NCAA DI National Coaches Polls Hold Steady Ahead of an Important Weekend
NCAA DI National Coaches Polls Hold Steady Ahead of an Important Weekend
Division I National Coaches Polls Hold Steady Ahead of an Important Weekend
By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
September 24, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – With the heart of the cross country season set to get underway this weekend, teams have — for the time being — settled into their places in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I National Coaches Polls, which were released Tuesday.
NATIONAL PDFs: National Summary | Week-by-Week | All-Time Week-by-Week
REGIONAL PDFs: Regional Summary | Week-by-Week | Division I XC Rankings Central
Few teams in both the men’s and women’s polls either improved or fell more than one spot, though the lists may well take on an altogether different look next week as a plethora of top-30 teams will meet up over the course of the weekend.
The order of the women’s top 10 stayed the same from one week ago, though No. 1 Providence has lost one of its first place votes — and its unanimous No. 1 status — to No. 2 Florida State. FSU’s women, led by impressive runs from juniors Hannah Walker and Colleen Quigley, placed their top five runners within the first seven places at Wake Forest’s Open this past weekend for a resounding team victory.
In what may be the most anticipated women’s matchup of the weekend, current favorite Providence and defending champion No. 3 Oregon will square off for the first time this weekend at Boston College’s Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on Friday, as will No. 9 Cornell.
National Athlete of the Week Juliet Bottorff and her Duke squad held steady at No. 4, followed by No. 5 Arizona. The No. 5 Wildcats will be the highest-ranked of eight top-30 women’s teams at Saturday’s Roy Griak Invitational at Minnesota.
All was quiet atop the men’s polls as defending champion No. 1 Oklahoma State retained all 11 of its first-place votes from last week, while No. 2 Northern Arizona held on to the 12th and final first-place nod. The two will go head-to-head this Saturday at Oklahoma State’s Cowboy Jamboree along with another pair of ranked squads in No. 6 Tulsa and No. 28 Michigan.
No. 3 Colorado, No. 4 BYU and No. 5 Arkansas — led by National Athlete of the Week Stanley Kebenei — all stayed the course from a week ago. BYU will be the top-ranked among four top-30 teams at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday.
The biggest move of the men’s polls came with Wisconsin, the team champion from 2011, moving back up two spots to No. 8 after falling from its preseason No. 7 position to No. 10 last week. Syracuse and Princeton were each displaced one spot as a result to No. 9 and 10, respectively.
Wisconsin will see at least some of Syracuse’s runners at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown on Friday. The No. 12 Oregon Ducks will also look to make its first statement of 2013 in Boston with its slew of impressive transfers and recruits, along with No. 25 Providence.
The NCAA Division I National Championships will be contested in Terre Haute, Ind., on November 23.
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I |
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL |
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2013 Week #2 — September 24 |
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next poll: October 1 | ||||||
Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Cross Country Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week
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1 | Oklahoma State (11) | 359 | Midwest | Big 12 | Dave Smith (8th) |
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2 | Northern Arizona (1) | 348 | Mountain | Big Sky | Eric Heins (7th) |
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3 | Colorado | 336 | Mountain | Pac-12 | Mark Wetmore (19th) |
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4 | BYU | 314 | Mountain | West Coast | Ed Eyestone (14th) |
4
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5 | Arkansas | 292 | South Central | SEC | Chris Bucknam (6th) |
5
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6 | Tulsa | 288 | Midwest | Conference USA | Steve Gulley (12th) |
6
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7 | Portland | 280 | West | West Coast | Rob Conner (24th) |
7
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8 | Wisconsin | 267 | Great Lakes | Big Ten | Mick Byrne (6th) |
10
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9 | Syracuse | 266 | Northeast | ACC | Chris Fox (9th) |
8
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10 | Princeton | 252 | Mid-Atlantic | Ivy | Jason Vigilante (2nd) |
9
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11 | Eastern Kentucky | 228 | Southeast | Ohio Valley | Rick Erdmann (35th) |
11
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12 | Oregon | 224 | West | Pac-12 | Robert Johnson (2nd) |
12
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13 | UCLA | 208 | West | Pac-12 | Mike Maynard (5th) |
14
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14 | Iona | 198 | Northeast | Metro Atlantic | Ricardo Santos (6th) |
13
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15 | Texas | 180 | South Central | Big 12 | Mario Sategna (1st) |
15
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16 | Virginia | 162 | Southeast | ACC | Peter Watson (2nd) |
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17 | New Mexico | 150 | Mountain | Mountain West | Joe Franklin (7th) |
17
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18 | Indiana | 145 | Great Lakes | Big Ten | Ron Helmer (7th) |
20
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19 | Georgetown | 138 | Mid-Atlantic | Big East | Patrick Henner (15th) |
19
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20 | Stanford | 129 | West | Pac-12 | Chris Miltenberg (2nd) |
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21 | Notre Dame | 119 | Great Lakes | ACC | Joe Piane (39th) |
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22 | Florida State | 114 | South | ACC | Bob Braman (14th) |
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23 | Florida | 110 | South | SEC | Mike Holloway (7th) |
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24 | NC State | 89 | Southeast | ACC | Rollie Geiger (36th) |
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25 | Providence | 79 | Northeast | Big East | Ray Treacy (30th) |
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26 | Villanova | 76 | Mid-Atlantic | Big East | Marcus O’Sullivan (14th) |
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27 | Columbia | 51 | Northeast | Ivy | Willy Wood (20th) |
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28 | Michigan | 47 | Great Lakes | Big Ten | Alex Gibby (4th) |
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29 | Arizona State | 35 | West | Pac-12 | Louie Quintana (13th) |
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30 | Illinois | 22 | Midwest | Big Ten | Jake Stewart (2nd) |
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Others Receiving Votes: Virginia Tech 14, Michigan State 11, Air Force 10, Georgia 8, North Carolina 7, Washington 7, Boise State 6, Dartmouth 6, Duke 5, Missouri 3, Furman 2 | ||||||
Dropped Out: No. 30 Michigan State | ||||||
(* year as effective coach of that team in men’s cross country) |
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I |
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WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL |
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2013 Week #2 — September 24 |
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next poll: October 1 | ||||||
Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Cross Country Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week
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1 | Providence (11) | 359 | Northeast | Big East | Ray Treacy (30th) |
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2 | Florida State (1) | 345 | South | ACC | Karen Harvey (7th) |
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3 | Oregon | 332 | West | Pac-12 | Robert Johnson (2nd) |
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4 | Duke | 328 | Southeast | ACC | Kevin Jermyn (10th) |
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5 | Arizona | 310 | West | Pac-12 | James Li (12th) |
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6 | Georgetown | 298 | Mid-Atlantic | Big East | Michael Smith (2nd) |
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7 | Washington | 280 | West | Pac-12 | Greg Metcalf (12th) |
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8 | Stanford | 274 | West | Pac-12 | Chris Miltenberg (2nd) |
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9 | Cornell | 257 | Northeast | Ivy | Artie Smith (15th) |
9
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10 | Arkansas | 247 | South Central | SEC | Lance Harter (24th) |
10
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11 | Villanova | 222 | Mid-Atlantic | Big East | Gina Procaccio (14th) |
12
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12 | Michigan State | 217 | Great Lakes | Big Ten | Walt Drenth (10th) |
13
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13 | Penn State | 216 | Mid-Atlantic | Big Ten | Beth Alford-Sullivan (15th) |
11
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14 | William and Mary | 205 | Southeast | Colonial | Jill Miller (2nd) |
14
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15 | Colorado | 200 | Mountain | Pac-12 | Mark Wetmore (19th) |
15
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16 | New Mexico | 198 | Mountain | Mountain West | Joe Franklin (7th) |
16
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17 | Michigan | 182 | Great Lakes | Big Ten | Mike McGuire (22nd) |
17
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18 | Notre Dame | 150 | Great Lakes | ACC | Tim Connelly (26th) |
18
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19 | Minnesota | 138 | Midwest | Big Ten | Sarah Hopkins (1st) |
20
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20 | Vanderbilt | 128 | South | SEC | Steve Keith (8th) |
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21 | NC State | 117 | Southeast | ACC | Laurie Henes (8th) |
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22 | Oklahoma State | 108 | Midwest | Big 12 | Dave Smith (5th) |
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23 | San Francisco | 99 | West | West Coast | Helen Lehman-Winters (11th) |
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24 | Boston College | 63 | Northeast | ACC | Randy Thomas (22nd) |
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25 | Texas | 59 | South Central | Big 12 | Mario Sategna (1st) |
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26 | Iowa State | 52 | Midwest | Big 12 | Andrea Grove-McDonough (1st) |
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27 | BYU | 42 | Mountain | West Coast | Patrick Shane (32nd) |
27
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28 | Princeton | 36 | Mid-Atlantic | Ivy | Peter Farrell (36th) |
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29 | Butler | 35 | Great Lakes | Big East | Matt Roe (7th) |
30
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30 | West Virginia | 31 | Mid-Atlantic | Big 12 | Sean Cleary (7th) |
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Others Receiving Votes: Weber State 15, Syracuse 12, Florida 9, UC Davis 5, North Carolina 4, Toledo 3, Georgia 3, Boise State 1 | ||||||
Dropped Out: none | ||||||
(* year as effective coach of that team in women’s cross country) |
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