2011 NCAA Division 1 Cross Country XC Championships

USTFCCCA DI National Cross Country Coaches Poll: FSU women take #1 spot

Oct 18, 2011 by USTFCCCA (Coaches Association)

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DI National Cross Country Coaches Poll – Week 6

October 18, 2011

NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its week six national cross country coaches’ poll for the 2011 NCAA Division I season. Another big weekend of head-to-head challenges prompted the nation's coaches to rearrange much of the men's and women's poll. This was especially the case on the women's side where Florida State takes over as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country and are followed by Washington and Vanderbilt. On the men's side, Oklahoma State and Wisconsin are 1-2 in the nation for the sixth-straight week.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN

* Oklahoma State and Wisconsin hold the top two spots in the poll for the sixth-straight week. The Cowboys scored wins over then-No. 15 Arkansas and then-No. 3 Oklahoma as the first-place team at the Chile Pepper Festival last weekend. Wisconsin captured a wide-margin victory over a heavily-stacked field at their home adidas Invitational last Friday. The Badgers topped 20 (!!!) ranked teams on the way to the title, which included bettering the likes of then-ranked top ten teams BYU, Stanford, Indiana, NC State, and Oregon.

* Now at No. 3, a season high is BYU who finished second to Wisconsin last weekend. The Cougars scored 120 points to then-No. 4 Stanford's 125 for the runner-up spot.

* At No. 9, Princeton is in the national top ten for the first time since at least 1998. The Tigers were fourth at the Wisconsin meet.

* Only receiving votes last week, Texas zoomed up the poll to No. 11 this week. The Longhorns finished sixth at Wisconsin's meet, but were rewarded for besting 16 ranked teams.

* Eastern Kentucky, at No. 17, reached an all-time best position on the poll. At No. 27 Tulsa, makes their first appearance in this year's poll.

* The Pac-12 leads all conferences with six teams in the top 30, followed by the Big Ten (5) and Big 12 (4).

WOMEN

* Florida State is the new No. 1 and was unanimously voted as so. The Seminoles were the victors of the Pre-National Invitational over then-No. 5 Georgetown, and then-No. 4 Colorado. It is the first time, since at least 1995, that FSU has been the top team in the country. Florida State is the tenth team to be ranked No. 1 since 1995 and joins BYU, Colorado, Duke, Georgetown, Oregon, Providence, Stanford, Villanova, and Washington who are all former number ones.

* Washington climbed 22 spots to No. 2 from 24th after winning Wisconsin's adidas Invitational with 199 points. The Huskies topped 18 ranked teams for the victory which included then-top ten teams Villanova, Stanford, Syracuse, Iowa State, New Mexico, and Providence.

* Vanderbilt who was ranked in the national top 30 for the first time in team history on September 27, has made a move from unranked to the No. 3 squad in the country. The Commodores finished second to Washington at the adidas meet, and bested 17 ranked teams on Friday.

* Arizona jumped into the national top five for the first time this season at No. 5 after finished third to Washington and Vanderbilt at Wisconsin. The Wildcats were last in the top five in 1998.

* Texas' women continue to break school records for their women's cross country team. The Longhorns won the Chile Pepper Festival over then-No. 11 Arkansas and then-No. 29 Oklahoma State and now stand an all-time best No. 12.

* The Big East continues as the top conference with seven squads in the national top 30, followed by the Pac-12 (6) and the ACC (5).

NOTE: Next week is slated to be a "repeat" week, meaning all positions on this week's poll will carry to next week.

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.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #6 -- October 18
next ranking: October 25 (repeat), November 1 (regular)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Oklahoma State (8)	356	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (6th)	1
2	Wisconsin (4)	352	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (4th)	2
3	BYU	329	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (12th)	6
4	Stanford	319	West	Pac-12	Jason Dunn (5th)	4
5	Oklahoma	304	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (7th)	3
6	Colorado	300	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	8
7	Indiana	280	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (5th)	7
8	Portland	279	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (22nd)	12
9	Princeton	274	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Steve Dolan (8th)	14
10	Iona	260	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (4th)	5
11	Texas	231	South Central	Big 12	Bubba Thornton (17th)	RV
12	Minnesota	216	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (16th)	17
13	Northern Arizona	201	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (5th)	13
14	Providence	190	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	24
15	Arkansas	185	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (4th)	15
16	Villanova	173	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (12th)	19
17	Eastern Kentucky	162	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (33rd)	29
18	Florida State	159	South	ACC	Bob Braman (12th)	11
19	NC State	158	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (34th)	9
20	UCLA	131	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (3rd)	22
21	Michigan	119	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (2nd)	26
22	Washington State	110	West	Pac-12	Pete Julian (2nd)	20
23	Oregon	103	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	10
24	Texas A&M	94	South Central	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	27
25	Arizona State	71	West	Pac-12	Louie Quintana (11th)	23
26	Ohio State	55	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Robert Gary (16th)	RV
27	Tulsa	50	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gully (10th)	RV
28	Columbia	44	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (18th)	18
29	Notre Dame	28	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (37th)	RV
30	North Carolina	18	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (3rd)	29
Others Receiving Votes: Louisville 10, Georgetown 7, Georgia 6, Cal Poly 4, Penn State 1.

Dropped Out: No. 16 Georgetown, No. 21 Syracuse, No. 25 New Mexico, No. 28 Florida
compiled by Don Kopriva
( year as head coach of that team in men's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #6 -- October 18
next ranking: October 25 (repeat), November 1 (regular)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Florida State (12)	358	South	ACC	Karen Harvey (5th)	3
2	Washington	342	West	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (10th)	24
3	Vanderbilt	315	South	SEC	Steve Keith (6th)	RV
4	Villanova	314	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Gina Procaccio (12th)	1
5	Arizona	304	West	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	14
6	Georgetown	302	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Chris Miltenberg (4th)	5
7	Providence	276	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	2
8	Stanford	273	West	Pac-12	Patti Sue Plumer (1st)	6
9	Syracuse	257	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (7th)	8
10	California	237	West	Pac-12	Tony Sandoval (30th)	10
11	Oregon	218	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	12
12	Texas	213	South Central	Big 12	Bev Kearney (20th)	17
13	Iowa State	202	Midwest	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (5th)	9
14	Arkansas	195	South Central	SEC	Lance Harter (22nd)	11
15	Michigan State	186	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Walt Drenth (8th)	15
16	Colorado	185	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	4
17	Virginia	177	Southeast	ACC	Jason Vigilante (4th)	16
18	West Virginia	173	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Sean Cleary (5th)	19
19	Michigan	171	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mike McGuire (22nd)	18
20	New Mexico	156	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (5th)	7
21	NC State	116	Southeast	ACC	Laurie Henes (6th)	NR
22	North Carolina	100	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (3rd)	13
23	Notre Dame	86	Great Lakes	Big East	Tim Connelly (24th)	25
24	Boston College	82	Northeast	ACC	Randy Thomas (20th)	NR
25	Cornell	60	Northeast	Ivy	Rich Bowman (1st)	RV
26	Penn State	55	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th)	20
27	Iowa	46	Midwest	Big Ten	Layne Anderson (10th)	23
28	Connecticut	34	Northeast	Big East	Andrea Grove-McDonough (3rd)	RV
29	San Francisco	31	West	West Coast	Helen Lehman-Winters (9th)	RV
30	Oklahoma State	26	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (3rd)	29
Others Receiving Votes: Florida 23, Duke 15, Minnesota 13, Kansas State 12, Yale 12, Princeton 10, Texas Tech 3, BYU 1, Wisconsin 1.

Dropped Out: No. 21 Minnesota, No. 22 Florida, No. 26 Duke, No. 27 BYU, No. 28 Princeton, No. 30 Tulsa
compiled by Jesse Rosen
( year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*