As expected, the Villanova men moved up in the national criss country rankings released today, up three spots from #19 to #16. The Villanova women also moved three spots, dropping from national #1 to #4 (one vote short of #3). Florida State is the new #1 on the women's side, receiving all 12 first place votes, while Oklahoma State stays put as the #1 team on the men's side.
Looking at other Big East teams, on the men's Providence is in at #14, with Notre Dame #29. For the women, Georgetown dropped one spot to #6, Providence went from #2 to #7, Syracuse in now #9, West Virginia is #18, Notre Dame is #23, and Connecticut entered the rankings at #28.
Here are the complete top 30 for both men and women:
Men's XC Rankings
1 Oklahoma State (8) 356 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (6th) 1
2 Wisconsin (4) 352 Great Lakes Big Ten Mick Byrne (4th) 2
3 BYU 329 Mountain West Coast Ed Eyestone (12th) 6
4 Stanford 319 West Pac-12 Jason Dunn (5th) 4
5 Oklahoma 304 Midwest Big 12 Martin Smith (7th) 3
6 Colorado 300 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (17th) 8
7 Indiana 280 Great Lakes Big Ten Ron Helmer (5th) 7
8 Portland 279 West West Coast Rob Conner (22nd) 12
9 Princeton 274 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Steve Dolan (8th) 14
10 Iona 260 Northeast Metro Atlantic Ricardo Santos (4th) 5
11 Texas 231 South Central Big 12 Bubba Thornton (17th) RV
12 Minnesota 216 Midwest Big Ten Steve Plasencia (16th) 17
13 Northern Arizona 201 Mountain Big Sky Eric Heins (5th) 13
14 Providence 190 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (28th) 24
15 Arkansas 185 South Central SEC Chris Bucknam (4th) 15
16 Villanova 173 Mid-Atlantic Big East Marcus O’Sullivan (12th) 19
17 Eastern Kentucky 162 Southeast Ohio Valley Rick Erdmann (33rd) 29
18 Florida State 159 South ACC Bob Braman (12th) 11
19 NC State 158 Southeast ACC Rollie Geiger (34th) 9
20 UCLA 131 West Pac-12 Mike Maynard (3rd) 22
21 Michigan 119 Great Lakes Big Ten Alex Gibby (2nd) 26
22 Washington State 110 West Pac-12 Pete Julian (2nd) 20
23 Oregon 103 West Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 10
24 Texas A&M 94 South Central Big 12 Pat Henry (8th) 27
25 Arizona State 71 West Pac-12 Louie Quintana (11th) 23
26 Ohio State 55 Great Lakes Big Ten Robert Gary (16th) RV
27 Tulsa 50 Midwest Conference USA Steve Gully (10th) RV
28 Columbia 44 Northeast Ivy Willy Wood (18th) 18
29 Notre Dame 28 Great Lakes Big East Joe Piane (37th) RV
30 North Carolina 18 Southeast ACC Peter Watson (3rd) 29
Others Receiving Votes: Louisville 10, Georgetown 7, Georgia 6, Cal Poly 4, Penn State 1.
Dropped Out: No. 16 Georgetown, No. 21 Syracuse, No. 25 New Mexico, No. 28 Florida
Women's XC Rankings
1 Florida State (12) 358 South ACC Karen Harvey (5th) 3
2 Washington 342 West Pac-12 Greg Metcalf (10th) 24
3 Vanderbilt 315 South SEC Steve Keith (6th) RV
4 Villanova 314 Mid-Atlantic Big East Gina Procaccio (12th) 1
5 Arizona 304 West Pac-12 Fred Harvey (10th) 14
6 Georgetown 302 Mid-Atlantic Big East Chris Miltenberg (4th) 5
7 Providence 276 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (28th) 2
8 Stanford 273 West Pac-12 Patti Sue Plumer (1st) 6
9 Syracuse 257 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (7th) 8
10 California 237 West Pac-12 Tony Sandoval (30th) 10
11 Oregon 218 West Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 12
12 Texas 213 South Central Big 12 Bev Kearney (20th) 17
13 Iowa State 202 Midwest Big 12 Corey Ihmels (5th) 9
14 Arkansas 195 South Central SEC Lance Harter (22nd) 11
15 Michigan State 186 Great Lakes Big Ten Walt Drenth (8th) 15
16 Colorado 185 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (17th) 4
17 Virginia 177 Southeast ACC Jason Vigilante (4th) 16
18 West Virginia 173 Mid-Atlantic Big East Sean Cleary (5th) 19
19 Michigan 171 Great Lakes Big Ten Mike McGuire (22nd) 18
20 New Mexico 156 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (5th) 7
21 NC State 116 Southeast ACC Laurie Henes (6th) NR
22 North Carolina 100 Southeast ACC Peter Watson (3rd) 13
23 Notre Dame 86 Great Lakes Big East Tim Connelly (24th) 25
24 Boston College 82 Northeast ACC Randy Thomas (20th) NR
25 Cornell 60 Northeast Ivy Rich Bowman (1st) RV
26 Penn State 55 Mid-Atlantic Big Ten Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th) 20
27 Iowa 46 Midwest Big Ten Layne Anderson (10th) 23
28 Connecticut 34 Northeast Big East Andrea Grove-McDonough (3rd) RV
29 San Francisco 31 West West Coast Helen Lehman-Winters (9th) RV
30 Oklahoma State 26 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (3rd) 29
Others Receiving Votes: Florida 23, Duke 15, Minnesota 13, Kansas State 12, Yale 12, Princeton 10, Texas Tech 3, BYU 1, Wisconsin 1.
Dropped Out: No. 21 Minnesota, No. 22 Florida, No. 26 Duke, No. 27 BYU, No. 28 Princeton, No. 30 Tulsa
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