USTFCCCA ::: DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings - Week #2

Sep 18, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week two regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the No. 1 ranks this week is St. Lawrence’s women in the Atlantic region and MIT’s women 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 are St. Lawrence (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Washington (Mo.) (Midwest), MIT (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 Week #2 -- September 18
national poll release: September 19
next regional release: Tuesday, September 25

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


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	3
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	4
5	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	6
6	Saint John's (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	9
7	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	8
8	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	5
9	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	NR
10	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest Conference	10


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


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	3
4	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	4
5	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	5
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	6
7	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	8
8	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	7
9	Gwynedd-Mercy	Gwynedd Valley, Pa.	Colonial States	9
10	Moravian	Bethlehem, Pa.	Landmark	NR


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


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


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	Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham, Ala.	SAA	NR
10	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	9


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	3
3	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest Conference	2
4	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest Conference	NR
5	Puget Sound	Tacoma, Wash.	Northwest Conference	NR
6	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	7
7	La Verne	La Verne, Calif.	SCIAC	8
8	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent (D-III)	6
9	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest Conference	5
10	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	10

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Week #2 -- September 18
national poll release: September 19
next regional release: Tuesday, September 25

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


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


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


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


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	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	NR
7	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
8	Aurora	Aurora, Ill.	NorthernAC	9
9	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	7
10	Carthage	Kenosha, Wis.	CCIW	8


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


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	6
7	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	7
8	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	8
9	Eastern Mennonite	Harrisonburg, Va.	ODAC	9
10	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	NR


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