USTFCCCA ::: DIII National Cross Country Coaches' Poll -- Week 1

Sep 14, 2011 by FloTrack Staff

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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week one results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. North Central’s men and Middlebury’s women remain the No. 1 teams in the nation according to the nation’s coaches.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN
-- New to the top 35 this week is No. 21 Chicago, No. 28 Johns Hopkins, and No. 35 Rowan
– Sixteen conferences are represented in the top 35, but the UAA has the most teams with six followed by the NESCAC (5) and WIAC (4)
– Largest gain of the week goes to No. 25 Rochester who jumped 10 spots from preseason ranking of 35th … Augustana (Ill.) moved eight spots to 12th from 20th and MIT gained six spots in going from 17th to 11th.

WOMEN
– Six schools are new to the top 35 this week, including No. 28 Linfield, No. 29 Rowan, No. 31 Whittier, No. 32 Oberlin, No. 34 Marywood, and tied-No. 35 Rhodes.
– Twenty conferences are represented in the top 35. The NESCAC leads them all with four schools in the top 35.
– St. Olaf gained nine spots as the largest gainer of the week, going from 25th to 16th.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #1, September 14
next poll: September 21

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	Midwest	CCIW	Naperville, Ill.	1
2	Haverford	270	Mideast	Centennial	Haverford, Pa.	4
3	St. Lawrence	264	Atlantic	Liberty League	Canton, N.Y.	3
4	Washington (Mo.)	256	Midwest	UAA	St. Louis, Mo.	5
5	Calvin	243	Great Lakes	MIAA	Grand Rapids, Mich.	2
6	Dickinson	238	Mideast	Centennial	Carlisle, Pa.	6
7	Williams	232	New England	NESCAC	Williamstown, Mass.	7
8	SUNY Geneseo	229	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Geneseo, N.Y.	8
9	UW-La Crosse	216	Midwest	WIAC	La Crosse, Wis.	9
10	NYU	195	Atlantic	UAA	New York, N.Y.	11
11	MIT	184	New England	NEWMAC	Cambridge, Mass.	17
12	Augustana (Ill.)	182	Midwest	CCIW	Rock Island, Ill.	20
13	UW-Oshkosh	181	Midwest	WIAC	Oshkosh, Wis.	13
14	Elizabethtown	178	Mideast	Middle Atlantic	Elizabethtown, Pa.	12
15	Middlebury	173	New England	NESCAC	Middlebury, Vt.	10
16	Wabash	165	Great Lakes	NCAC	Crawfordsville, Ind.	14
17	UW-Stevens Point	158	Midwest	WIAC	Stevens Point, Wis.	16
18	Hamline	146	Central	MIAC	Saint Paul, Minn.	18
19	Bates	136	New England	NESCAC	Lewiston, Maine	19
20	Nebraska Wesleyan	118	Central	Great Plains	Lincoln, Neb.	23
21	Chicago	107	Midwest	UAA	Chicago, Ill.	NR
22	Willamette	105	West	Northwest	Salem, Ore.	22
23	Carnegie Mellon	100	Mideast	UAA	Pittsburgh, Pa.	26
24	Tufts	87	New England	NESCAC	Medford, Mass.	27
25	Rochester	82	Atlantic	UAA	Rochester, N.Y.	35
26	Wheaton (Ill.)	76	Midwest	CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	15
27	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	66	West	SCIAC	Claremont, Calif.	28
28	Johns Hopkins	58	Mideast	Centennial	Baltimore, Md.	RV
29	Bowdoin	53	New England	NESCAC	Brunswick, Maine	31
30	Albion	46	Great Lakes	MIAA	Albion, Mich.	21
31	Saint John's (Minn.)	43	Central	MIAC	Collegeville, Minn.	24
32	UW-Platteville	38	Midwest	WIAC	Platteville, Wis.	25
33	Brandeis	32	New England	UAA	Waltham, Mass.	35
34	Whitworth	22	West	Northwest	Spokane, Wash.	32
35	Rowan	16	Atlantic	NJAC	Glassboro, N.J.	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Allegheny 12, Emory 12, Hope 12, UW-Eau Claire 11, Lynchburg 8, Ohio Wesleyan 6, Saint Vincent 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 1.


Dropped Out: No. 29 Ohio Wesleyan, No. 30 St. Thomas (Minn.), No. 34 Lynchburg

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #1, September 14
next poll: September 21

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	Middlebury (8)	280	New England	NESCAC	Middlebury, Vt.	1
2	Washington (Mo.)	271	Midwest	UAA	St. Louis, Mo.	3
3	UW-Eau Claire	258	Midwest	WIAC	Eau Claire, Wis.	5
4	Williams	257	New England	NESCAC	Williamstown, Mass.	2
5	MIT	249	New England	NEWMAC	Cambridge, Mass.	4
6	SUNY Geneseo	235	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Geneseo, N.Y.	6
7	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	234	West	SCIAC	Claremont, Calif.	8
8	Amherst	229	New England	NESCAC	Amherst, Mass.	7
9	Nebraska Wesleyan	214	Central	Great Plains	Lincoln, Neb.	10
10	Plattsburgh State	203	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	13
11	Johns Hopkins	200	Mideast	Centennial	Baltimore, Md.	11
12	NYU	198	Atlantic	UAA	New York, N.Y.	9
13	Hope	176	Great Lakes	MIAA	Holland, Mich.	15
14	Dickinson	175	Mideast	Centennial	Carlisle, Pa.	17
15	Calvin	164	Great Lakes	MIAA	Grand Rapids, Mich.	16
16	St. Olaf	156	Central	MIAC	Northfield, Minn.	25
17	Luther	151	Central	IIAC	Decorah, Iowa	12
18	Haverford	136	Mideast	Centennial	Haverford, Pa.	19
19	Lewis & Clark	129	West	Northwest	Portland, Ore.	23
19	St. Lawrence	129	Atlantic	Liberty League	Canton, N.Y.	20
21	Colby	115	New England	NESCAC	Waterville, Maine	18
22	Emory	109	South/Southeast	UAA	Atlanta, Ga.	24
23	Elizabethtown	108	Mideast	Middle Atlantic	Elizabethtown, Pa.	14
24	Carleton	91	Central	MIAC	Northfield, Minn.	27
25	UW-La Crosse	81	Midwest	WIAC	La Crosse, Wis.	29
26	SUNY Cortland	80	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Cortland, N.Y.	22
27	Wartburg	68	Central	IIAC	Waverly, Iowa	21
28	Linfield	56	West	Northwest	McMinnville, Ore.	NR
29	Rowan	52	Atlantic	NJAC	Glassboro, N.J.	NR
29	Keene State	52	New England	Little East	Keene, N.H.	30
31	Whittier	37	West	SCIAC	Whittier, Calif.	NR
32	Oberlin	30	Great Lakes	NCAC	Oberlin, Ohio	NR
33	UW-Stevens Point	23	Midwest	WIAC	Stevens Point, Wis.	32
34	Marywood	18	Mideast	Colonial States	Scranton, Pa.	NR
35	Rhodes	15	South/Southeast	SCAC	Memphis, Tenn.	NR
35	Ohio Northern	15	Great Lakes	OAC	Ada, Ohio	33
Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 13, Swarthmore 10, Vassar 8, Chicago 5, Bowdoin 5, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2, Ohio Wesleyan 2, TCNJ 1


Dropped Out: No. 26 Swarthmore, No. 28 Vassar, No. 31 Bowdoin, No. 34 St. Thomas (Minn.), No. 35 TCNJ

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