2011 NCAA Division 1 Cross Country XC Championships

USTFCCCA DI XC Poll - Shows Favor for Wisconsin, Florida State Entering NCAAs

Nov 15, 2011 by USTFCCCA (Coaches Association)

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National Coaches’ Poll Shows Favor for Wisconsin, Florida State Entering NCAA Championships

November 15, 2011

NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Regional Championships in Division I did not shift around the nation's top three, but everything else was up-for-grabs in the USTFCCCA's final regular-season National Cross Country Coaches' Poll released Tuesday. Wisconsin's men remain the No. 1 team in the country for the second-straight voting week and will look to knock off two-time defending champion No. 2 Oklahoma State next Monday at the NCAA Championships. Florida State's women are also No. 1 and are looking to unseat two-time defending national champion No. 2 Villanova in a few days.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN

* No. 1 Wisconsin won their tenth-straight NCAA Great Lakes Regional title on Saturday. The Badgers will make their 40th-straight appearance at the NCAA Championships and remain the only team in history to qualify for every national championship since the process began in 1972. (Previously, teams did not have to qualify and just showed up).

* No. 2 Oklahoma State has won the last two NCAA titles and took the Midwest title this weekend by a slim margin, 42-45 over No. 4 Oklahoma.

* No. 3 BYU was again led by Miles Batty who helped the Cougars to the NCAA Mountain title.

* Reaching season-high rankings in this poll are: No. 9 Texas, No. 12 Syracuse, No. 15 Georgetown, No. 17 Michigan, No. 21 Tulsa, No. 22 Texas A&M, and No. 24 Cal Poly. Texas is ranked in the nation's top ten for the first time since 2007 after winning the South Central region title this past weekend. For Cal Poly, it is their first national ranking of the season.

* Arkansas is not ranked in the nation's top 30 for the first time since at least 1998 (our records currently only go back to 1998). In the previous 99 weeks, since the 1998 preseason poll, Arkansas, Colorado, Stanford, and Wisconsin, were the only teams to have appeared in every ranking. Arkansas had also appeared in 37-straight NCAA Championships -- everyone since 1974 -- but did not qualify this season. Only Wisconsin's current streak is longer (40).

* The Big East and Big Ten leads with five teams in the national top 30, followed by the Big 12 (4) and Pac-12 (3).

WOMEN

* No. 1 Florida State won the South Regional, 34-54, over nearest challenger now-No. 5 Vanderbilt. The Seminoles were second to two-time defending champion Villanova at last year's NCAA Championships.

* No. 2 Villanova tied Georgetown, 57-57, for the Mid-Atlantic region title.

* No. 3 Washington were winners of the West, taking down nearest challenger Arizona, 50-98.

* Achieving season-best rankings this week are: No. 7 Iowa State, No. 9 West Virginia, No. 10 Michigan, No. 24 Toledo, No. 25 San Francisco, and No. 26 San Francisco. For Iowa State, it is the squad's highest ranking since October 2009. Toledo's ranking is the best in archived-poll history (since 1995).

* The Big East and Pac-12 each have six squads in the nation's top 30. The Big Ten (5), ACC (4), Big 12 (3), and SEC (3) follows.

Indiana State will host the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Monday, November 21, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind.

The men’s race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. ET, followed by the women’s race at approximately 12:58 p.m. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. In addition, highlights from the championships will be included as part of the CBS NCAA Fall Seasonal Show scheduled to air on Saturday, December 18, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET on CBS HD.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #10 -- November 15
next ranking: none, (NCAA Championships, November 21, final)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (8)	356	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (4th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (4)	351	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (6th)	2
3	BYU	332	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (12th)	3
4	Oklahoma	317	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (7th)	5
5	Stanford	301	West	Pac-12	Jason Dunn (5th)	6
6	Colorado	296	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	4
7	Indiana	287	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (5th)	7
8	Portland	279	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (22nd)	8
9	Texas	240	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes	11
10	NC State	227	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (34th)	14
11	Florida State	226	South	ACC	Bob Braman (12th)	16
12	Syracuse	222	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (7th)	29
13	Northern Arizona	218	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (5th)	12
14	Iona	208	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (4th)	9
15	Georgetown	204	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (13th)	23
16	Villanova	169	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (12th)	13
17	Michigan	153	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (2nd)	19
17	Princeton	153	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Steve Dolan (8th)	9
19	Minnesota	127	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (16th)	18
19	Eastern Kentucky	127	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (33rd)	20
21	Tulsa	121	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (10th)	27
22	Texas A&M	117	South Central	Big 12	Wendel McCraven	24
23	Columbia	105	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (18th)	22
24	Cal Poly	89	West	Big West	Mark Conover (15th)	RV
25	Notre Dame	68	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (37th)	RV
26	Providence	63	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	30
27	Washington State	51	West	Pac-12	Pete Julian (2nd)	RV
28	New Mexico	41	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (5th)	RV
29	Florida	38	South	SEC	Todd Morgan	RV
30	Ohio State	30	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Robert Gary (16th)	28
Others Receiving Votes: Penn State 17, Arkansas 9, California 7, Georgia 6, Oregon 5, UCLA 4.

Dropped Out: No. 15 Arkansas, No. 17 Oregon, No. 21 UCLA, No. 25 North Carolina, No. 26 Louisville
compiled by Don Kopriva
( year as head coach of that team in men's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #10 -- November 15
next ranking: none, (NCAA Championships, November 21, final)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Florida State (11)	359	South	ACC	Karen Harvey (5th)	1
2	Villanova	335	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Gina Procaccio (12th)	2
3	Washington	326	West	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (10th)	6
4	Georgetown	322	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Chris Miltenberg (4th)	7
5	Vanderbilt	313	South	SEC	Steve Keith (6th)	4
6	Colorado (1)	287	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	3
7	Iowa State	275	Midwest	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (5th)	10
8	Arizona	258	West	Pac-12	James Li	16
9	West Virginia	252	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Sean Cleary (5th)	13
10	Michigan	244	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mike McGuire (22nd)	15
11	New Mexico	242	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (5th)	19
12	Syracuse	240	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (7th)	9
13	Stanford	218	West	Pac-12	Patti Sue Plumer (1st)	8
14	Arkansas	205	South Central	SEC	Lance Harter (22nd)	17
15	Michigan State	185	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Walt Drenth (8th)	12
16	Oregon	180	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	11
17	Texas	166	South Central	Big 12	Steve Sisson	14
18	Boston College	162	Northeast	ACC	Randy Thomas (20th)	18
19	Virginia	150	Southeast	ACC	Jason Vigilante (4th)	21
20	NC State	131	Southeast	ACC	Laurie Henes (6th)	20
21	Penn State	117	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th)	22
22	Oklahoma State	114	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (3rd)	23
23	California	91	West	Pac-12	Tony Sandoval (30th)	26
24	Toledo	85	Great Lakes	Mid-American	Kevin Hadsell (14th)	RV
25	Wisconsin	59	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Jim Stintzi (8th)	28
26	San Francisco	47	West	West Coast	Helen Lehman-Winters (9th)	27
27	Providence	41	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	5
28	Minnesota	37	Midwest	Big Ten	Gary Wilson (27th)	30
29	Notre Dame	32	Great Lakes	Big East	Tim Connelly (24th)	24
30	Florida	30	South	SEC	Todd Morgan	RV
Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina 23, Cornell 18, BYU 13, Weber State 12, Arizona State 7, Columbia 4.

Dropped Out: No. 25 North Carolina, No. 29 Cornell
compiled by Jesse Rosen
( year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*