Liberty
Although Sam didn't run the fastest time at PreNats, he continued to race unchallenged. He's the returning NCAA Champ and Collegiate 10k record holder so until we see evidence of someone giving him a run for the title then he'll stay atop the list. It looks like we won't see any challenge of that nature until Nov 22nd.....time will tell!

Stony Brook
Lucy remains undefeated by winning the two most competitive women's meets of the season, Notre Dame and Pre-Nats. She gets the nod over Blue Race champ Kamaiyo, because she beat here head-to-head at ND. The Kiwi will not really be tested again until the NCAA meet as her biggest American East Conference competition will be her sister.

UTEP
Risper ripped a super-fast 20:02 at PreNats to get the win. With a time like that, the only thing keeping her out of the top spot is the fact that she was 3rd 2 weeks ago at Notre Dame. The sophomore looks strong and should have some challengers come the Mountain Regional.

Oregon
Looked very smooth at the Dellinger Invite next to teammate Kosinski as they dominated a weak field. A year strong, a year wiser, Jordan is never one to count out. We may have to wait for NCAAs until we see her truly challenged.

Cowboys
Is there a question to what team has the strongest top 4....no.  Ok State continued to run somewhat controlled and very strong at the same time.  Their top four all finished in front of the #1's from Indiana and Arkansas at Chile Pepper....they actually swept the first four spots of the race.  With no real challenges from conference or region foes we'll have to keep waiting for these guys to run "unleashed."  Whats keeping them from number one?  Their gap from 4 to 5 and lacking the depth of Stanford.  But as we said above, the battle could be on to remember.

Red Raiders 
Led by Rose Tanui, Texas Tech looked very dominate this past weekend at UVA's Panorama Farms Invite.  This squad has a couple new comers to their top five and have yet to race anyone that has been able to challenge them.  They will have back to back races against Colorado coming up so we should know more about this team in the coming weeks.  What we see now....they are good!

Seminoles
Even with their 1-2, Cheriyot and McShine, fading at PreNats this past weekend FSU still found a way to take home the victory.  We've seen Karen Harvey do it again and again with her squads the past few years and we have a feeling this one won't be any different.  We could see a good race at the ACC Championships next weekend against Duke.

Under Armour
FLOFrosh (M)*

Under Armour
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Oregon
Parker was 11th (24:08) overall and the 5th Duck at Dellinger, which turned out to be essentially an Oregon/Wisconsin Dual, but it was definitely an improvement from his opener. Next up, Parker will look to be the top freshman in a very competitive Pac-10 Conference, where he will get a race from the #2 frosh on this weeks list.

NC State
Still atop the frosh ranks, Laura has continued to impress this season. Not only was she the top frosh at PreNats, Laura was one of the top individuals at the meet running an astounding 20:13 for 4th.  The more she runs the better she gets and it that continues who knows how high she could finish come November.

Stanford
Only weeks into his college career, was the top frosh in the PreNats Blue Race, running as the 7th man for the top team of the day. He was 53rd with a 24:28. We will see a great match up between him and the Oregon freshmen in 2 weeks at the Pac-10 Championship.

Villanova
Two Emily's in the top frosh watch list, Lipari also has the fortune of being on the top ranked team in the nation. She improved on her first race this weekend by moving up to the 4th Wildcat across the line, placing 8th at the Penn State National Invite.

Ok State
Since his season opener, Matt has been under the radar. He did not race this at Chili Pepper with his team, but expect him to toe the line at Big 12s and help the Cowboys defend their title.