USTFCCCA ::: DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: Week 1

Sep 11, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: Week 1
September 11, 2012

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week one regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the top ranks this week is Bates' men's squad in the New England region.

Top regional men's teams include SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), St. Olaf (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Haverford (Mideast), North Central (Ill.) (Midwest), Bates (New England), Lynchburg (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West). No. 1-ranked women's teams in the preseason are SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Washington (Mo.) (Midwest), Middlebury (New England), Emory (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West).

NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 10. NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central.

USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region's coaches (each region varies).

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- September 11
national poll release: September 12
next regional release: Tuesday, September 18

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	1
2	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	5
5	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty League	4
6	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	6
7	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	7
8	SUNY Fredonia	Fredonia, N.Y.	SUNYAC	10
9	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	9
10	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	8


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	1
2	Loras	Dubuque, Iowa	IIAC	2
3	Central (Iowa)	Pella, Iowa	IIAC	6
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	3
5	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	5
6	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	NR
7	Bethel (Minn.)	Arden Hills, Minn.	MIAC	4
8	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	7
9	Saint John's (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	8
10	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	10


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Wabash	Crawfordsville, Ind.	NCAC	2
3	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	3
4	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	7
5	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	8
6	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	9
7	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	5
8	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	10
9	Albion	Albion, Mich.	MIAA	4
10	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	NCAC	NR


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	1
2	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	2
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	4
4	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	3
5	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	5
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	6
7	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	7
8	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	10
9	Gwynedd-Mercy	Gwynedd Valley, Pa.	Colonial States	8
10	York (Pa.)	York, Pa.	CAC	9


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	1
2	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	3
3	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	2
4	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	8
5	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	4
6	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	5
7	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
8	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	9
9	UW-Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	7
10	UW-Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	10


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	2
2	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	1
3	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	3
4	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	4
5	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	6
6	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	5
7	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	8
8	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	7
9	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	10
10	Springfield (Mass.)	Springfield, Mass.	NEWMAC	9


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	1
2	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	2
3	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	3
4	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	4
5	UT Tyler	Tyler, Texas	ASC	5
6	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	6
7	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	7
8	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	8
9	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	9
10	Roanoke	Salem, Va.	ODAC	10


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	2
3	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	3
4	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	4
5	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest	NR
6	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	10
7	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	8
8	La Verne	La Verne, Calif.	SCIAC	6
9	Pacific (Ore.)	Forest Grove, Ore.	Northwest	7
10	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	9

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- September 11
national poll release: September 12
next regional release: Tuesday, September 18

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	1
2	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	2
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	6
3	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	3
5	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	4
6	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	8
7	Vassar	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Liberty League	5
8	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	NR
9	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	7
10	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	NR


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	1
2	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	2
3	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	3
4	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	5
5	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	4
6	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	6
7	St. Benedict	St. Joseph, Minn.	MIAC	9
8	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	8
9	Gustavus Adolphus	St. Peter, Minn.	MIAC	7
10	Concordia Moorhead	Moorhead, Minn.	MIAC	NR


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	5
3	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	4
4	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	3
5	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	2
6	Alma	Alma, Mich.	MIAA	NR
7	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	NCAC	NR
8	Denison	Granville, Ohio	NCAC	NR
9	Baldwin-Wallace	Berea, Ohio	OAC	6
10	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	NR


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	3
3	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	5
4	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	4
5	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	8
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	2
7	Muhlenberg	Allentown, Pa.	Centennial	6
8	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	7
9	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	10
10	Marywood	Scranton, Pa.	Colonial States	9


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	2
3	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	3
4	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	4
5	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	5
6	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
7	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	7
8	Carthage	Kenosha, Wis.	CCIW	8
9	Aurora	Aurora, Ill.	NorthernAC	NR
10	Monmouth (Ill.)	Monmouth, Ill.	Midwest	9


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	1
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	2
3	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	3
4	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	4
5	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	5
6	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
7	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	8
8	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	NR
9	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	9
9	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	7


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
2	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	2
3	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	3
4	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	4
5	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	5
6	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	7
7	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	6
8	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	9
9	Eastern Mennonite	Harrisonburg, Va.	ODAC	NR
10	Univ. of the South	Sewanee, Tenn.	SAA	8


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	3
3	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	4
4	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	7
5	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	2
6	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	6
7	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	5
8	Cal Lutheran	Thousand Oaks, Calif.	SCIAC	NR
9	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	9
10	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest	NR