USTFCCCA DI National XC Coaches Poll: Wisconsin, Florida State are No. 1

Nov 1, 2011 by USTFCCCA (Coaches Association)

Wisconsin, Florida State Now Are Atop National Coaches Poll in DI

November 1, 2011

NEW ORLEANS – Wisconsin's men's cross country team is the new number one squad in the country according to the nation's coaches. After a very busy conference championship weekend, the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll for NCAA's Division I reflect those who made the best case for a spot among the nation's elite. The focus will shift to NCAA Regional Championships in the coming days as Wisconsin takes over the men's top spot for the first time since 2007 and Florida State's women retain the No. 1 position for the second-straight voting week.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN

* Wisconsin takes over as the new No. 1 team in the land. The Badgers won the Big Ten Championship on Sunday, and for the 13th-consecutive time, with a commanding performance, in scoring just 17 points. Wisconsin claimed seven of 12 first-place votes in the poll and are on top of the national poll for the first time since September 25, 2007.

* No. 2 Oklahoma State topped No. 5 Oklahoma for the Big 12 Championship title, 30-43. The Cowboys, the two-time defending NCAA Champions, had been ranked No. 1 since the preseason.

* No. 3 BYU unseated No. 8 Portland from their 32-year perch atop the West Coast Conference podium with a 25-32 win over the Pilots. The Cougars joined the WCC for the first time in July.

* No. 4 Colorado has reached a season-high ranking after winning the Pac-12 title, over then-No. 4 Stanford, 46-53, in their first-ever appearance at the league meet. The Buffs joined the Pac-12 for the first time this summer after enjoying a successful stay in the Big 12.

* Reaching season highs in the poll this week are No. 13 Villanova, No. 19 Michigan, and No. 25 North Carolina. Villanova scored a big victory, 43-94 over Georgetown for the Big East crown. Michigan tied for third with Minnesota at the Big Ten meet. And, North Carolina was third at the ACC Championships where No. 11 NC State took the title for the second time in three years.

* The Big East and Big Ten share the helm as the conferences with most teams in the top 30 with five. The Pac-12 and Big 12 each have four squads in the top 30, followed by the ACC (3).

WOMEN

* No. 1 Florida State dominated the ACC Championships in scoring just 20 points for their fourth-straight league crown.

* No. 2 Villanova, the two-time defending NCAA Champs, jumped up two spots after claiming the Big East title, 54-63 over No. 5 Providence. For the Wildcats, it was their fourth-straight Big East championship.

* In their first year in a new league, No. 3 Colorado (50) climbed 13 spots from 16th after taking the Pac-12 Championship crown from nearest challengers then-No. 2 Washington (73) and No. 8 Stanford (75).

* No. 4 Vanderbilt dropped a spot despite winning their first-ever SEC Championship in women's cross country on Monday. The Commodores placed five runners in the top ten to score 30 points and top nearest challengers then-No. 14 Arkansas (61) and Florida (62).

* Also reaching season highs in this week's poll are No. 11 Oregon, No. 12 Michigan State, No. 13 West Virginia, No. 20 NC State, and No. 27 San Francisco.

* At No. 28, Wisconsin is ranked in the national top 30 for the first time this season.

* Conferences leading with teams in the top 30 are: Big East (6), Pac-12 (6), ACC (5), Big Ten (5), and Big 12 (3).

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 #8 -- November 1
next ranking: November 8 (repeat), November 15 (regular)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (7)	355	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (4th)	2
2	Oklahoma State (5)	352	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (6th)	1
3	BYU	326	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (12th)	3
4	Colorado	318	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	6
5	Oklahoma	312	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (7th)	5
6	Stanford	305	West	Pac-12	Jason Dunn (5th)	4
7	Indiana	286	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (5th)	7
8	Portland	267	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (22nd)	8
9	Iona	264	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (4th)	10
9	Princeton	264	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Steve Dolan (8th)	9
11	Texas	212	South Central	Big 12	Bubba Thornton (17th)	11
12	Northern Arizona	210	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (5th)	13
13	Villanova	204	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (12th)	16
14	NC State	195	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (34th)	19
15	Arkansas	194	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (4th)	15
16	Florida State	172	South	ACC	Bob Braman (12th)	18
17	Oregon	162	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	23
18	Minnesota	160	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (16th)	12
19	Michigan	145	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (2nd)	21
20	Eastern Kentucky	137	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (33rd)	17
21	UCLA	109	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (3rd)	20
22	Columbia	96	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (18th)	28
23	Georgetown	94	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (13th)	RV
24	Texas A&M	89	South Central	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	24
25	North Carolina	60	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (3rd)	30
26	Louisville	48	Southeast	Big East	Ron Mann (8th)	RV
27	Tulsa	43	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gully (10th)	27
28	Ohio State	41	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Robert Gary (16th)	26
29	Syracuse	38	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (7th)	NR
30	Providence	36	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	14
Others Receiving Votes: Cal Poly 18, Washington State 17, Arizona State 14, Florida 12, New Mexico 10, California 8, Notre Dame 4, Lamar 3, Utah State 1.

Dropped Out: No. 22 Washington State, No. 25 Arizona State, No. 29 Notre Dame
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 #8 -- November 1
next ranking: November 8 (repeat), November 15 (regular)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Florida State (10)	357	South	ACC	Karen Harvey (5th)	1
2	Villanova (1)	340	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Gina Procaccio (12th)	4
3	Colorado (1)	331	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (17th)	16
4	Vanderbilt	319	South	SEC	Steve Keith (6th)	3
5	Providence	315	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (28th)	7
6	Washington	307	West	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (10th)	2
7	Georgetown	287	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Chris Miltenberg (4th)	6
8	Stanford	282	West	Pac-12	Patti Sue Plumer (1st)	8
9	Syracuse	249	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (7th)	9
10	Iowa State	244	Midwest	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (5th)	13
11	Oregon	241	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	11
12	Michigan State	229	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Walt Drenth (8th)	15
13	West Virginia	196	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Sean Cleary (5th)	18
14	Texas	183	South Central	Big 12	Bev Kearney (20th)	12
15	Michigan	181	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mike McGuire (22nd)	19
16	Arizona	178	West	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	5
17	Arkansas	165	South Central	SEC	Lance Harter (22nd)	14
18	Boston College	161	Northeast	ACC	Randy Thomas (20th)	24
19	New Mexico	149	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (5th)	20
20	NC State	118	Southeast	ACC	Laurie Henes (6th)	21
21	Virginia	111	Southeast	ACC	Jason Vigilante (4th)	17
22	Penn State	102	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th)	26
23	Oklahoma State	100	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (3rd)	30
24	Notre Dame	86	Great Lakes	Big East	Tim Connelly (24th)	23
25	North Carolina	72	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (3rd)	22
26	California	65	West	Pac-12	Tony Sandoval (30th)	10
27	San Francisco	50	West	West Coast	Helen Lehman-Winters (9th)	29
28	Wisconsin	44	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Jim Stintzi (8th)	RV
29	Cornell	31	Northeast	Ivy	Rich Bowman (1st)	25
30	Minnesota	23	Midwest	Big Ten	Gary Wilson (27th)	RV
Others Receiving Votes: Florida 15, Columbia 14, Connecticut 12, Toledo 11, Texas Tech 5.

Dropped Out: No. 27 Iowa, No. 28 Connecticut
compiled by Jesse Rosen
( year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*