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Oregon men, Washington women remain No. 1 in USATFCCA national cross country rankings

November 4, 2008

Defending NCAA champion Oregon retains the top spot in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association men’s poll, released Tuesday.

Oklahoma State moved up a spot to No. 2, trading places with Stanford.

The top four women’s teams remain unchanged: Washington, Oregon, Florida State and Princeton. Villanova climbs a spot to No. 5. Three-time defending NCAA champion Stanford is No. 11.

Although no Kentucky teams are ranked nationally, four men’s teams are among the top 15 in the Southeast Region: No. 4 Eastern Kentucky, No. 9 Louisville, No. 12 Kentucky and No. 15 Morehead State.

The women’s Southeast Region has UK at No. 7, U of L at No. 11.

Division I Men

Nov. 4th, 2008

Ranking

Team (first place votes)

Region/Rank

Totals

Previous

Oregon - (9)

West-1

357

Oklahoma State - (3)

Midwest-1

348

Stanford

West-2

334

Portland

West-3

318

Alabama

South-1

311

Wisconsin

Great Lakes-1

304

Northern Arizona

Mountain-1

283

Iona College

Northeast-1

281

Michigan

Great Lakes-2

261

Georgetown

Mid-Atlantic-1

261

BYU

Mountain-2

230

11—tie

Auburn

South-2

226

11—tie

Minnesota

Midwest-2

203

Tulsa

Midwest-3

174

Colorado

Mountain-3

165

William and Mary

Southeast-2

149

North Carolina State

Southeast-3

108

Cal Poly

West-6

107

California

West-5

104

24—tie

Iowa State

Midwest-4

101

Texas A&M

South Central-1

Washington

West-7

24—tie

Arkansas

South Central-2

Florida State

South-3

UCLA

West-4

Notre Dame

Great Lakes-4

Indiana

Great Lakes-3

Penn State

Mid-Atlantic-3

UTEP

Mountain-4

Villanova

Mid-Atlantic-4

ORV: Florida (33), Princeton (30), Providence (22), Michigan State (4), Columbia (3), and Virginia Tech (1).Dropped out: No. 14 Virginia, No. 27 Providence, No. 28 Florida, No. 30 Texas.

Southeast Men

Week 6 - 11/3/08

1. Virginia

2. William and Mary

3. North Carolina State

4. Eastern Kentucky

5. Virginia Tech

6. Duke

7. Liberty

8. North Carolina

9. Louisville

10. Richmond

11. Appalachian State

12. Kentucky

13. Charlotte

14. Clemson

15. Morehead State

Division I Women
Nov. 4th, 2008
Ranking	Team (first place votes)	Region/Rank	Totals	Previous
1	Washington - (12)	West-1	360	1
2	Oregon	West-2	338	2
3	Florida State	South-1	336	3
4	Princeton	Mid-Atlantic-1	326	4
5	Villanova	Mid-Atlantic-2	315	6
6	West Virginia	Mid-Atlantic-3	294	5
7	Minnesota	Midwest-1	292	7
8	Wisconsin	Great Lakes-1	269	16
9	Texas Tech	Mountain-1	246	12
10	Michigan State	Great Lakes-2	239	9
11	Stanford	West-3	233	18
12	Arkansas	South Central-1	231	13
13	Georgetown	Mid-Atlantic-4	218	11
14	Illinois	Midwest-2	209	10
15	Florida	South-2	188	14
16	Arizona State	West-4	186	15
17	Michigan	Great Lakes-3	179	8
18	Baylor	South Central-2	152	17
19	SMU	South Central-3	125	26
20	Iowa	Midwest-3	111	21
21	New Mexico	Mountain-2	109	23
22	Rice	South Central-4	100	20
23	Stony Brook	Northeast-1	98	22
24	Providence	Northeast-2	83	24
25	Penn State	Mid-Atlantic-5	78	19
26	BYU	Mountain-3	70	28
27	Boston College	Northeast-3	51	NR
28	Northern Arizona	Mountain-4	43	29
29	Nebraska	Midwest-4	33	27
30	Wake Forest	Southeast-1	31	25

ORV: Duke (8), Washington State (8), UC Riverside (6), Oregon State (5), Miami-OH (4), Syracuse (3), Tennessee (2), and Arizona (1).Dropped out: No. 30 Duke. Southeast women 1. Wake Forest; 2. Duke; 3. Virginia; 4. North Carolina; 5. Virginia Tech; 6. Richmond; 7. Kentucky; 8. William & Mary; 9. Charlotte; 10. Clemson; 11. Louisville; 12. James Madison; 13. Coastal Carolina; 14. Liberty; 15. Furman.