DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week 7 (Pre-Regional)

Oct 30, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week 7 (Pre-Regional)

October 30, 2012

NEW ORLEANS – The final regular season regional rankings for NCAA Division III for the 2012 cross country season have been released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).Conference championships were held last weekend and the NCAA Regional Championships will be the next on the docket and will be held on Saturday, November 10.

New to the No. 1 ranks in this update is the men’s team at Tufts in the New England region.

Top regional men’s teams include SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), Central (Iowa) (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Haverford (Mideast), North Central (Ill.) (Midwest), Tufts (New England), Emory (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West). No. 1-ranked women’s teams are St. Lawrence (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Chicago (Midwest), MIT (New England), Trinity (Texas) (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West).

NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 10. NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central .

USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region’s coaches (each region varies).

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Week #7 -- October 30 (Pre-Regional)
national poll release: October 31
next regional release: FINAL, NCAA Regional Championships (November 10)

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	1
2	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	2
3	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	3
4	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	5
5	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	4
6	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	7
7	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty League	6
8	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	8
9	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	9
10	Vassar	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Liberty League	NR


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Central (Iowa)	Pella, Iowa	IIAC	1
2	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	2
3	Loras	Dubuque, Iowa	IIAC	3
4	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	6
5	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	5
6	Bethel (Minn.)	Arden Hills, Minn.	MIAC	8
7	Saint John's (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	4
8	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	7
9	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	9
10	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	NR


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Wabash	Crawfordsville, Ind.	NCAC	2
3	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	3
4	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	5
5	Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	OAC	NR
6	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	9
7	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	4
8	Adrian	Adrian, Mich.	MIAA	NR
9	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	10
10	Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, Ohio	NCAC	8


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	1
2	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	2
3	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	3
4	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	4
5	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	5
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	6
7	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	9
8	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	8
9	York (Pa.)	York, Pa.	CAC	10
10	Widener	Chester, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	7


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	1
2	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	2
3	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	3
4	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	4
5	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	9
6	UW-Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	7
7	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	5
8	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	6
9	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	8
10	UW-Stout	Menominie, Wis.	WIAC	10
10	UW-Stout	Menominie, Wis.	WIAC	NR


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	2
2	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	5
3	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	1
4	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	3
5	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	4
6	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	7
7	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	6
8	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	NR
9	Springfield (Mass.)	Springfield, Mass.	NEWMAC	9
10	Connecticut College	New London, Conn.	NESCAC	8


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
2	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	6
3	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	2
4	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	3
5	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	5
6	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	7
7	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	4
8	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	9
9	Hendrix	Conway, Ark.	SAA	NR
10	UT Tyler	Tyler, Texas	ASC	8


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	3
3	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	2
4	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	9
5	Puget Sound	Tacoma, Wash.	Northwest	4
6	La Verne	La Verne, Calif.	SCIAC	7
7	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	6
8	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	5
9	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	8
10	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest	10

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Week #7 -- October 30 (Pre-Regional)
national poll release: October 31
next regional release: FINAL, NCAA Regional Championships (November 10)

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	4
5	SUNY Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
6	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	5
7	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	9
8	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	NR
8	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	10
10	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty League	NR


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	1
2	Gustavus Adolphus	St. Peter, Minn.	MIAC	7
3	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	2
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	3
5	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	4
6	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	5
7	St. Benedict	St. Joseph, Minn.	MIAC	6
8	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	8
9	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	9
10	Concordia Moorhead	Moorhead, Minn.	MIAC	10


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	2
3	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	4
4	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	3
5	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	6
6	Kenyon	Gambier, Ohio	NCAC	5
7	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	7
8	Alma	Alma, Mich.	MIAA	9
9	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	NCAC	NR
10	Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	OAC	10


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	2
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	3
4	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	5
5	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	4
6	Muhlenberg	Allentown, Pa.	Centennial	7
7	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	6
8	Marywood	Scranton, Pa.	Colonial States	8
9	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	9
10	Penn State Behrend	Erie, Pa.	AMCC	10


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	2
3	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	3
4	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	4
5	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	6
6	UW-Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	5
7	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	7
8	UW-River Falls	River Falls, Wis.	WIAC	NR
9	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	8
10	Monmouth (Ill.)	Monmouth, Ill.	Midwest	NR


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	1
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	2
3	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	3
4	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	5
5	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	4
6	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	6
7	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	9
8	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	8
9	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	7
10	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	10


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	1
2	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	2
3	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	3
4	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	4
5	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	7
6	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	6
7	Univ. of the South	Sewanee, Tenn.	SAA	NR
8	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	10
9	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	8
10	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	9


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	2
3	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	3
4	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	5
5	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	7
6	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	6
7	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	9
8	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	4
9	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	8
10	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	10