Oregon men top final cross country poll

November 18, 2008

Oregon, Oklahoma State and Stanford held on to the top three spots in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s final men’s poll of the 2008 season, released Tuesday.

Wisconsin moved up from sixth to No. 4.

The NCAA Championships are set for next Monday (Nov. 24) at Terre Haute, Ind.

 The Men’s Division I Cross Country National Poll:
Ranking Team (first place votes) Region-Finish

Totals

Previous
1 Oregon - (9) West-1

357

1
2 Oklahoma State - (3) Midwest-1

345

2
3 Stanford West-2

330

3
4 Wisconsin Great Lakes-1

317

6
5 Alabama South-1

299

5
6 Portland West-3

289

4
7 Iona College Northeast-1

287

8
8 Georgetown Mid-Atlantic-1

277

9–tie
9 Michigan Great Lakes-2

262

9–tie
10 Colorado Mountain-1

256

16
11 Northern Arizona Mountain-2

234

7
12 Minnesota Midwest-2

227

14
13 Auburn South-2

225

12
14 William & Mary Southeast-1

203

17
15 Virginia Southeast-2

188

13
16 BYU Mountain-3

174

11
17 Tulsa Midwest-3

161

15
18 California West-4

144

20
19 Texas A&M South Central-1

131

22
20 Florida State South-3

114

25
21 Washington West-5

104

23
22 Iowa State Midwest-4

88

21
23 North Carolina State Southeast-3

83

18
24 Arkansas South Central-2

80

24
25 Butler Great Lakes-3

76

NR
26 Penn State Mid-Atlantic-2

74

29
27 UCLA West-6

61

26
28 Providence Northeast-2

54

NR
29 Notre Dame Great Lakes-4

48

27
30 Cal Poly West-7

46

19

ORV: Villanova (28), Indiana (6), Princeton (5), New Mexico (4), Michigan State (2), and Florida (1).

Dropped Out: No. 28 Indiana, and No. 30 UTEP.

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NCAA-bound Cats unable to crack Top 30

November 18, 2008

Kentucky, having qualified for the women’s NCAA Cross Country Championships for the first time since 1989, apparently has more to prove at that meet (Monday, Nov. 24, at Terre Haute, Ind.).

The Wildcats are nowhere to be found in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s final poll of the season. Thirty teams make the poll. UK is the last of two teams in the “others receiving votes” category — No. 32.

And Virginia, which beat the Cats for first place in the Southeast Regional, is a modest No. 28.

Washington and Oregon, 1-2 finishers in the Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional, remain 1-2 in the poll.

South Regional champion Florida State is third.

Michigan made the biggest jump, moving nine places to No. 10 after winning the Great Lakes Regional.

The Women’s Division I Cross Country National Poll:

Ranking Team (first place votes) Region-Finish

Totals

Previous
1 Washington - (12) West-1

360

1
2 Oregon West-2

343

2
3 Florida State South-1

337

3
4 Princeton Mid-Atlantic-1

324

4
5 West Virginia Mid-Atlantic-1

308

6
6 Minnesota Midwest-1

296

7
7 Villanova Mid-Atlantic-3

280

5
8 Michigan Great Lakes-1

265

17
9 Texas Tech Mountain-1

260

9
10 Wisconsin Great Lakes-2

243

8
11 Arkansas South Central-1

237

12
12 Stanford West-3

232

11
13 Michigan State Great Lakes-3

222

10
14 Illinois Midwest-2

212

14
15 Arizona State West-4

178

16
16 Florida South-2

176

15
17 Georgetown Mid-Atlantic-4

170

13
18 Baylor South Central-2

156

18
19 Rice South Central-2

153

22
20 Providence Northeast-1

144

24
21 New Mexico Mountain-2

115

21
22 Nebraska Midwest-3

101

29
23 Iowa Midwest-4

84

20
24 SMU South Central-4

79

19
25 Syracuse Northeast-2

72

NR
26 Northern Arizona Mountain-3

54

28
27 Boston College Northeast-3

48

27
28 Virginia Southeast-1

44

NR
29 Stony Brook Northeast-4

33

23
30 Notre Dame Great Lakes-4

23

NR

ORV: Penn State (20), and Kentucky (11).

Dropped Out: No. 25 Penn State, No. 26 BYU, and No. 30 Wake Forest.

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