X-Country X-Press, Coaches Polls, October 10-16, 2012, by Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

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Here are the most recent Coaches Polls for Collegiate Cross Country, thanks to Walt Murphy of X-Country X-Press.

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COACHES POLLS 1st place votes in ( )
Div.I(M/10-16)
1.     Oklahoma St.(6)     353
2.     Colorado(4)     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.     Virginia     27
30.     Missouri     35
     Others:Arizona St. 3, Eastern Mich. 3, Florida 2.     .

Div.I(W/10-16)
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 &nbs
p;   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
23.     Columbia     105
          Villanova     105
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)
1.     Adams St-CO
2.     Colo-Mines
3.     Cal.St.-Chico
4.     Augustana-SD
5.     Western St-CO
6.     Grand Valley-MI
7.     AlaskaAnchor.
8.     So.Indiana
9.     Col.-Colo.Spgs
10.     Western Wash.
11.     Cedarville-OH
12.     Minn.St.-Mankato
13.     Edinboro-PA
14.     Lewis-IL
15.     Stonehill-MA
16.     American Int’l
17.     Ft.Hays-KS
18.     U.Mass-Lowell
19.     Ashland-OH
20.     East.New Mex.
21.     SW Baptist
22.     E.Stroudsburg-PA
23.     Missouri Southern
24.&nbs
p;    Ferris St.-MI
25.     Humboldt St.-CA
26.     Lock Haven-PA
27.     Nebr.Kearney
28.     UC-San Diego
29.     UW-Parkside
30.     NW Missouri
     31.Wayne St.-MI, 32.Tiffin-OH, 33.West Texas A&M, 34.Mint.St.-Blngs, 35.Mt.Olive,NC

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.     Edinboro-PA
10.     Simon Fraser-CAN
11.     Tampa-FL
12.     Stonehill-MA
13.     Winona St.-MN
14.     Colo.ColSpgs
15.     Indiana-Pa
16.     Midwestern-TX
17.     Univ. Mary-ND
18.     So.Indiana
19.     West Texas A&M
20.     CS-Mines
21.     Missouri Southrn
22.     SW Baptist-MO
23.     Bloomsburg-PA
24.     Pittsburg St.-KS
25.     Seattle Pac.-WA
26.     Wayne St.-MI
27.     CS-Stanislaus
28.     Humboldt St.-CA
29.     Minnesota St.
30.     West.Wash.
     31.Minn.Duluth, 32.Bellarmine-KY, 33.No.Michigan, 34.Adelphi-NY, 35.West Florida

Div.III(M/10-16)
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(W/10-16)
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)
1.     So.Oregon(18)     588
2.     U.Brit.Col.CN(1)     563
3.     St.Francis-IL(2)     551
4.     Okla.Baptist     532
     CS-SanMarcos     532
6.     Shawnee-OH     491
7.     The Master’s-CA     454
8.     Lewis-ClarkID     448
9.     Wayland Bap.-TX     444
10.     Aquinas-MI     417
11.     Coll. of Idaho     388
12.     SouthwstnKS     376
13.     Embry-Rdl-FL     357
14.     Bryan-TN     347
15.     E.Oregon     339
16.     Spring Arbor-MI     307
17.     DickinsonSt-ND     271
18.     Lubbock Chr.-TX     244
19.     Cornerstone-MI     230
20.     Concordia-NE     202
21.     Ind.Wesl.     189
22.     NW Christian-OR     180
23.     Morningside-IA     160
24.     St.Mary-KS     137
25.     Vanguard-Ca     132
     Others:Emmanuel-Ga 131, Cumberlands-KY 113, Berea-KY 83, Baker-KS 82, Oregon Tech 44, St.Xavier-IL 35, Westmont-CA 32, Dordt-IA 6, Concordia-OR 5, Goshen-IN 5, SCAD 3

NAIA(W)&
nbsp;
1.     CS-SanMarc(22)     653
2.     U.BritColCN     628
3.     Coll. of Idaho(3)     604
4.     Olivet Naz.-IL     599
5.     Biola-CA     569
6.     Carroll-MT     547
7.     NW Christian-OR     522
8.     Westmont-CA     501
9.     Cornerstone-MI     484
10.     Okla.Baptist     472
11.     Dordt-IA     440
12.     LewisClark ID     407
13.     The Master’s-CA     394
14.     Rocky Mt.-MT     361
15.     Huntington-IN     346
16.     Concordia-CA     337
17.     Embry Rdl-FL     319
18.     St.Francis-IL     296
19.     Milligan-TN     279
20.     Concordia-NE     275
21.     Aquinas-MI     243
22.     East.Ore.     207
23.     Taylor-IN     174
24.     Northwest-WA     131
     Savannah CAD     131
     Others:St.Xavier-IL 130, Indiana Wesleyan 107, So.Oregon 52, Central Meth.-MO 41, Shawnee St.-OH 41, Doane-NE 37, Rogers St.-OK 23, Spring Arbor-MI 19, Xavier-LA 18, Park-MO 15, Baker-KS 10, Lee-TN 6

JUCO
Div/10-17.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.     El Paso-TX     141
8.     Mesa-AZ     107
9.     No.Iowa Area     98
10/     Colby-KS     90

DIV.I(W/10-17)
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
     Ocean-NJ
4.     Delhi-NY
5.     MohawkVly-NY

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

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