Follow our 2018 FloXC Countdown, where FloTrack ranks the top 25 cross country teams and individuals in the NCAA this season which will be LIVE on FloTrack. And, be sure to watch our LIVE FloXC Podium Reveal Show Tuesday, September 11th at 10 AM CT. The No. 17 men’s spot goes to Indiana, and here's why:

Probable Top Five:

JR Kyle Mau (7:50 3K; 14:07 5K; 16th at ’17 NCAA Great Lakes XC)

FR Dustin Horter (4:04 Mile; 8:48 3200; 6th at ’17 NXN)

JR Ben Veatch (7:58 3K; 13:50 5K; 87th at ’17 NCAA XC)

JR Bryce Millar (13:59 5K; 29:39 10K; 44th at ’17 NCAA Great Lakes XC)

SR Kyle Burks (9:13 3K SC; 73rd at ’17 NCAA Great Lakes XC)

Impact Freshmen/Transfers:

Dustin Horter via Liberty Township, OH (4:04 Mile; 8:48 3200; 6th at ’17 NXN)

Matthew Schadler via Evansville, IN (4:07 1600; 26th at ’17 FL XC)

Analysis:

The Indiana men look to be a rejuvenated team with top-20 potential in 2018 after sending just one runner, then-sophomore Ben Veatch, to the NCAA Championships last fall. The men return all seven athletes from their sixth-place finish in the Great Lakes Region and add top prep recruit Dustin Horter to the line-up.

Veatch placed 87th in his debut at the NCAA XC Championships; both he and redshirt sophomore Kyle Mau qualified individually for NCAAs for the first time during track season. Veatch ran a 5K PB of 13:50.49 and placed 16th in that event at NCAA Outdoors, while Mau—the Big Ten indoor mile champion—ran 7:50 for 3K, placed 14th at NCAA Indoors and anchored Indiana’s DMR to seventh place at the indoor championship.

Horter is the No. 2 ranked recruit in the Class of 2018 and enters college with the potential to contribute right away after placing sixth at Nike Cross Nationals, running 8:48 for 3200m and winning the Brooks PR and New Balance Nationals Indoor mile titles in his senior year.

FULL RANKINGS HERE