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NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POLLS
Division I
MONDO Men's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 19.
NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 22. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.

Rank Rank
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 10/12 10/5

1 Wisconsin (12) GL 418 1 1
2 Stanford (1) W 401 2 2
3 Colorado M 388 6 6
4 Arkansas (1) SC 387 3 3
5 Notre Dame GL 359 9 9
6 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 346 11 12
7= Michigan GL 325 5 5
7= Georgetown MA 325 7 7
9 Arizona State W 308 15 15
10 BYU M 300 14 14
11 Florida State S 274 18 18
12 Air Force M 272 13 13
13 Indiana GL 240 20 19
14 Butler GL 237 10 10
15 Iona College NE 220 4 4
16 North Carolina State SE 212 8 8
17 Colorado State M 186 21 21
18 Villanova MA 178 12 11
19 Minnesota MW 173 16= 17
20 Florida S 142 -- --
21 Oklahoma State MW 134 19 20
22 Providence NE 133 16= 16
23 New Mexico M 123 -- --
24 Northern Arizona M 102 -- --
25 Central Michigan GL 75 29 28
26 Duke SE 49 -- --
27 Michigan State GL 47 -- --
28 Oregon W 36 24 25
29 Texas SC 33 30 --
30 Iowa MW 23 -- 30
-- William & Mary SE -- 22 22=
-- Miami (Ohio) GL -- 23 22=
-- Ohio State GL -- 25 24
-- Georgia S -- 26 27
-- Montana State M -- 27 26
-- Washington W -- 28 29

Also receiving votes: Miami/Ohio 22, American 21, Portland 14, Washington 11, Ohio State 10, Clemson 3, Georgia 3, William & Mary 3, Rice 2, UCLA 2, Arizona 1, Columbia 1, LaSalle 1.

FinishLynx Women's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 19.
NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 22. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.

Rank Rank
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 10/11 10/5

1 Stanford (13) W 390 1 1
2 Providence NE 376 2 2
3 Colorado MT 364 4 4
4 Michigan GL 349 3 3
5 Duke SE 336 5 6
6 Notre Dame GL 329 6 5
7 North Carolina SE 308 8 8
8 Arizona State W 302 7 7
9 Missouri MW 285 10 10
10 North Carolina State SE 267 20 20
11 Michigan State GL 248 17 18
12 Brigham Young MT 244 13 17
13 Southern Methodist -- 236 11 13
14 Tennessee S 225 9 9
15 Villanova MA 214 12 11
16 UC - Santa Barbara W 189 15 14
17 Georgia S 178 19 15
18 Wake Forest SE 167 14 12
19 Princeton MA 151 -- --
20 Arkansas SC 145 21 21
21 Indiana GL 138 -- --
22 West Virginia SE 102 24 24
23 Idaho W 99 23 23
24 Colorado State MT 96 -- --
25 Boston College NE 72 29 29
26 UCLA W 70 25 25
27 Illinois GL 65 -- --
28 Columbia NE 46 18 16
29 Butler GL 29 26 26
30 Marquette GL 11 30 30
-- Baylor SC -- 16 19
-- William & Mary SE -- 22 22
-- Texas Tech MT -- 27 27
-- Georgetown MA -- 28 28

Other Teams Receiving Votes: Georgetown 8, Baylor 8, Cornell 4, Northern Arizona 1, Penn State 1.

Division II
Men's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 18.
E = East (2), GL = Great Lakes (3), NE = Northeast (2), NC = North Central (6), S = South (3), SC = South Central (3), SE = Southeast (2), W = West (3). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2003 Championships).
Regional rankings are posted here.

Rank Rank
Rank Team Region 10/13 10/4

1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 1
2 Western State (CO) NC 2 2
3 California State - Chico W 3 3
4 Abilene Christian (TX) SC 4 4
5 Harding (AR) S 5 5
6 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 6 6
7 Univ of Mass. - Lowell NE 8 8
8 Minnesota State - Mankato NC 10 10
9 Lock Haven (PA) E 7 7
10 Hillsdale (MI) GL 11 11
11 Univ of Minn - Duluth NC 20 20
12 Lewis University GL 12 12
13 UC - Colorado Springs NC 18 17
14 Univ of South Dakota NC 9 9
15 Central Missouri SC 15 24
16 UC San Diego W 14 14
17 Cal Poly Pomona W 16 15
18 Stonehill (MA) NE 17 16
19 Shippensburg (PA) E 13 13
20 Edinboro (PA) E 19 18
21 Saginaw Valley St. (MI) GL 21 25
22 Kennesaw State (GA) S 22 22
23 Mars Hill (NC) SE 23 23
24 Colorado School of Mines NC -- --
25 Emporia (KS) SC 25 --
-- Augustana (SD) NC 24 --
-- Southern Connecticut NE -- 19
-- Southern Indiana Evansville GL -- 21

Western Regional Men
1. Cal State Univ - Chico 1
2. UC San Diego 2
3. Cal Poly Pomona 3
4. St. Martin's College 4
5. Western Oregon 5
6. Seattle Pacific 6
7. Alaska Anchorage 7
8. Western Washington 8
9. Humboldt State 9
10. NNU 10

Women's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 18.
E = East (2), GL = Great Lakes (4), NE = Northeast (2), NC = North Central (5), S = South (4), SC = South Central (2), SE = Southeast (2), W = West (3). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2003 Championships).
Regional rankings are posted here.

Rank Rank
Rank Team Region 10/12 10/4

1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 1
2 Western State (CO) NC 2 2
3 California State - Chico W 3 3
4 Edinboro (PA) E 4 4
5 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 5 5
6 Northern Michigan GL 6 6
7 Kennesaw State (GA) S 7 9
8 UC San Diego W 8 10
9 Harding (AR) S 9 7
10 Univ of Tampa (FL) S 10 12
11 Univ of South Dakota NC 13 24
12 Alabama-Huntsville S 12 11
13 UC- Colorado Springs NC 15 15
14 Ferris State (MI) GL 14 18
15 Missouri Southern SC 16 20
16 Central Missouri SC 17 22
17 Colorado School of Mines NC 24 21
18 North Dakota NC 11 13
19 Southern Indiana GL 19 14
20 Stonehill (MA) NE 18 17
21 Truman State SC 20 8
22 Bloomsburg (PA) E 21 --
23 Wayne State (MI) GL 22 16
24 Kutztown (PA) E -- --
25 Hillsdale GL 23 19
-- Slippery Rock (PA) E 25 --
-- Univ of Nebraska - Omaha NC -- 23
-- Indiana Univ of PA E -- 25

Western Regional Div II Women
1. Cal State Univ - Chico 1
2. UC San Diego 2
3. Central Washington 3
4. Cal Poly Pomona 4
5. Seattle Pacific 5
6. Seattle University 6
7. Western Washington 7
8. Alaska Anchorage 8
9. CSU San Bernardino 9
10. BYU Hawaii 10

Division III
Men's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 19.
A = Atlantic (3), C = Central (4), GL = Great Lakes (2), ME = Mid East (2), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (4), S = South/Southeast (2), W = West (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2003 Championships).

Rank Rank
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 10/12 10/5

1 Calvin College (MI) (8) GL 200 1 1
2 North Central College (IL) MW 192 2 2
3 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 184 3 3
4 Haverford College (PA) ME 172 7 7
5 Tufts University (MA) NE 170 5= 6
6 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 154 4 5
7 Willamette University (OR) W 151 8 8
8 The College of New Jersey A 129 11 10
9 Bates College (ME) NE 124 12 12
10 Carleton College (MN) C 122 15 16
11 DePauw (IN) GL 118 16 17
12 Augustana College (IL) MW 113 19 19
13 Wartburg College (IA) C 108 5= 4
14 University of Chicago (IL) MW 96 9 9
15 Nebraska Wesleyan C 90 18 15
16 Williams College (MA) NE 85 13 13
17 SUNY Geneseo A 76 10 11
18 Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 68 14 14
19 St. Olaf College (MN) C 60 17 18
20 Carnegie Mellon (PA) ME 55 22 22
21 Pomona Pitzer (CA) W 34 20 20
22 MIT NE 26 23 --
23 New York University A 20 -- 25
24 Widener University (PA) ME 18 24 23=
25 Greenville College (IL) MW 12 -- --
-- St. Lawrence University (NY) A 21 21
-- Washington University (MO) MW 25 23=

Others Receiving Votes: Washington University (MO) 9, Anderson University (IN) 7, Otterbein College (OH) 3, St. Lawrence University (NY) 2, Elmhurst College (IL) 1, Centre College (KY) 1.

Women's Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 19.
A = Atlantic (2), C = Central (4), GL = Great Lakes (2), ME = Mid East (4), MW = Mid West (4), NE = New England (5), S = South/Southeast (1), W = West (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2003 Championships).

Rank Rank
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 10/12 10/5

1 Williams (7) NE 175 1 1
2 UW-Stevens Point MW 166 2 3
3 Amherst (MA) NE 159 3 2
4 UW-Oshkosh MW 155 4 4
5 Middlebury NE 150 5 5
6 Luther (IA) C 139 6 6
7 UW-LaCrosse MW 127 9 9
8 Willamette (OR) W 125 8 7
9 Allegheny (PA) ME 115 11 11
10 SUNY-Geneseo A 112 10 10
11 DePauw (IN) GL 108 14 14
12 Wartburg (IA) C 98 12 13
13 Dickinson (PA) ME 92 7 8
14 Washington University (MO) MW 92 13 12
15 Colby (ME) NE 72 16 20
16 College of New Jersey A 67 15 18
17 Emory (GA) S 58 17 16
18 Denison (OH) GL 55 19 17
19 Carleton (MN) C 48 18 19
20 Wesleyan (CT) NE 45 20 --
21 Tufts (MA) NE 39 21 15
22 St. Lawrence (NY) A 26 22 24
23 Macalester (MN) C 19 23 22
24 Moravian (PA) A 14 25 --
25 Claremont Mudd Scripps W 12 -- 25
-- University of Chicago MW 24 23
-- Haverford (PA) ME -- 21

Others Receiving Votes: UW-Whitewater 5, Elizabethtown 1, Wheaton IL 1.