New Mexico & Virginia Women, Columbia Men Take Control in DI Regional Rankings

NEW ORLEANS – Largely influenced by the results at Friday’s Notre Dame Invitational, three new teams have emerged on top of their respective regions in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Regional Rankings released Monday.

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The Columbia men (No. 30 nationally last week) upset a slew of nationally ranked teams — including No. 7 Tulsa and Ivy League rival No. 9 Princeton — to win the team crown Notre Dame and jump to first in the Northeast Region, while the New Mexico women (No. 15) nearly took down No. 2 Florida State in the ND women’s race to take over the top spot in the Mountain Region.

Rounding out the changers at the top were the Virginia’s women, who — despite an idle weekend — took control of the Southeast Region after the Duke women, not running at full strength, finished 10th at Notre Dame. The Blue Devils, ranked No. 4 nationally last week, dropped two spots to No. 3 in the region, despite Julie Bottorff taking the individual title.

For Columbia, the team title at Notre Dame came over Tulsa, Princeton and five other top-30 squads — al of which were ranked ahead of the Lions. With 113 points, Columbia edged out defending meet champions Tulsa, 113 to 124.

Four of the Lions’ top five came through in the top 24 and the top three finished within a second of one another in 12th, 13th and 14th, leading the squad to what Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Willy Wood labeled, "Probably the greatest win in the history of our program."

The Lions moved up three spots displaced No. 10 Syracuse to the region’s second spot, while Iona fell two spots to No. 4.

New Mexico’s women, who were for the most part making their season debut, turned in a similarly strong team performance, trailing meet champion Florida State by just five points in the final score, 77-82. The Lobos put three runners in the top 11, led by junior Samantha Silva in third place, and six runners within the meet’s top 35.

With the Lobos moving into the Mountain Region’s top spot, former No. 1 Colorado was displaced to No. 2.

The Duke women’s tumble to No. 3 in the Southeast Region could manifest itself in Tuesday’s National Coaches Poll, in which the Blue Devils were ranked No. 4 last week. Not only did Virginia claim Duke’s spot atop the region, the Blue Devils were also passed up by William & Mary.

In other significant moves around the nation:

• The Washington women (No. 7 nationally) took out defending national champion Oregon (No. 5) at the Ducks’ home Bill Dellinger Invitational to move into the second spot in the west region behind Arizona (No. 3).
• At the same meet, Boise State’s men, which received votes nationally last week, improved three spots to No. 3 in the West Region after nearly defeating No. 4 Oregon in a runner-up performance. The Ducks remain No. 1 in the region.
• The Dartmouth women, led to a runner-up team finish at Paul Short by senior standout Abbey D’Agostino’s individual win at Paul Short, jumped five spots to No. 2 in the Northeast Region behind Providence (No. 1 nationally).
• Princeton’s women (No. 30 nationally) took fifth at Notre Dame and moved up two spots to No. 2 in the Mid-Atlantic Region, jumping ahead of Villanova (No. 12) and Penn State (No. 13), which fell three spots to fifth in the region.

USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning team strength with current-season results in determining predicted team finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships.

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 #4 — October 7
national poll release: October 8
next regional release: October 21 (next week off)
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	Big Ten	1
2	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	Big Ten	2
3	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	ACC	3
4	Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Big Ten	4
5	Michigan State	East Lansing, Mich.	Big Ten	5
6	Purdue	West Lafayette, Ind.	Big Ten	8
7	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.	Big East	7
8	Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, Mich.	Mid-American	NR
9	Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	Big Ten	6
10	Indiana State	Terre Haute, Ind.	Missouri Valley	9
11	Akron	Akron, Ohio	Mid-American	12
12	Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, Mich.	Mid-American	14
13	Miami (Ohio)	Oxford, Ohio	Mid-American	11
14	IUPUI	Indianapolis, Ind.	Summit League	10
15	Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	American	13
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
2	Villanova	Villanova, Pa.	Big East	3
4	La Salle	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	4
5	Navy	Annapolis, Md.	Patriot	7
6	Penn State	State College, Pa.	Big Ten	5
7	Penn	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ivy	10
8	Saint Joseph’s	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	11
9	UMBC	Catonsville, Md.	America East	13
10	Duquesne	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Atlantic 10	9
11	American	Washington, D.C.	Patriot	12
12	Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pa.	Patriot	6
13	Monmouth	West Long Branch, N.J.	Metro Atlantic	14
14	Rider	Lawrenceville, N.J.	Metro Atlantic	15
15	Bucknell	Lewisburg, Pa.	Patriot	8
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	Oklahoma	Norman, Okla.	Big 12	4
4	Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minn.	Big Ten	5
5	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	Big 12	12
6	Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	Big 12	7
7	Missouri	Columbia, Mo.	SEC	6
8	Illinois	Champaign, Ill.	Big Ten	3
9	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	Missouri Valley	8
10	South Dakota State	Brookings, S.D.	Summit League	10
11	Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Big Ten	11
12	Loyola-Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	Missouri Valley	9
13	Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	Big Ten	13
14	Illinois State	Normal, Ill.	Missouri Valley	14
15	Wichita State	Wichita, Kan.	Missouri Valley	NR
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	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	Pac-12	1
2	Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, Ariz.	Big Sky	2
3	BYU	Provo, Utah	West Coast	3
4	Colorado State	Fort Collins, Colo.	Mountain West	4
5	New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.	Mountain West	5
6	Air Force	Colorado Springs, Colo.	Mountain West	7
7	Wyoming	Laramie, Wyo.	Mountain West	6
8	Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	Big 12	8
9	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	Big Sky	13
10	Montana State	Bozeman, Mont.	Big Sky	9
11	Utah State	Logan, Utah	Mountain West	11
12	UTEP	El Paso,Texas	Conference USA	14
13	Weber State	Ogden, Utah	Big Sky	10
14	Utah Valley	Orem, Utah	WAC	12
15	Montana	Missoula, Mont.	Big Sky	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	Columbia	New York, N.Y.	Ivy	4
2	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	ACC	1
3	Providence	Providence, R.I.	Big East	3
4	Iona	New Rochelle, N.Y.	Metro Atlantic	2
5	Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	Ivy	5
6	Harvard	Cambridge, Mass.	Ivy	6
7	Yale	New Haven, Conn.	Ivy	7
8	Northeastern	Boston, Mass.	Colonial	8
9	Cornell	Ithaca, N.Y.	Ivy	9
10	Army	West Point, N.Y.	Patriot	11
11	Connecticut	Storrs, Conn.	American	10
12	Boston University	Boston, Mass.	Patriot	13
13	Brown	Providence, R.I.	Ivy	NR
14	New Hampshire	Durham, N.H.	America East	12
15	Maine	Orono, Maine	America East	14
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	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	SEC	4
5	Lipscomb	Nashville, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	6
6	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	SEC	7
7	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC	8
8	ETSU	Johnson City, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	9
9	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC	5
10	Belmont	Nashville, Tenn.	Ohio Valley	10
11	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	SEC	11
12	Florida A&M	Tallahassee, Fla.	MEAC	12
13	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tenn.	Southern	13
14	Memphis	Memphis, Tenn.	American	14
15	Samford	Birmingham, Ala.	Southern	15
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	North Texas	Denton, Texas	Conference USA	15
10	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Big 12	NR
11	Ark.-Little Rock	Little Rock, Ark.	Sun Belt	9
12	Houston	Houston, Texas	American	10
13	Central Arkansas	Conway, Ark.	Southland	11
14	ULM	Monroe, La.	Sun Belt	12
15	UT Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Sun Belt	13
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	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	ACC	1
2	Eastern Kentucky	Richmond, Ky.	Ohio Valley	2
3	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	ACC	3
4	Duke	Durham, N.C.	ACC	4
5	NC State	Raleigh, N.C.	ACC	5
6	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	SEC	6
7	Liberty	Lynchburg, Va.	Big South	7
8	Furman	Greenville, S.C.	Southern	8
9	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	American	9
10	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	ACC	10
11	William and Mary	Williamsburg, Va.	Colonial	11
12	High Point	High Point, N.C.	Big South	13
13	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	ACC	14
14	Appalachian State	Boone, N.C.	Southern	15
15	Richmond	Richmond, Va.	Atlantic 10	12
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	Oregon	Eugene, Ore.	Pac-12	1
2	Portland	Portland, Ore.	West Coast	2
3	Boise State	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West	6
4	Arizona State	Tempe, Ariz.	Pac-12	4
5	UCLA	Los Angeles, Calif.	Pac-12	3
6	Washington	Seattle, Wash.	Pac-12	7
7	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	Pac-12	5
8	Cal Poly	San Luis Obispo, Calif.	Big West	8
9	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, Calif.	Big West	14
10	UC Davis	Davis, Calif.	Big West	15
11	California	Berkeley, Calif.	Pac-12	12
12	Arizona	Tucson, Ariz.	Pac-12	11
13	Gonzaga	Spokane, Wash.	West Coast	13
14	Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, Calif.	West Coast	10
15	Washington State	Pullman, Wash.	Pac-12	9
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 #4 — October 7
national poll release: October 8
next regional release: October 21 (next week off)
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	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.	Big East	3
4	Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	Big Ten	7
5	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	ACC	4
6	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	Big Ten	6
7	Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Mid-American	5
8	Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	Big Ten	10
9	Miami (Ohio)	Oxford, Ohio	Mid-American	9
10	Ohio	Athens, Ohio	Mid-American	8
11	Purdue	West Lafayette, Ind.	Big Ten	11
12	Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, Mich.	Mid-American	15
13	Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	Atlantic 10	14
14	Xavier	Cincinnati, Ohio	Big East	12
15	Oakland	Rochester, Mich.	Horizon	NR
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	Princeton	Princeton, N.J.	Ivy	4
3	Villanova	Villanova, Pa.	Big East	3
4	West Virginia	Morgantown, W. Va.	Big 12	5
5	Penn State	State College, Pa.	Big Ten	2
6	Duquesne	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Atlantic 10	7
7	Penn	Philadelphia, Pa.	Ivy	6
8	Delaware	Newark, Del.	Colonial	15
9	Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pa.	Patriot	NR
10	Saint Joseph’s	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	11
11	Bucknell	Lewisburg, Pa.	Patriot	10
12	La Salle	Philadelphia, Pa.	Atlantic 10	9
13	Navy	Annapolis, Md.	Patriot	8
14	Maryland	College Park, Md.	ACC	12
15	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pa.	ACC	14
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	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	Big 12	1
2	Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minn.	Big Ten	2
3	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	Big 12	3
4	Tulsa	Tulsa, Okla.	Conference USA	4
5	Bradley	Peoria, Ill.	Missouri Valley	6
6	Northwestern	Evanston, Ill.	Big Ten	5
7	Illinois State	Normal, Ill.	Missouri Valley	7
8	Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Ill.	Missouri Valley	11
9	Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	Big 12	NR
10	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	Big 12	9
11	Wichita State	Wichita, Kan.	Missouri Valley	10
12	North Dakota State	Fargo, N.D.	Summit League	8
13	Loyola-Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	Missouri Valley	12
14	Saint Louis	St. Louis, Mo.	Atlantic 10	13
15	South Dakota	Vermillion, S.D.	Summit League	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	New Mexico	Albuquerque, N.M.	Mountain West	2
2	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	Pac-12	1
3	BYU	Provo, Utah	West Coast	3
4	Northern Arizona	Flagstaff, Ariz.	Big Sky	4
5	Weber State	Ogden, Utah	Big Sky	5
6	Air Force	Colorado Springs, Colo.	Mountain West	7
7	Colorado State	Fort Collins, Colo.	Mountain West	8
8	Utah State	Logan, Utah	Mountain West	9
9	Montana State	Bozeman, Mont.	Big Sky	10
10	Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Pac-12	11
11	Southern Utah	Cedar City, Utah	Big Sky	6
12	Montana	Missoula, Mont.	Big Sky	12
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	Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	Ivy	7
3	Cornell	Ithaca, N.Y.	Ivy	2
4	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	ACC	3
5	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	ACC	4
6	Columbia	New York, N.Y.	Ivy	6
7	Harvard	Cambridge, Mass.	Ivy	5
8	Stony Brook	Stony Brook, N.Y.	America East	8
9	Iona	New Rochelle, N.Y.	Metro Atlantic	9
10	New Hampshire	Durham, N.H.	America East	10
11	Connecticut	Storrs, Conn.	American	11
12	Brown	Providence, R.I.	Ivy	12
13	Yale	New Haven, Conn.	Ivy	13
14	Vermont	Burlington, Vt.	America East	14
15	Albany	Albany, N.Y.	America East	15
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	Lipscomb	Nashville, Tenn.	Atlantic Sun	4
5	Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	SEC	7
6	Georgia	Athens, Ga.	SEC	5
7	Mississippi	Oxford, Miss.	SEC	6
8	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC	9
9	UAB	Birmingham, Ala.	Conference USA	8
10	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	SEC	10
11	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	SEC	11
12	Belmont	Nashville, Tenn.	Ohio Valley	14
13	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC	12
14	Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, Miss.	Conference USA	13
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	Lamar	Beaumont, Texas	Southland	9
6	Central Arkansas	Conway, Ark.	Southland	13
7	Baylor	Waco, Texas	Big 12	5
8	Arkansas State	Jonesboro, Ark.	Sun Belt	12
9	Rice	Houston, Texas	Conference USA	7
10	UTSA	San Antonio, Texas	Conference USA	11
11	Sam Houston State	Huntsville, Texas	Southland	8
12	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas	Southland	6
13	UT Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Sun Belt	10
14	Texas State	San Marcos, Texas	Sun Belt	14
15	Stephen F. Austin	Nacogdoches, Texas	Southland	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	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	ACC	2
2	William and Mary	Williamsburg, Va.	Colonial	3
3	Duke	Durham, N.C.	ACC	1
4	NC State	Raleigh, N.C.	ACC	4
5	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	SEC	6
6	Eastern Kentucky	Richmond, Ky.	Ohio Valley	5
7	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	American	7
8	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	ACC	10
9	Furman	Greenville, S.C.	Southern	8
10	UNCG	Greensboro, N.C.	Southern	9
11	Richmond	Richmond, Va.	Atlantic 10	11
12	Elon	Elon, N.C.	Southern	12
13	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	ACC	13
14	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	ACC	14
15	Appalachian State	Boone, N.C.	Southern	15
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	Arizona	Tucson, Ariz.	Pac-12	1
2	Washington	Seattle, Wash.	Pac-12	3
3	Oregon	Eugene, Ore.	Pac-12	2
4	San Francisco	San Francisco, Calif.	West Coast	5
5	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	Pac-12	4
6	Boise State	Boise, Idaho	Mountain West	8
7	UCLA	Los Angeles, Calif.	Pac-12	9
8	Cal Poly	San Luis Obispo, Calif.	Big West	11
9	UC Davis	Davis, Calif.	Big West	6
10	Portland	Portland, Ore.	West Coast	10
11	Sacramento State	Sacramento, Calif.	Big Sky	15
12	Arizona State	Tempe, Ariz.	Pac-12	12
13	Oregon State	Corvallis, Ore.	Pac-12	7
14	California	Berkeley, Calif.	Pac-12	13
15	Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, Calif.	West Coast	NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington