Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Villanova Women & Men Jump to #2 and #13 in National Polls


The new USTFCCCA national rankings have been relased today, and the Villanova cross country teams climbed in the polls to reflect their strong performamces in sweeping the Big East conference championships. The Villanova men's team climbed three spots to #13 in the nation, trailing only #9 Princeton in the Mid-Altantic region. On the women's side, Villanova rose two spots and now ranks #2 in the country. Florida State remained at the top of the women's poll. The next highest ranked team from the Mid-Atlantic region is Georgetown at #7. Here are the complete rankings:

Men's National Rankings: November 1, 2011
1 Wisconsin (7) 355 Great Lakes Big Ten Mick Byrne (4th) 2
2 Oklahoma State (5) 352 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (6th) 1
3 BYU 326 Mountain West Coast Ed Eyestone (12th) 3
4 Colorado 318 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (17th) 6
5 Oklahoma 312 Midwest Big 12 Martin Smith (7th) 5
6 Stanford 305 West Pac-12 Jason Dunn (5th) 4
7 Indiana 286 Great Lakes Big Ten Ron Helmer (5th) 7
8 Portland 267 West West Coast Rob Conner (22nd) 8
9 Iona 264 Northeast Metro Atlantic Ricardo Santos (4th) 10
9 Princeton 264 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Steve Dolan (8th) 9
11 Texas 212 South Central Big 12 Bubba Thornton (17th) 11
12 Northern Arizona 210 Mountain Big Sky Eric Heins (5th) 13
13 Villanova 204 Mid-Atlantic Big East Marcus O’Sullivan (12th) 16
14 NC State 195 Southeast ACC Rollie Geiger (34th) 19
15 Arkansas 194 South Central SEC Chris Bucknam (4th) 15
16 Florida State 172 South ACC Bob Braman (12th) 18
17 Oregon 162 West Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 23
18 Minnesota 160 Midwest Big Ten Steve Plasencia (16th) 12
19 Michigan 145 Great Lakes Big Ten Alex Gibby (2nd) 21
20 Eastern Kentucky 137 Southeast Ohio Valley Rick Erdmann (33rd) 17
21 UCLA 109 West Pac-12 Mike Maynard (3rd) 20
22 Columbia 96 Northeast Ivy Willy Wood (18th) 28
23 Georgetown 94 Mid-Atlantic Big East Patrick Henner (13th) RV
24 Texas A&M 89 South Central Big 12 Pat Henry (8th) 24
25 North Carolina 60 Southeast ACC Peter Watson (3rd) 30
26 Louisville 48 Southeast Big East Ron Mann (8th) RV
27 Tulsa 43 Midwest Conference USA Steve Gulley (10th) 27
28 Ohio State 41 Great Lakes Big Ten Robert Gary (16th) 26
29 Syracuse 38 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (7th) NR
30 Providence 36 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (28th) 14

Others Receiving Votes: Cal Poly 18, Washington State 17, Arizona State 14,
Florida 12, New Mexico 10, California 8, Notre Dame 4, Lamar 3, Utah State 1.
Dropped Out: No. 22 Washington State, No. 25 Arizona State, No. 29 Notre Dame



Women's National Rankings:  November 1, 2011
1 Florida State (10) 357 South ACC Karen Harvey (5th) 1
2 Villanova (1) 340 Mid-Atlantic Big East Gina Procaccio (12th) 4
3 Colorado (1) 331 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (17th) 16
4 Vanderbilt 319 South SEC Steve Keith (6th) 3
5 Providence 315 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (28th) 7
6 Washington 307 West Pac-12 Greg Metcalf (10th) 2
7 Georgetown 287 Mid-Atlantic Big East Chris Miltenberg (4th) 6
8 Stanford 282 West Pac-12 Patti Sue Plumer (1st) 8
9 Syracuse 249 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (7th) 9
10 Iowa State 244 Midwest Big 12 Corey Ihmels (5th) 13
11 Oregon 241 West Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 11
12 Michigan State 229 Great Lakes Big Ten Walt Drenth (8th) 15
13 West Virginia 196 Mid-Atlantic Big East Sean Cleary (5th) 18
14 Texas 183 South Central Big 12 Bev Kearney (20th) 12
15 Michigan 181 Great Lakes Big Ten Mike McGuire (22nd) 19
16 Arizona 178 West Pac-12 Fred Harvey (10th) 5
17 Arkansas 165 South Central SEC Lance Harter (22nd) 14
18 Boston College 161 Northeast ACC Randy Thomas (20th) 24
19 New Mexico 149 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (5th) 20
20 NC State 118 Southeast ACC Laurie Henes (6th) 21
21 Virginia 111 Southeast ACC Jason Vigilante (4th) 17
22 Penn State 102 Mid-Atlantic Big Ten Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th) 26
23 Oklahoma State 100 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (3rd) 30
24 Notre Dame 86 Great Lakes Big East Tim Connelly (24th) 23
25 North Carolina 72 Southeast ACC Peter Watson (3rd) 22
26 California 65 West Pac-12 Tony Sandoval (30th) 10
27 San Francisco 50 West West Coast Helen Lehman-Winters (9th) 29
28 Wisconsin 44 Great Lakes Big Ten Jim Stintzi (8th) RV
29 Cornell 31 Northeast Ivy Rich Bowman (1st) 25
30 Minnesota 23 Midwest Big Ten Gary Wilson (27th) RV

Others Receiving Votes: Florida 15, Columbia 14, Connecticut 12, Toledo 11,
Texas Tech 5.
Dropped Out: No. 27 Iowa, No. 28 Connecticut

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