Heart of DI XC Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington

Sep 18, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

Heart of Cross Country Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington Leading DI

September 18, 2012

NEW ORLEANS – Wisconsin’s men and Washington’s women remain the No. 1 cross country teams in the nation according to the latest national coaches’ poll conducted by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for NCAA Division I. The top four men’s teams stayed the same with No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 BYU, and No. 4 Oklahoma holding strong. On the women’s side, Florida State and Oregon traded positions to land at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The heart of the regular season begins this upcoming weekend as meets held Friday and after can count towards at-large selection evaluation for the NCAA Championships.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #2 -- September 18
next ranking: September 19

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (10)	357	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (5th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (1)	346	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (7th)	2
3	BYU (1)	341	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (13th)	3
4	Oklahoma	310	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (8th)	4
5	Portland	298	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (23rd)	6
6	Colorado	293	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	5
7	Texas	287	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes (6th)	6
8	Iona	272	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (5th)	8
9	Stanford	264	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	9
10	Florida State	249	South	ACC	Bob Braman (13th)	10
11	NC State	242	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (35th)	11
12	Indiana	233	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (6th)	13
13	Syracuse	224	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	12
14	Princeton	196	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Jason Vigilante (1st)	15
15	Texas A&M	183	South Central	SEC	Pat Henry (9th)	14
16	Georgetown	168	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (14th)	16
17	Minnesota	151	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (17th)	17
18	Northern Arizona	143	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (6th)	18
19	Tulsa	129	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (11th)	20
20	Villanova	126	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)	19
21	Michigan	101	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (3rd)	20
22	Arkansas	98	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (5th)	23
23	Notre Dame	93	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (38th)	25
24	New Mexico	91	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	24
25	Oregon	85	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	22
26	Eastern Kentucky	70	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (34th)	27
27	UCLA	54	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (4th)	29
28	Washington State	42	West	Pac-12	Tim Riley (1st)	26
29	Columbia	40	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	28
30	Georgia	26	South	SEC	Patrick Cunniff (1st)	30
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 12, Providence 11, Virginia Tech 10, North Carolina 9, Ohio State 7, Florida 5, Cal Poly 4, Iowa State 3, California 3, Weber State 3, Michigan State 1.

Dropped Out: none
compiled by Don Kopriva
( year as effective coach of that team in men's cross country)*

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #2 -- September 18
next ranking: September 19

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Washington (10)	357	West	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (11th)	1
2	Florida State (1)	341	South	ACC	Karen Harvey (6th)	3
3	Oregon (1)	336	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	2
4	Georgetown	330	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Michael Smith (1st)	4
5	Iowa State	301	Midwest	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (6th)	5
6	Stanford	290	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	8
7	Vanderbilt	287	South	SEC	Steve Keith (7th)	6
8	Providence	285	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (29th)	7
9	Arkansas	251	South Central	SEC	Lance Harter (23rd)	9
10	Villanova	246	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Gina Procaccio (13th)	10
11	Michigan	235	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mike McGuire (21st)	11
12	Arizona	232	West	Pac-12	James Li (11th)	12
13	Michigan State	196	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Walt Drenth (9th)	13
14	Boston College	189	Northeast	ACC	Randy Thomas (21st)	14
15	Virginia	182	Southeast	ACC	Todd Morgan (1st)	15
16	Weber State	168	Mountain	Big Sky	Paul Pilkington (6th)	17
17	Colorado	162	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	16
18	Toledo	144	Great Lakes	Mid-American	Kevin Hadsell (15th)	18
19	Penn State	131	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)	23
20	New Mexico	128	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	24
21	Notre Dame	125	Great Lakes	Big East	Tim Connelly (25th)	21
22	Syracuse	115	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	20
23	San Francisco	100	West	West Coast	Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)	19
24	Oklahoma State	98	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (4th)	22
25	West Virginia	70	Mid-Atlantic	Big 12	Sean Cleary (6th)	25
26	NC State	65	Southeast	ACC	Laurie Henes (7th)	26
27	Texas	52	South Central	Big 12	Steve Sisson (7th)	27
28	Florida	48	South	SEC	Mike Holloway (6th)	29
29	Princeton	37	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Peter Farrell (35th)	28
30	Minnesota	25	Midwest	Big Ten	Gary Wilson (28th)	30
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 16, Dartmouth 14, BYU 10, Cornell 9, Portland 2, Iowa 2, Duke 1.

Dropped Out: none
compiled by Jesse Rosen
( year as effective coach of that team in women's cross country)*