FloTrack College XC Rankings Presented By HOKA: Division I

D1 Men's Team Set #4

After a wild track and field season, NCAA cross country fever is beginning to spread. 

Is it too early to predict the national championship landscape? 

Who's out and who's in? 

Who can repeat, who can shock the NCAA and who will come up just short?

The 2024 cross country season is finally in (almost) full swing, with several meets having been contested over the past three weeks and even more key races to come. A modified version of the ELO ranking system -- a weighted algorithm that has been the gold standard used to rank sports since the 1960s -- has been developed and will be used throughout the season to see who would move up in the rankings and who would be displaced. Each competitor has been assigned an "ELO score" that will go up if they beat ranked racers, and down if they lose to varying degrees depending on the strength of their competition.

Follow throughout the season to see which favorites can deliver and which underdogs will step up and defy the FloTrack algorithm. 


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D1 Men's Team

RankTeamTrendPoint DifferentialResults
1Oklahoma State-


(Musau #3, Kipngetich #5, Shitsama #10, Messaoudi #11, Schoppe #12)
2Arkansas-+38

(Kiprop #7, Abdalla #9, Yego #15, Chesondin #23, Shearer #30)
3BYU-+88

(Clinger #14, Nokes #25, Thompson #27, Troutner #28, Corrigan #46)
4Iowa State▲ +1+130

(Masondo #16, Bera #24, Kiplimo #29, Mechaal #55, Winders #64)
5Northern Arizona▼ -1+1732nd at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8k Run CC Open)
2nd at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8k Run CC Blue)

(Prosser #17, Mullarkey #22, Nyoak #63, Gorgas #65, Sahlman #72)
6Wake Forest-+213

(Hansen #20, Tewalt #32, O'Brien #45, Sprott #91, Ross #100)
7Notre Dame▲ +3+2581st at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8k Run CC Open)
1st at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8k Run CC Blue)

(Coleman #39, Griffith #59, Solomon #61, Methner #73, Ackley #106)
8New Mexico▼ -1+322

(Samuel #4, Chirchir #42, Kiplagat #47, Kiprotich #165, Niekerk #179)
9North Carolina▼ -1+343

(Wolfe #2, Strand #26, Sands #69, Coogan #172, Murphy #196)
10Alabama▲ +15+3722nd at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite (8K CHAMPIONSHIP)

(Kiprop #13, Kipruto #51, Lokira #104, Cheruiyot #111, Hurst #203)
11Wisconsin▼ -2+3791st at Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite (8K CHAMPIONSHIP)

(Liking #52, Spencer #53, Wilson #96, Measner #137, Ellenberg #151)
12CBU▲ +16+4133rd at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (8k Run CC Blue)

(Soca #38, Redouane #56, LePallec #90, Marin #173, Abdala #191)
13Virginia▼ -1+431

(Anthony #37, Martin #49, Murphy #86, Wachtel #195, Eliason #198)
14Harvard▲ +4+4362nd at Lehigh Paul Short Run (College) (College Gold Race - 8000 Meters)

(Blanks #1, Rosa #83, Burgess #161, Brosnan #163, Kovacs #175)
15Michigan▼ -1+4451st at Louisville Classic (8k CC Gold)

(Jarema #60, Lopez #109, Venhuizen #132, MacKenzie #133, McFarland #135)
16Eastern Kentucky▼ -5+445

(Kipkoech #34, Vega #124, Priego #126, Raouy #140, Kadri #150)
17Montana State▼ -2+457

(Smith #48, McManus #95, Perrin #117, Ells #160, Taylor #177)
18Stanford▼ -5+458

(Young #94, Sprout #102, Young #110, Boyden #136, Bergeron #138)
19Washington▼ -3+473

(Gorze #75, Daschbach #76, Green #116, Jenkins #159, Hammond #188)
20Florida State▼ -3+490

(Misgina #40, Neill #93, Cullen #97, Leachman #197, Farley #206)
21Princeton▼ -2+507

(Hogan #74, Shorten #112, Brown #125, O'Brien #127, Bendtsen #209)
22Colorado▼ -2+509

(Givens #80, Casey #129, Mathison #134, Kelati #152, Monte #162)
23Villanova▼ -2+512

(Murphy #21, Langon #31, Habler #148, Comber #224, Sullivan #231)
24Oregon▼ -2+543

(Dorenkamp #78, Harrison #115, Cook #139, Burke #180, Birnbaum #192)
25Portland▼ -2+5726th at 49th Charles Bowles Willamette XC Invitational - COLLEGE TEAMS (College 8K)

(Strangio #33, Bodirsky #103, Monyebodi #130, Hosbein #227, Gertsen #229)
26Texas-+578

(Rivera #19, Alonzo #41, Sgouros #201, Heikkinen #235, Rush #238)
27Georgetown-+592

(Dunne #67, Guerra #99, Ondracek #108, Harriman #226, North #240)
28Syracuse▼ -4+59335th at Lehigh Paul Short Run (College) (College Gold Race - 8000 Meters)

(Harari #92, Lawler #118, Anderson #153, Ackley #182, Wechsler #217)
29Utah State▲ +3+6043rd at Lehigh Paul Short Run (College) (College Gold Race - 8000 Meters)

(Todd #66, Wehrli #85, Nelson #145, McKee #211, Garnica #253)
30Furman-+655

(Williams #98, Schubert #131, Guzman #189, Knight #207, Eckerman #215)
31Iona-+657

(Rankin #71, Giblin #181, Boltz #186, Wellington #193, Coles #223)