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.
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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) | |||||||