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Division I Cross Country Preseason Regional Rankings Released - USTFCCCA

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DyeStatCOLLEGE.com   Aug 26th 2013, 5:37pm

Division I Cross Country Preseason Regional Rankings Released

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA

August 26, 2013   

 

NEW ORLEANS - With the 2013 collegiate cross country season set to get underway this weekend, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released Monday the preseason regional rankings for NCAA Division I.

Three men’s regional champion teams and five regional champion women’s squads will begin their 2013 campaigns as their respective regions’ preseason favorite. The preseason National Coaches Poll will be revealed Tuesday.

Regional Preseason Rankings PDF | Division I XC Rankings Central

Parity is the predominant preseason rankings trend on the men’s side, as just three teams that won their regions in 2012 remain atop the preseason rankings in 2013: defending champion Oklahoma State (Midwest Region); 2012 national runner-up Wisconsin (Great Lakes); and Northern Arizona (Mountain).

Also selected as preseason regional favorites are Princeton (Mid-Atlantic, third in 2012 at regionals); Syracuse (Northeast, third in 2012); Florida (South, third in 2012); Arkansas (South Central, runner-up in 2012); Eastern Kentucky (Southeast, runner-up in 2012); and Portland (West, runner-up in 2012).

The story is different in the women’s rankings, with five regional champion teams reclaiming the top spot in the preseason. Among those women’s teams are defending champion Oregon (West Region); 2012 national runner-up Providence (Northeast); Florida State (South); Arkansas (South Central); and Duke (Southeast).

Michigan State (Great Lakes, runner-up in 2012 at regionals); Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic, runner-up in 2012); Minnesota (Midwest, third in 2012); and Colorado (Mountain, third in 2012) all usurped their regions’ conference champion for preseason favorite honors.

NCAA Division I Regional Championships will be held around the country Friday, November 15.

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.

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS

2013 Preseason — August 26
national poll release: August 27
next regional release: September 16
         
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten
1
2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten
3
3 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC
5
4 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten
2
5 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten
4
6 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten
7
7 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East
9
8 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten
8
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American
6
10 Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Missouri Valley
10
11 Akron Akron, Ohio Mid-American
11
12 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio American
13
13 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American
13
14 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American
12
15 Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. Big East
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
2012 FINAL
1 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy
3
2 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East
1
3 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East
2
4 American Washington, D.C. Patriot
4
5 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten
5
6 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10
11
7 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot
6
8 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10
7
9 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot
8
10 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy
10
11 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10
9
12 Temple Philadelphia, Pa. American
12
13 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot
13
14 UMBC Catonsville, Md. America East
14
15 Rider Lawrenceville, N.J. Metro Atlantic
15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton, 2009: Georgetown, 2008: Georgetown
       
         
MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12
1
2 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA
3
3 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten
4
4 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC
5
5 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12
6
6 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten
7
7 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Big 12
1
8 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12
8
9 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley
9
10 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley
10
11 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten
13
12 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League
11
13 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League
12
14 Wichita State Wichita, Kan. Missouri Valley
14
15 Drake Des Moines, Iowa Missouri Valley
16
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
2012 FINAL
1 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky
1
2 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12
3
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast
2
4 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West
4
5 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West
6
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West
9
7 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC
7
8 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West
13
9 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky
5
10 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky
8
11 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12
11
12 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West
14
13 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky
12
14 UTEP El Paso,Texas Conference USA
10
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
2012 FINAL
1 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC
3
2 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic
1
3 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy
2
4 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy
4
5 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East
5
6 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy
6
7 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy
7
8 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy
8
9 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot
9
10 Northeastern Boston, Mass. Colonial
20
11 UMass Amherst, Mass. Atlantic 10
10
12 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East
15
13 Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. Northeast
17
14 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy
11
15 Maine Orono, Maine America East
18
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Iona
       
         
SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC
3
2 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC
1
3 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC
2
4 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC
4
5 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC
5
6 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern
6
7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC
8
8 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC
13
9 ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. Atlantic Sun
7
10 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun
16
11 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. American
9
12 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC
11
13 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC
14
14 Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. Atlantic Sun
10
15 Mercer Macon, Ga. Atlantic Sun
12
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
2012 FINAL
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC
2
2 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12
1
3 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC
3
4 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland
7
5 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Southland
4
6 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA
6
7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland
8
8 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland
5
9 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt
10
10 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland
12
11 Houston Houston, Texas American
15
12 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA
11
13 Ark.-Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Sun Belt
9
14 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA
13
15 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Texas, 2011: Texas, 2010: Arkansas, 2009: Arkansas, 2008: Texas A&M
       
         
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley
2
2 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC
1
3 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC
3
4 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC
5
5 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC
11
6 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American
10
7 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC
4
8 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South
7
9 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial
8
10 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Atlantic 10
6
11 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern
18
12 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC
9
13 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC
12
14 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. Southern
14
15 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC
16
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
2012 FINAL
1 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast
2
2 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12
3
3 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12
4
4 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12
1
5 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12
5
6 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12
6
7 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West
8
8 Washington State Pullman, Wash. Pac-12
7
9 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West
9
10 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12
10
11 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12
13
12 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West
11
13 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West
15
14 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast
14
15 San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. West Coast
12
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 Preseason — August 26
national poll release: August 27
next regional release: September 16
         
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten
2
2 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten
1
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
8
7 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten
6
8 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten
7
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American
10
10 Ohio Athens, Ohio Mid-American
12
11 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American
11
12 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten
9
13 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio Big East
13
14 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American
14
15 Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio 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
2012 FINAL
1 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East
2
2 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten
1
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
7
7 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy
8
8 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10
9
9 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot
12
10 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10
6
11 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10
11
12 Maryland College Park, Md. ACC
13
13 Delaware Newark, Del. Colonial
10
14 Loyola (Md.) Baltimore, Md. Patriot
14
15 Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. American
16
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
2012 FINAL
1 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten
3
2 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12
2
3 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12
1
4 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA
5
5 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten
4
6 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League
7
7 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley
8
8 Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 10
10
9 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten
9
10 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten
6
11 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley
11
12 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley
12
13 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12
19
14 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley
20
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
2012 FINAL
1 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12
3
2 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West
2
3 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky
1
4 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky
8
5 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky
4
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West
5
7 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast
7
8 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West
11
9 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12
6
10 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC
9
11 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West
10
12 Idaho State Pocatello, Idaho Big Sky
12
13 Nevada Reno, Nevada Mountain West
13
14 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12
20
15 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West
14
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
2012 FINAL
1 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East
1
2 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy
3
3 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ACC
4
4 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy
4
5 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC
6
6 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic
19
7 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy
9
8 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy
10
9 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy
7
10 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy
8
11 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American
2
12 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East
11
13 Vermont Burlington, Vt. America East
12
14 New Hampshire Durham, N.H. America East
13
15 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot
18
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Providence
       
         
SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC
1
2 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. SEC
2
3 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC
3
4 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC
4
5 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC
5
6 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC
6
7 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun
7
8 Samford Birmingham, Ala. Southern
8
9 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC
9
10 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC
10
11 Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. Sun Belt
11
12 North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. Atlantic Sun
12
13 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Conference USA
13
14 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley
14
15 UAB Birmingham, Ala. Conference USA
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
2012 FINAL
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 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA
5
6 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12
7
7 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland
15
8 TCU Fort Worth, Texas Big 12
6
9 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA
11
10 Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. Sun Belt
9
11 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland
10
12 LSU Baton Rouge, La. SEC
8
13 Tulane New Orleans, La. Conference USA
12
14 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland
13
15 UTPA Edinburg, Texas WAC
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas, 2009: SMU, 2008: Arkansas
       
         
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
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
5
5 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC
4
6 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC
8
7 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Conference USA
9
8 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC
12
9 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. SEC
10
10 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10
13
11 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC
7
12 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley
14
13 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern
16
14 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern
17
15 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. Southern
11
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia
       
         
WEST Region
Rank School Location Conference
2012 FINAL
1 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12
1
2 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12
4
3 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12
2
4 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12
2
5 San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. West Coast
5
6 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West
6
7 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12
7
8 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast
8
9 Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. Pac-12
15
10 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West
10
11 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12
12
12 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12
9
13 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West
11
14 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast
13
15 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington



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