Quiet Week in the Division I Regional Rankings

 

NEW ORLEANS – With relatively few teams in action this past weekend ahead of the important meets around the country later this week, very few changes took place in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Regional Rankings released Monday.

REGIONAL PDFs: Regional Summary | Week-by-Week | Division I XC Rankings Central

Last week’s top teams in each of the nine regions on both the men’s and women’s side remained in place for this edition, with only a few significant changes in a small number of regions. However, this week should be considered the calm before the storm as Friday begins the period during which teams can earn head-to-head victories toward potential at-large selections into the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on November 23.

Fields this coming weekend at Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational and Oklahoma State’s Cowboy Jamboree will be loaded with ranked teams, resulting in a potentially very different regional rankings landscape next Monday. The USTFCCCA’s Warm-Up Lap will preview the weekend action on Thursday.

The most significant change in the men’s rankings took place in the Great Lakes Region, where top-ranked Wisconsin was the only stationary team in its top five. Indiana and Michigan both moved up one spot to second and fourth, respectively, while displacing Notre Dame and Michigan State to third and fifth, respectively.

Top-five movement was found only in the Midwest Region in the women’s rankings, as Tulsa improved to fourth in a swap with Northwestern to fifth.

Regional Championships will be held Friday, November 15. More details can be found at Regional Championships Central.

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Week #2 — September 23
national poll release: September 24
next regional release: September 30
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	Big Ten	1
2	Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	Big Ten	3
3	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	ACC	2
4	Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Big Ten	5
5	Michigan State	East Lansing, Mich.	Big Ten	4
6	Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	Big Ten	6
7	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.	Big East	7
8	Purdue	West Lafayette, Ind.	Big Ten	8
9	Indiana State	Terre Haute, Ind.	Missouri Valley	10
10	Miami (Ohio)	Oxford, Ohio	Mid-American	9
11	Akron	Akron, Ohio	Mid-American	11
12	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	American	12
13	Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, Mich.	Mid-American	13
14	Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Mid-American	14
15	Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, Mich.	Mid-American	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin, 2010: Wisconsin, 2009: Wisconsin, 2008: Wisconsin (Wisconsin has won 11-straight Great Lakes Region titles)
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Princeton	Princeton, N.J.	Ivy	1
2	Georgetown	Washington, D.C.	Big East	2
3	Villanova	Villanova, Pa.	Big East	3
4	La Salle	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	4
5	Penn State	State College, Pa.	Big Ten	5
6	Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pa.	Patriot	6
7	Navy	Annapolis, Md.	Patriot	7
8	Bucknell	Lewisburg, Pa.	Patriot	8
9	Duquesne	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Atlantic 10	9
10	Penn	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ivy	10
11	Saint Joseph’s	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	12
12	American	Washington, D.C.	Patriot	11
13	UMBC	Catonsville, Md.	America East	13
14	Monmouth	West Long Branch, N.J.	Metro Atlantic	NR
15	Rider	Lawrenceville, N.J.	Metro Atlantic	14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton, 2009: Georgetown, 2008: Georgetown
MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	Big 12	1
2	Tulsa	Tulsa, Okla.	Conference USA	2
3	Illinois	Champaign, Ill.	Big Ten	3
4	Missouri	Columbia, Mo.	SEC	4
5	Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	Big 12	5
6	Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minn.	Big Ten	6
7	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	Missouri Valley	7
8	Loyola-Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	Missouri Valley	8
9	Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Big Ten	9
10	Oklahoma	Norman, Okla.	Big 12	10
11	South Dakota State	Brookings, S.D.	Summit League	11
12	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	Big 12	12
13	Illinois State	Normal, Ill.	Missouri Valley	13
14	Bradley	Peoria, Ill.	Missouri Valley	14
15	Wichita State	Wichita, Kan.	Missouri Valley	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, 2011: Oklahoma State, 2010: Oklahoma, 2009: Oklahoma State, 2008: Oklahoma State
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, Ariz.	Big Sky	1
2	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	Pac-12	2
3	BYU	Provo, Utah	West Coast	3
4	New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.	Mountain West	4
5	Air Force	Colorado Springs, Colo.	Mountain West	5
6	Wyoming	Laramie, Wyo.	Mountain West	6
7	Colorado State	Fort Collins, Colo.	Mountain West	7
8	Montana State	Bozeman, Mont.	Big Sky	13
9	Weber State	Ogden, Utah	Big Sky	9
10	Utah State	Logan, Utah	Mountain West	12
11	Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	Big 12	11
12	Utah Valley	Orem, Utah	WAC	8
13	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	Big Sky	10
14	UTEP	El Paso,Texas	Conference USA	14
15	New Mexico State	Las Cruces, N.M.	WAC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: BYU, 2008: Colorado
NORTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	ACC	1
2	Iona	New Rochelle, N.Y.	Metro Atlantic	2
3	Providence	Providence, R.I.	Big East	3
4	Columbia	New York, N.Y.	Ivy	4
5	Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	Ivy	5
6	Harvard	Cambridge, Mass.	Ivy	6
7	Cornell	Ithaca, N.Y.	Ivy	7
8	Yale	New Haven, Conn.	Ivy	8
9	Connecticut	Storrs, Conn.	American	10
10	Army	West Point, N.Y.	Patriot	NR
11	Boston University	Boston, Mass.	Patriot	9
12	Maine	Orono, Maine	America East	12
13	UMass	Amherst, Mass.	Atlantic 10	13
14	Stony Brook	Stony Brook, N.Y.	America East	14
15	Central Connecticut State	New Britain, Conn.	Northeast	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Iona
SOUTH Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	SEC	1
2	Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	ACC	2
3	Georgia	Athens, Ga.	SEC	3
4	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC	4
5	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	SEC	5
6	Lipscomb	Nashville, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	6
7	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	SEC	7
8	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC	8
9	ETSU	Johnson City, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	10
10	Belmont	Nashville, Tenn.	Ohio Valley	11
11	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	SEC	12
12	Florida A&M	Tallahassee, Fla.	MEAC	NR
13	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Southern	9
14	Memphis	Memphis, Tenn.	American	13
15	Samford	Birmingham, Ala.	Southern	14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Alabama, 2009: Alabama, 2008: Alabama
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Arkansas	Fayetteville, Ark.	SEC	1
2	Texas	Austin, Texas	Big 12	2
3	Rice	Houston, Texas	Conference USA	3
4	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	SEC	4
5	Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas	Southland	5
6	Lamar	Beaumont, Texas	Southland	6
7	McNeese State	Lake Charles, La.	Southland	7
8	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas	Southland	8
9	Ark.-Little Rock	Little Rock, Ark.	Sun Belt	9
10	Houston	Houston, Texas	American	10
11	Central Arkansas	Conway, Ark.	Southland	11
12	ULM	Monroe, La.	Sun Belt	12
13	UT Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Sun Belt	13
14	UTSA	San Antonio, Texas	Conference USA	14
15	North Texas	Denton, Texas	Conference USA	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Texas, 2011: Texas, 2010: Arkansas, 2009: Arkansas, 2008: Texas A&M
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Eastern Kentucky	Richmond, Ky.	Ohio Valley	1
2	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	ACC	2
3	NC State	Raleigh, N.C.	ACC	3
4	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	ACC	4
5	Furman	Greenville, S.C.	Southern	5
6	Duke	Durham, N.C.	ACC	6
7	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	American	7
8	Liberty	Lynchburg, Va.	Big South	10
9	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	ACC	9
10	High Point	High Point, N.C.	Big South	8
11	William and Mary	Williamsburg, Va.	Colonial	13
12	Richmond	Richmond, Va.	Atlantic 10	11
13	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	ACC	12
14	George Mason	Fairfax, Va.	Atlantic 10	14
15	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	SEC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State, 2010: William and Mary, 2009: William and Mary, 2008: William and Mary
WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Portland	Portland, Ore.	West Coast	1
2	UCLA	Los Angeles, Calif.	Pac-12	2
3	Oregon	Eugene, Ore.	Pac-12	3
4	Arizona State	Tempe, Ariz.	Pac-12	4
5	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	Pac-12	5
6	Boise State	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West	6
7	Washington	Seattle, Wash.	Pac-12	7
8	California	Berkeley, Calif.	Pac-12	8
9	Cal Poly	San Luis Obispo, Calif.	Big West	9
10	Washington State	Pullman, Wash.	Pac-12	10
11	Arizona	Tucson, Ariz.	Pac-12	11
12	Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, Calif.	West Coast	12
13	Gonzaga	Spokane, Wash.	West Coast	13
14	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, Calif.	Big West	14
15	UC Davis	Davis, Calif.	Big West	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford, 2010: Oregon, 2009: Stanford, 2008: Oregon

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Week #2 — September 23
national poll release: September 24
next regional release: September 30
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Michigan State	East Lansing, Mich.	Big Ten	1
2	Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Big Ten	2
3	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	ACC	3
4	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.	Big East	4
5	Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Mid-American	5
6	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	Big Ten	6
7	Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	Big Ten	7
8	Ohio	Athens, Ohio	Mid-American	10
9	Miami (Ohio)	Oxford, Ohio	Mid-American	8
10	Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	Big Ten	9
11	Xavier	Cincinnati, Ohio	Big East	11
12	Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, Mich.	Mid-American	12
13	Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	Atlantic 10	13
14	Purdue	West Lafayette, Ind.	Big Ten	14
15	Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, Mich.	Mid-American	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Michigan, 2011: Michigan, 2010: Michigan State, 2009: Notre Dame, 2008: Michigan
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Georgetown	Washington, D.C.	Big East	1
2	Penn State	State College, Pa.	Big Ten	2
3	Villanova	Villanova, Pa.	Big East	3
4	Princeton	Princeton, N.J.	Ivy	4
5	West Virginia	Morgantown, W. Va.	Big 12	5
6	Navy	Annapolis, Md.	Patriot	6
7	Penn	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ivy	7
8	Duquesne	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Atlantic 10	8
9	Bucknell	Lewisburg, Pa.	Patriot	9
10	La Salle	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	10
11	Saint Joseph’s	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	11
12	Maryland	College Park, Md.	ACC	12
13	Delaware	Newark, Del.	Colonial	13
14	American	Washington, D.C.	Patriot	14
15	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pa.	ACC	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Penn State, 2011: Georgetown/Villanova, 2010: Villanova, 2009: Villanova, 2008: Princeton/West Virginia
MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minn.	Big Ten	1
2	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	Big 12	2
3	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	Big 12	3
4	Tulsa	Tulsa, Okla.	Conference USA	5
5	Northwestern	Evanston, Ill.	Big Ten	4
6	North Dakota State	Fargo, N.D.	Summit League	6
7	Bradley	Peoria, Ill.	Missouri Valley	7
8	Illinois State	Normal, Ill.	Missouri Valley	8
9	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	Big 12	10
10	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	Missouri Valley	15
11	Loyola-Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	Missouri Valley	11
12	Saint Louis	St. Louis, Mo.	Atlantic 10	9
13	South Dakota	Vermillion, S.D.	Summit League	12
14	Illinois	Champaign, Ill.	Big Ten	13
15	Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Big Ten	14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Iowa State, 2011: Iowa State, 2010: Iowa State, 2009: Minnesota, 2008: Minnesota
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	Pac-12	1
2	New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.	Mountain West	2
3	BYU	Provo, Utah	West Coast	3
4	Weber State	Ogden, Utah	Big Sky	4
5	Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, Ariz.	Big Sky	5
6	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	Big Sky	6
7	Air Force	Colorado Springs, Colo.	Mountain West	7
8	Colorado State	Fort Collins, Colo.	Mountain West	8
9	Utah State	Logan, Utah	Mountain West	11
10	Montana State	Bozeman, Mont.	Big Sky	NR
11	Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Pac-12	9
12	Montana	Missoula, Mont.	Big Sky	NR
13	Wyoming	Laramie, Wyo.	Mountain West	13
14	Nevada	Reno, Nevada	Mountain West	14
15	Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	Big 12	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Weber State, 2011: New Mexico/Colorado, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: Colorado, 2008: Texas Tech
NORTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Providence	Providence, R.I.	Big East	1
2	Cornell	Ithaca, N.Y.	Ivy	2
3	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	ACC	3
4	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	ACC	4
5	Harvard	Cambridge, Mass.	Ivy	5
6	Columbia	New York, N.Y.	Ivy	7
7	Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	Ivy	8
8	Iona	New Rochelle, N.Y.	Metro Atlantic	6
9	Yale	New Haven, Conn.	Ivy	9
10	Connecticut	Storrs, Conn.	American	10
11	Brown	Providence, R.I.	Ivy	11
12	Stony Brook	Stony Brook, N.Y.	America East	12
13	Vermont	Burlington, Vt.	America East	13
14	New Hampshire	Durham, N.H.	America East	14
15	Albany	Albany, N.Y.	America East	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Providence
SOUTH Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	ACC	1
2	Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.	SEC	2
3	Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	SEC	3
4	Georgia	Athens, Ga.	SEC	4
5	Lipscomb	Nashville, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	5
6	Mississippi	Oxford, Miss.	SEC	6
7	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	SEC	7
8	UAB	Birmingham, Ala.	Conference USA	8
9	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC	9
10	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	SEC	10
11	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	SEC	11
12	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC	12
13	Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, Miss.	Conference USA	13
14	Belmont	Nashville, Tenn.	Ohio Valley	14
15	USF	Tampa, Florida	American	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Florida State, 2009: Florida, 2008: Florida State
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Arkansas	Fayetteville, Ark.	SEC	1
2	Texas	Austin, Texas	Big 12	2
3	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	SEC	3
4	SMU	University Park, Texas	American	4
5	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Big 12	5
6	Rice	Houston, Texas	Conference USA	6
7	Lamar	Beaumont, Texas	Southland	7
8	UT Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Sun Belt	8
9	UTSA	San Antonio, Texas	Conference USA	9
10	Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas	Southland	10
11	Sam Houston State	Huntsville, Texas	Southland	11
12	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas	Southland	12
13	Tulane	New Orleans, La.	Conference USA	13
14	Texas State	San Marcos, Texas	Sun Belt	14
15	LSU	Baton Rouge, La.	SEC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas, 2009: SMU, 2008: Arkansas
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Duke	Durham, N.C.	ACC	1
2	William and Mary	Williamsburg, Va.	Colonial	2
3	NC State	Raleigh, N.C.	ACC	3
4	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	ACC	4
5	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	ACC	5
6	Eastern Kentucky	Richmond, Ky.	Ohio Valley	6
7	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	SEC	7
8	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	American	8
9	Furman	Greenville, S.C.	Southern	10
10	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	ACC	9
11	Richmond	Richmond, Va.	Atlantic 10	11
12	Elon	Elon, N.C.	Southern	12
13	UNCG	Greensboro, N.C.	Southern	13
14	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	ACC	14
15	East Carolina	Greenville, N.C.	Conference USA	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia
WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Oregon	Eugene, Ore.	Pac-12	1
2	Arizona	Tucson, Ariz.	Pac-12	2
3	Washington	Seattle, Wash.	Pac-12	3
4	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	Pac-12	4
5	San Francisco	San Francisco, Calif.	West Coast	5
6	UC Davis	Davis, Calif.	Big West	6
7	Oregon State	Corvallis, Ore.	Pac-12	7
8	Boise State	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West	8
9	Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, Calif.	West Coast	9
10	UCLA	Los Angeles, Calif.	Pac-12	10
11	Portland	Portland, Ore.	West Coast	11
12	Cal Poly	San Luis Obispo, Calif.	Big West	12
13	California	Berkeley, Calif.	Pac-12	13
14	Arizona State	Tempe, Ariz.	Pac-12	14
15	Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	WAC	15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington