USTFCCCA: DI National Cross Country Coaches' Poll - 2011, Week 2

Sep 21, 2011 by USTFCCCA (Coaches Association)

NCAA DI National Cross Country Coaches Poll — 2011, Week 2

NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its week two national cross country coaches’ poll for the 2011 NCAA Division I season. Oklahoma State's men and Georgetown's women still reign as the top teams in the land and there was no change to national top three in both men's and women's polls. The most notable move came for Oklahoma's men who are now No. 4 -- the best ranking ever achieved for a Sooner cross country team.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN
– NC State moved to a season-high ranking of No. 11.
– BYU reached a season’s best nod at 15th.
– Texas moved up the poll three spots to a tie for 22nd with Notre Dame.
– Three ranked teams are slated to compete this weekend at Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational, including No. 10 Portland, No. 11 NC State, and No. 24 Minnesota. In all six ranked teams are scheduled to compete this weekend, including No. 3 Stanford and No. 9 Florida State who host their own invitationals.
– With no teams dropping out of the top 30, the Big East again is the conference leader with six schools in the ranks. The Big Ten and ACC follow with four.

WOMEN
– Stanford moved to a season-best rank of sixth.
– With the true regular season beginning for Division I cross country, eleven ranked teams appear to be competing this weekend including five ranked teams at the Griak as No. 8 Iowa State, No. 10 Arizona, No. 11 Washington, No. 18 Penn State, and No. 21 NC State step to the plate to pick up their first "wins" of the season.
– No. 25 Florida is expected to host No. 15 North Carolina at the Gators’ home Mountain Dew Invitational this weekend.
– The ACC has six teams to lead all conferences in the women’s top 30, followed by the Big East, Big Ten, and Pac-12 which have five each.

The NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday, November 21, in Terre Haute, Ind. NCAA Regional Championships will be held nine days prior on Saturday, November 12.

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #2 -- September 20
next ranking: September 27

Rank	Institution	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	Oklahoma State (10)	358	Midwest	Big 12	Stillwater, Okla.	1
2	Wisconsin (1)	353	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Madison, Wis.	2
3	Stanford (1)	341	West	Pac-12	Palo Alto, Calif.	3
4	Oklahoma	312	Midwest	Big 12	Norman, Okla.	6
5	Iona	298	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	New Rochelle, N.Y.	4
6	Oregon	294	West	Pac-12	Eugene, Ore.	5
7	Indiana	293	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Bloomington, Ind.	7
8	Colorado	280	Mountain	Pac-12	Boulder, Colo.	8
9	Florida State	268	South	ACC	Tallahassee, Fla.	9
10	Portland	250	West	West Coast	Portland, Ore.	10
11	NC State	220	Southeast	ACC	Raleigh, N.C.	13
12	Princeton	218	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Princeton, N.J.	12
13	Northern Arizona	211	Mountain	Big Sky	Flagstaff, Ariz.	11
14	Syracuse	209	Northeast	Big East	Syracuse, N.Y.	14
15	BYU	200	Mountain	West Coast	Provo, Utah	16
16	Arkansas	198	South Central	SEC	Fayetteville, Ark.	15
17	Providence	163	Northeast	Big East	Providence, R.I.	17
18	Villanova	151	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Villanova, Pa.	18
19	Virginia	139	Southeast	ACC	Charlottesville, Va.	20
20	New Mexico	99	Mountain	Mountain West	Albuquerque, N.M.	21
21	Georgetown	93	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Washington, D.C.	22
22	Texas	86	South Central	Big 12	Austin, Texas	25
22	Notre Dame	86	Great Lakes	Big East	South Bend, Ind.	23
24	Minnesota	85	Midwest	Big Ten	Minneapolis, Minn.	24
25	Louisville	81	Southeast	Big East	Louisville, Ky.	19
26	Ohio State	75	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Columbus, Ohio	26
27	Eastern Kentucky	58	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Richmond, Ky.	28
28	Florida	43	South	SEC	Gainesville, Fla.	27
29	Dartmouth	29	Northeast	Ivy	Hanover, N.H.	29
30	North Carolina	21	Southeast	ACC	Chapel Hill, N.C.	30
Others Receiving Votes: Penn State 20, Air Force 18, Arizona State 14, Lamar 6, Washington 5, Texas A&M 4, Alabama 3, Michigan State 2, Columbia 1.

Dropped Out: none
compiled by Don Kopriva


Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #2 -- September 20
next ranking: September 27

Rank	Institution	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	Georgetown (10)	358	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Washington, D.C.	1
2	New Mexico	340	Mountain	Mountain West	Albuquerque, N.M.	2
3	Providence (1)	330	Northeast	Big East	Providence, R.I.	3
4	Colorado (1)	322	Mountain	Pac-12	Boulder, Colo.	4
5	Villanova	308	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Villanova, Pa.	5
6	Stanford	280	West	Pac-12	Palo Alto, Calif.	7
7	Florida State	271	South	ACC	Tallahassee, Fla.	6
8	Iowa State	257	Midwest	Big 12	Ames, Iowa	9
9	Duke	250	Southeast	ACC	Durham, N.C.	8
10	Arizona	249	West	Pac-12	Tucson, Ariz.	10
11	Washington	227	West	Pac-12	Seattle, Wash.	11
12	Michigan	212	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ann Arbor, Mich.	13
13	Syracuse	199	Northeast	Big East	Syracuse, N.Y.	15
14	Texas	195	South Central	Big 12	Austin, Texas	14
15	North Carolina	194	Southeast	ACC	Chapel Hill, N.C.	12
16	Virginia	157	Southeast	ACC	Charlottesville, Va.	17
17	Oregon	156	West	Pac-12	Eugene, Ore.	16
18	Penn State	142	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	State College, Pa.	18
19	West Virginia	127	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Morgantown, W. Va.	20
20	Princeton	122	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Princeton, N.J.	19
21	NC State	114	Southeast	ACC	Raleigh, N.C.	21
22	Oklahoma State	99	Midwest	Big 12	Stillwater, Okla.	23
23	BYU	93	Mountain	West Coast	Provo, Utah	25
24	Texas Tech	90	Mountain	Big 12	Lubbock, Texas	22
25	Florida	82	South	SEC	Gainesville, Fla.	24
26	Michigan State	80	Great Lakes	Big Ten	East Lansing, Mich.	28
27	Boston College	67	Northeast	ACC	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	26
28	Iowa	61	Midwest	Big Ten	Iowa City, Iowa	27
29	Toledo	58	Great Lakes	Mid-American	Toledo, Ohio	29
30	Minnesota	43	Midwest	Big Ten	Minneapolis, Minn.	30
Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth 18, Arkansas 17, Kansas State 15, Columbia 13, Vanderbilt 8, California 7, San Francisco 6, Indiana 4, Tulsa 4, Navy 3, Connecticut 1, La Salle 1.

Dropped Out: none
compiled by Jesse Rosen

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USTFCCCA: DI National Cross Country Coaches' Poll - 2011, Week 2

USTFCCCA: DI National Cross Country Coaches' Poll - 2011, Week 2