2017 NCAA DIII Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 6

NEW ORLEANS – The biggest weekend of the regular season shook up the most recent NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
A number of ranked teams competed across the nation, which allowed the pollsters to dissect performances and know which teams are rounding into shape with the postseason weeks away.

NCAA Division III National Coaches’ Poll Top 5 – Men
1)	2)	t3)	t3)	5)
North Central (Ill.)	UW-La Crosse	SUNY Geneseo	Haverford	Pomona-Pitzer

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North Central (Ill.) is the unanimous No. 1 once again and there was very little doubt that would be the case after the de facto Pre-National Invitational this past weekend. The Cardinals steamrolled the loaded field on their way to a 103-point win over then-No. 2 SUNY Geneseo. North Central (Ill.) put its entire scoring lineup in the top-15, led by Dhruvil Patel.
UW-La Crosse is the new No. 2 following a stellar effort at its own Jim Drews Invitational. The Eagles finished runner-up to Iowa Central CC, but beat the closest NCAA DIII team – which was then-No. 33 St. Olaf – by 134 points (35-169). Five of UW-La Crosse’s runners finished in the top-10 and all seven of them were in the top-20.
The aforementioned Knights fell into a third-place tie with Haverford, while Pomona-Pitzer rounded out the top-5 for the third week in a row.
Amherst and Loras are locked in a tie for sixth place. The Mammoths moved up one spot after beating then-No. 14 Williams at the Little 3 Championships. The Duhakws soared five spots from Week 5 to Week 6 thanks to a fourth-place finish at the Pre-National Invitational.
Speaking of the Pre-National Invitational, the rankings seem to follow how teams placed on the Principia Cross Country Course. No. 9 Washington (Mo.) finished right ahead of No. 10 MIT in fifth, which edged No. 11 Christopher Newport, which beat No. 14 Johns Hopkins and so on and so forth.
There were four teams that went from being unranked to the top-35: No. 22 York (Pa.), No. 23 Chicago, No. 26 Connecticut College and No. 32 DePauw. This is the first time in program history that York (Pa.) has been ranked, the second time in program history for Connecticut College and the first time since 2006 for DePauw.
There will only be two more National Coaches’ Polls released this season: November 1 and November 14. The former will be after the conclusion of conference championships and the latter right before the 2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.

NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2017 Week 6 - October 18th

RANK	TEAM & INFO	PTS	CHANGE
1	NORTH CENTRAL (ILL.) Midwest Region (1) CCIW Al Carius (52nd)	280 (8 fpv)	(LW: 1)
2	UW-LA CROSSE Midwest Region (2) WIAC Derek Stanley (6th)	264	▲ 1 (LW: 3)
3	SUNY GENESEO Atlantic Region (1) SUNYAC Dan Moore (3rd)	263	▼ 1 (LW: 2)
3	HAVERFORD Mideast Region (1) Centennial Tom Donnelly (43rd)	263	▲ 1 (LW: 4)
5	POMONA-PITZER West Region (1) SCIAC Jordan Carpenter (1st)	250	(LW: 5)
6	AMHERST New England Region (1) NESCAC Stephen Rubin (1st)	234	▲ 1 (LW: 7)
6	LORAS Central Region (1) IIAC Bob Schultz (13th)	234	▲ 5 (LW: 11)
8	RPI Atlantic Region (2) Liberty League John Lynch (7th)	228	▼ 2 (LW: 6)
9	WASHINGTON (MO.) Midwest Region (3) UAA Jeff Stiles (17th)	216	▼ 1 (LW: 8)
10	MIT New England Region (2) NEWMAC Halston Taylor (36th)	208	▲ 2 (LW: 12)
11	CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT South/Southeast Region (1) CAC Sarah Lagasse (1st)	195	▼ 2 (LW: 9)
12	CARNEGIE MELLON Mideast Region (2) UAA Tim Connelly (3rd)	193	▲ 4 (LW: 16)
13	WILLIAMS New England Region (3) NESCAC Pete Farwell (39th)	186	▲ 1 (LW: 14)
14	JOHNS HOPKINS Mideast Region (3) Centennial Bobby Van Allen (19th)	177	▲ 3 (LW: 17)
15	CALVIN Great Lakes Region (1) Michigan Intercollegiate Brian Diemer (32nd)	168	▼ 5 (LW: 10)
16	WARTBURG Central Region (2) IIAC Ryan Chapman (2nd)	158	▼ 1 (LW: 15)
17	MIDDLEBURY New England Region (4) NESCAC Nicole Wilkerson (7th)	152	▲ 1 (LW: 18)
18	UW-EAU CLAIRE Midwest Region (4) WIAC Dan Schwamberger (11th)	147	▼ 5 (LW: 13)
19	OHIO NORTHERN Great Lakes Region (2) OAC Jason Maus (12th)	136	▲ 5 (LW: 24)
20	OCCIDENTAL West Region (2) SCIAC Robert Bartlett (13th)	125	(LW: 20)
21	UW-STOUT Midwest Region (5) WIAC Matt Schauf (11th)	115	▼ 2 (LW: 19)
22	YORK (PA.) Mideast Region (4) CAC Stephen LoBianco (5th)	109	NR
23	CHICAGO Midwest Region (6) UAA Chris Hall (17th)	95	NR
24	RHODES South/Southeast Region (2) SAA Robert Shankman (27th)	89	(LW: 24)
25	CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS West Region (3) SCIAC John Goldhammer (34th)	86	▼ 3 (LW: 22)
26	CONNECTICUT COLLEGE New England Region (5) NESCAC Luke Maher (1st)	84	NR
27	ST. LAWRENCE Atlantic Region (3) Liberty League John Newman (17th)	82	▼ 1 (LW: 26)
28	BATES New England Region (6) NESCAC Al Fereshetian (23rd)	62	▼ 7 (LW: 21)
29	NYU Atlantic Region (4) UAA Erison Hurtault (2nd)	56	▲ 3 (LW: 32)
30	ST. OLAF Central Region (3) MIAC Phil Lundin (10th)	52	▲ 3 (LW: 33)
31	UW-PLATTEVILLE Midwest Region (7) WIAC Tom Antczak (25th)	39	▼ 4 (LW: 27)
32	DEPAUW Great Lakes Region (3) NCAC Kori Stoffregen (22nd)	31	NR
33	ROWAN Atlantic Region (5) NJAC Dustin Dimit (4th)	29	▼ 10 (LW: 23)
34	NEBRASKA WESLEYAN Central Region (4) IIAC Ted Bulling (28th)	16	▼ 5 (LW: 29)
35	EMORY South/Southeast Region (3) UAA John Curtin (33rd)	7	▼ 5 (LW: 30)

Also Receiving Votes: Otterbein 6, SUNY Oneonta 3, Carleton 2
Dropped Out: No. 28 Brandeis, No. 31 Albion, No. 34 Dickinson, No. 35 Case Western Reserve, No. 35 Messiah, No. 35 Tufts

USTFCCCA 2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country
Rankings & Polls Calendar

Weeks	Region Rankings	National Coaches' Poll	KEY DATES
Preseason	Tue 8/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 8/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Sep. 1: Earliest Contest
Week 1	Tue 9/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 9/13 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 9/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 9/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Sep. 23: 'Late-Season' begins
Week 3	Tue 9/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 9/27 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 10/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 10/4 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 10/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 10/11 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 10/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Wed 10/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Oct. 28-29: Conference Champs
Week 7	Tue 10/31	Wed 11/1	Nov. 11: NCAA Regionals
Week 8		Tue 11/14	Nov. 18: NCAA Champs
FINAL Results	Sat 11/11	Sat 11/18