D1 XC Preseason National Rankings Are Out!
D1 XC Preseason National Rankings Are Out!
From USTFCCCA
NEW ORLEANS – Men’s defending national champion Wisconsin and the women of Oregon are the No. 1 teams in the country for the 2012 NCAA Division I cross country season according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national preseason coaches’ poll. Wisconsin won the national team crown in 2011 ahead of Oklahoma State and Colorado. Oregon’s women finished fifth a year ago and are No. 1 in the national poll for the first time since 2008.
United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association
Preseason National Cross Country Coaches Poll
MEN (first place votes)
1. Wisconsin (10)
2. Oklahoma State (1) 345
3. Brigham Young (1) 338
4. Oklahoma
5. Colorado
6. Texas
7. Portland
8. Iona
9. Stanford
10. Florida State
11. North Carolina State 226
12. Syracuse
13. Indiana
14. Georgetown
15. Texas A&M
16. Villanova
17. Northern Arizona 141
18. Minnesota
19. Michigan
20. Tulsa
21. Princeton
22. Oregon
23. Arkansas
24. New Mexico
25. Notre Dame
26. Washington State 71
27. Columbia
28. Georgia
29. Eastern Kentucky
30. UCLA
WOMEN (first place votes)
1. Oregon (4)
2. Washington (5) 343
3. Georgetown (2) 337
4. Florida State (1) 334
5. Iowa State
6. Vanderbilt
7. Providence
8. Stanford
9. Syracuse
10. Villanova
11. Arkansas
12. Michigan
13. Colorado
14. Arizona
15. Princeton
16. Boston College
17. Michigan State
18. Virginia
19. Weber State
20. San Francisco
21. West Virginia
22. Notre Dame
23. Toledo
24. Oklahoma State
25. North Carolina State 76
26. Texas
27. Minnesota