West	8
9	Wyoming	1-3 (1-3)	Mountain West	9
10	Weber State	—	Big Sky	10
11	Utah Valley	0-3 (0-2)	WAC	11
12	Texas Tech	—	Big 12	12
13	Idaho State	—	Big Sky	13
14	Montana State	—	Big Sky	14
15	New Mexico State	—	WAC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Colorado, 2014: Colorado, 2013: Northern Arizona, 2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU


NORTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Syracuse	7-0 (1-0)	ACC	1
2	Providence	2-0 (2-0)	Big East	2
3	Iona	—	Metro Atlantic	3
4	Columbia	—	Ivy	4
5	Yale	5-0 (3-0)	Ivy	5
6	Cornell	6-1 (0-1)	Ivy	6
7	Dartmouth	—	Ivy	7
8	Brown	—	Ivy	8
9	Harvard	—	Ivy	9
10	Stony Brook	—	America East	10
11	Army West Point	—	Patriot	11
12	Binghamton	—	America East	15
13	Maine	—	America East	13
14	Connecticut	—	American	NR
15	Buffalo	—	Mid-American	12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Syracuse, 2014: Syracuse, 2013: Syracuse, 2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse,


SOUTH Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Mississippi	—	SEC	1
2	Florida State	—	ACC	2
3	Middle Tennessee	—	Conference USA	4
4	Alabama	—	SEC	7
5	Auburn	3-1 (-)	SEC	3
6	Florida	—	SEC	5
7	Georgia	—	SEC	6
8	Georgia Tech	—	ACC	8
9	Tennessee	—	SEC	9
10	Lipscomb	—	Atlantic Sun	10
11	Belmont	—	Ohio Valley	11
12	North Florida	—	Atlantic Sun	12
13	Mississippi State	—	SEC	13
14	Tennessee Tech	2-1 (1-0)	Ohio Valley	NR
15	ETSU	—	Southern	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Florida State, 2014: Mississippi, 2013: Georgia, 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State


SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Arkansas	—	SEC	1
2	Texas	4-0 (4-0)	Big 12	2
3	Texas A&M	3-0 (3-0)	SEC	3
4	UT Arlington	—	Sun Belt	6
5	Stephen F. Austin	8-7 (8-7)	Southland	4
6	North Texas	—	Conference USA	9
7	Baylor	—	Big 12	7
8	Texas State	11-1 (11-1)	Sun Belt	NR
9	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	11-1 (11-1)	Southland	13
10	Sam Houston State	2-2 (2-2)	Southland	15
11	McNeese State	—	Southland	8
12	Lamar	—	Southland	5
13	Rice	—	Conference USA	13
14	UTSA	1-2 (1-2)	Conference USA	12
15	Louisiana-Lafayette	—	Sun Belt	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Arkansas, 2014: Arkansas, 2013: Arkansas, 2012: Texas, 2011: Texas


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Eastern Kentucky	2-0 (1-0)	Ohio Valley	1
2	Virginia	2-0 (2-0)	ACC	2
3	NC State	—	ACC	5
4	Furman	4-0 (3-0)	Southern	4
5	Louisville	—	ACC	3
6	Virginia Tech	2-0 (2-0)	ACC	6
7	North Carolina	—	ACC	7
8	Campbell	—	Big South	9
9	Kentucky	0-2 (0-1)	SEC	10
10	Duke	1-2 (-)	ACC	8
11	William and Mary	4-0 (4-0)	Colonial	11
12	Appalachian State	—	Sun Belt	15
13	Davidson	—	Atlantic 10	13
14	George Mason	—	Atlantic 10	14
15	Liberty	—	Big South	12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Louisville, 2014: Virginia, 2013: Eastern Kentucky, 2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State


WEST Region
Rank	School	Overall (RAOR)	Conference	Last Week
1	Oregon	—	Pac-12	1
2	Stanford	3-3 (3-3)	Pac-12	2
3	Washington	—	Pac-12	3
4	Boise State	—	Mountain West	4
5	Portland	—	West Coast	5
6	Washington State	—	Pac-12	6
7	UCLA	4-0 (4-0)	Pac-12	7
8	California	—	Pac-12	8
9	San Francisco	5-1 (5-1)	West Coast	9
10	Cal Poly	—	Big West	10
11	Arizona State	—	Pac-12	11
12	UC Santa Barbara	—	Big West	12
13	Gonzaga	—	West Coast	13
14	St. Mary’s (Calif.)	2-4 (2-4)	West Coast	14
15	San Jose State	4-2 (4-2)	Mountain West	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Washington, 2014: Oregon, 2013: Stanford, 2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford