Cross Country Coaching Polls for October 18, 2012, compiled by Walt Murphy, X-Country X-Press, note by Larry Eder

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Here are the Cross Country Coaches polls for the week. Note that the polls are part of how the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association support our sport and give fans more to read about cross country!

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Cross Country Coaches Polls, October 18, 2012

COACHES POLLS 1st place votes in ( )
http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/10/featured/di-coaches-poll-jostled-by-previous-weekend-results
From USTFCCCA
The most changes this season to the NCAA Division I cross country coaches’ poll have occurred in the latest update published by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Last weekend’s results in several inter-regional competitions have forced big shifts to the national paradigm. Oklahoma State is new No. 1 men’s team according to the poll, unseating Wisconsin who dropped to No. 20. Florida State’s women keeps their top-ranked status for the second-straight week, but have new visitors to the top three with No. 2 Iowa State and No. 3 Oregon standing by.
Div.I(M)
1.     Oklahoma St.(6)     353
2.     Colorado     343
3.     Stanford(2)     339
4.     Iona     322
5.     BYU     316
6.     Oklahoma     306
7.     Texas     283
8.     Oregon     275
9.     Arkansas     257
10.     Columbia     251
11.     Michigan     227
12.     New Mexico     206
13.     East.Kentucky     198
14.     Florida St.     186
15.     UCLA     182
16.     Syracuse     165
17.     Portland     159
18.     Duke     146
19.     Tulsa     139
20.     Wisconsin     134
21.     Virg.Tech     131
22.     No.Arizona     126
23.     Princeton     115
24.     Indiana     103
25.     Iowa St.     80
          Villanova     80
27.     Georgetown     49
28.     Georgia     47
29.     Texas A&M     38
30.     Kansas     15
     Others:Arizona St. 3, Eastern Mich. 3, Florida 2.     .

Div.I(W)
1.     Florida St.(11)     359
2.     Iowa State(1)     346
3.     Oregon     332
4.     Stanford     330
5.     Arizona     307
6.     Washington     295
7.     Michigan     280
     Cornell     280
9.     Georgetown     261
10.     Providence     257
11.     Duke     234
12.     Arkansas     229
13.     Penn State     211
14.     Texas     202
15.     Michigan St.     180
16.     Weber State     176
17.     New Mexico     157
18.     Will.&Mary     149
19.     Notre Dame     146
20.     Toledo     134
21.     Colorado     116
22.     Yale     105
          Villanova     105
24.     UCLA     68
25.     Minnesota     67
26.     Boston Coll.     61
27.     Oklahoma St.     53
28.     Vanderbilt     48
29.     U.Conn.     25
30.     Florida     24
Others: San Francisco 21, UC-Davis 9,No.Car.St. 7, Butler 5,
Kentucky 1

Div.II(M)
http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/10/featured/dii-national-cross-country-rankings-2012-week-5
1.     Adams St-CO
2.     Colo-Mines
3.     Cal.St.-Chico
4.     Western St-CO
5.     Augustana-SD
6.     Grand Valley-MI
7.     AlaskaAnchor.
8.     So.Indiana
9.     Col.-Colo.Spgs
10.     Western Wa
sh.
11.     Missouri Southern
12.     Stonehill-MA
13.     Lock Haven-PA
14.     Cedarville-OH
15.     Lewis-IL
16.     Minn.St.-Mankato
17.     Edinboro-PA
18.     U.Mass-Lowell
19.     Ferris St.-MI
20.     W. Oregon
21.     East.New Mex.
22.     SW Baptist
23.     Humboldt St.-CA
24.     UW-Parkside
25.     Ft.Hays-KS
26.     E.Stroudsburg-PA
27.     Wayne St.-MI
28.     San Francisco St.
29.     NW Missouri
30.     Nebr.Kearney
     31.Amer.Int‘l-Ma, 32.Tiffin-OH, 33.Ashland-OH, 34.N.Mex.Highlands, 35.Shippensburg-Pa

Div.II(W)
1.     Augustana-SD
2.     Adams State
3.     Grand Valley-MI
4.     Western St.-CO
5.     Alaska-Anch.
6.     Cal.St.-Chico
7.     Ferris St
8.     Shippensburg
9.     Simon Fraser-CAN
10.     Midwestern-TX
11.     Edinboro-PA
12.     Stonehill-MA
13.     Tampa-FL
14.     CS-Mines
15.     Colo.ColSpgs
16.     Univ. Mary-ND
17.     Winona St.-MN
18.     Indiana-Pa
19.     Bloomsburg-PA
20.     Minnesota St.
21.     Wayne St.-MI
22.     SW Baptist-MO
23.     So.Indiana
24.     Seattle Pac.-WA
25.     Humboldt St.-CA
26.     Missouri Southrn
27.     Saginaw Vly-MI
28.     Minn.-Duluth
29.     Pittsburg St.-KS
30.     UC-San Diego
     31.West.Wash., 32.Hillsdale-MI, 33.Adelphi-MY, 34.Nova S’en, 35.Bentley,Ma

Div.III
From USTFFCCCA
http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/10/featured/haverford-breaks-the-streak-in-diii-as-new-nationally-top-ranked-team
The streak has been broken. For the 24 previous voting weeks, the men’s team at North Central (Ill.) has been ranked No. 1 by the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country. Now, the top-ranked spot goes to the Haverford Fords according to the latest poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Calvin’s men slides up from No. 6 to No. 2 while North Central slips to No. 3 – their lowest spot on the poll since 2008.
Haverford spoiled North Central’s long-running No. 1 ranking in 2010 as they captured the NCAA title from the Cardinals. North Central came back to win the national crown last season.
In the women’s poll, MIT retains their top spot. In fact, the top five teams – No. 2 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Williams, No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and No. 5 Middlebury – held their ground from last week’s poll.
DIV.III–MEN
1.     Haverford-Pa(5)     276
2.     Calvin-MI(3)     274
3.     No.CntrlIL     264
4.     Bates-ME     254
5.     Geneseo-NY     251
6.     UW-LaCrs     240
7.     Tufts-MA     232
8.     UW-EauClr     218
9.     ClrmntMS-CA     207
10.     Washngtn-Mo     206
11.     Bowdoin     202
12.     NYU     200
13.     Williams-MA     178
14.     UW–StvnsPt     176
15.     Cortland-NY     164
16.     Augustana-IL     161
17.     Middlebury     141
18.     Alleghny.PA     139
19.     Carnegie Mln-Pa     129
20.     UW-Plattvl     122
21.     Dickinson-PA     109
22.     Rochester-NY     106
          U.Chicago-IL     106
24.     Central-IA     92
25.     Wheaton-IL     83
26.     Wabash-IN     80
27.     JohnsHpkns-Md     77
28.     St.LwrnceNY     70
29.     PomonaPtzr-CA     66
30.     Amherst-MA     52
     31.UW-Oshkosh 39, 32.Case Western-OH 35, 33.St.Olaf-MN 28, 34.UW-Stout 17, 35.Loras-IA 14; Others: Willamette-OR 10, RPI-NY 10, Coll.NJ 4, M.I.T.-Ma 4, St.John’s-MN 2, Wartburg-IA 1, Ohio Northern 1;

Div.III-WOMEN     &nbsp
;
1.     M.I.T.-MA(5)     277
2.     J.Hopkins-MD(3)     275
3.     Williams-MA     262
4.     ClrmntMS-CA     257
5.     Mdlbry-VT     249
6.     Calvin-MI     239
7.     St.LawrnceNY     230
8.     U.Chicago-IL     221
9.     Oberlin-OH     219
10.     UW-EauClr     210
11.     Wartburg-IA     201
12.     Geneseo-NY     188
13.     St.Olaf-MN     182
14.     Haverford-PA     172
15.     Dickinson-PA     161
16.     NYU     159
17.     Tufts-MA     154
18.     CaseWest.-OH     145
19.     Hope-MI     135
          Luther-IA     135
21.     Amherst-Ma     117
22.     LewisClark-OR     100
23.     Carleton-MN     98
24.     IllinoisWes.     90
25.     Trinity-TX     85
26.     Rowan-NJ     82
27.     Washingtn-MO     80
28.     Bates-Me     60
29.     UW-Oshkosh     47
30.     Kenyon-OH     42
     31.Rochester-NY 40, 32.Willamette-OR 30, 33.Plattsburgh-NY 22, 34.Ohio Northern 19, 35.St.Thomas-MN 17; Others: Wellesley-Ma 16, Emory-Ga 7, Eliabethtown-Pa 5, Cortland-NY 4, UW-LaCrs 4, St.Benedict-MN, Vassar-1

NAIA(M)
http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205713842
1.     So.Oregon(15)     579
2.     U.Brit.Col.CN(4)     576
3.     St.Francis-IL(2)     548
4.     CS-SanMarcos     540
5.     Okla.Baptist     522
6.     Shawnee-OH     477
     SouthwstnKS     477
8.     The Master’s-CA     455
9.     Lewis-ClarkID     448
10.     Aquinas-MI     424
11.     Coll. of Idaho     410
12.     E.Oregon     361
13.     Bryan-TN     355
14.     Spring Arbor-MI     347
15.     Wayland Bap.-TX     313
16.     Morningside-IA     312
17.     Embry-Rdl-FL     265
18.     Concordia-NE     256
19,     NW Christian-OR     223
20.     Cornerstone-MI     194
21.     Ind.Wesl.     183
22.     DickinsonSt-ND     157
23.     Vanguard-Ca     141
24.     St.Mary-KS     128
25.     Berea-KY     121
     Others:Cumberlands-KY 106, Olivet Nazarene-IL 74, Lubbock Chr.-TX 65, Concordia-OR 59, Baker-KS 52, Westmont-Ca 39, Indiana Tech 34, Emmanuel-Ga 26, Dordt-IA 17, Friends-KS 9, Biola-Ca 8, Doane-NE 6, St.Ambrose-IA 5, Goshen-IN 5, St.Xavier-IL 3, Park-Mo 3

NAIA(W)
http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205713839
1.     CS-SanMar.(21)     652
2.     U.BritColCN     629
3.     Coll. of Idaho(2)     607
4.     Olivet Naz.-IL(1)     594
5.     Biola-CA     574
6.     Carroll-MT     546
7.     NW Christian-OR     517
8.     Westmont-CA     512
9.     Cornerstone-MI     476
10.     Dordt-IA     457
11.     Okla.Baptist     447
12.     Aquinas-MI     415
13.     LewisClark ID     412
14.     The Master’s-CA     401
15.     Rocky Mt.-MT     361
16.     Concordia-CA     323
17.     St.Francis-IL     305
18.     Doane-NE     282
19.     Milligan-TN     249
20.     IllinoisTech     234
21.     East.Ore.     225
22.     Embry Rdl-FL     212
23.     Concordia-NE     183
24.     Huntington-IN     180
25.     Taylor-IN     144
     Others:Northwest-Wa 132, Ind.Wesleyan 76, Oregon Tech 69, Shawnee St.-OH 63, St.Xavier-IL 52, Baker-KS 33, Spring Arbor-MI 18, So.Ore. 18, Trinoty Chr.-IL 10, Texas Wesl. 10, Lee-TN 6, Xavier-LA 3

JUCO
Div.I(M)
1.     Central Ariz.(6)     191
2.     Iowa Central(4)     190
3.     Allen County-KS     170
     Parad,VlyAZ     170
5.     Spartanburg-SC     166
6.     Lansing-MI     152
7.  &nb
sp; El Paso-TX     141
8.     Mesa-AZ     107
9.     No.Iowa Area     98
10/     Colby-KS     90

DIV.I(W)
1.     Iowa Central(9)     199
2.     Centrl Ariz.(1)     191
3.     Lansing-MI     174
4.     SouthPlains-TX     167
5.     El Paso-TX     146
6.     Gillette-WY     135
7.     Mesa-AZ     131
8.     JohnsonCo.-KS     128
9.     Macomb-MI     123
10.     Allen Co.KS     117

DIV.III(M)
1.     Harper-IL
2.     Gloucester-NJ
     Delhi-NY
4.     MohawkVly-NY
5.     Alfred-NY

DIV.III(W)
1.     Gloucester-NJ
2.     Mohawk Vly-NY
3.     Alfred-NY
     Delhi-NY
5.     Ocean-NJ

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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