Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Women #1, Men #29 in Latest USTFCCA Polls



The Villanova women's country team, fresh off its third consecutive Big East title, maintained its overall national #1 ranking in the November 2 release of the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCA) rankings. Some big changes occurred in the rankings (see below), but Villanova was the unanimous choice of all voters for the top spot.

2010 Week #8, November 2

Rank Institution Points Region Conference Location Last
1 Villanova (12) 360 ..... Mid-Atlantic BIG EAST Villanova, Pa. 1
2 Florida State 338 ..... South ACC Tallahassee, Fla. 3
3 Texas Tech 326 ..... Mountain Big 12 Lubbock, Texas 4
4 Stanford 323 ..... West Pac-10 Palo Alto, Calif. 9
5 Georgetown 314 ..... Mid-Atlantic BIG EAST Washington, D.C. 5
6 Arizona 306 ..... West Pac-10 Tucson, Ariz. 6
7 Oregon 295 ..... West Pac-10 Eugene, Ore. 2
8 Colorado 267 ..... Mountain Big 12 Boulder, Colo. 7
9 Syracuse 250 ..... Northeast BIG EAST Syracuse, N.Y. 8
10 New Mexico 240 ..... Mountain Mountain West Alb., N.M. 10
11 Washington 237 ..... West Pac-10 Seattle, Wash. 20
12 Virginia 216 ..... Southeast ACC Charlottesville, Va. 24
13 Iowa State 213 ..... Midwest Big 12 Ames, Iowa 11
14 Providence 205 ..... Northeast BIG EAST Providence, R.I. 13
15 Stony Brook 192 ..... Northeast Amer. East Stony Brook, NY 14
16 Michigan State 188 ..... Great Lakes Big Ten E. Lansing, MI 16
17 Duke 159 ..... Southeast ACC Durham, N.C. 12
18 Michigan 147 ..... Great Lakes Big Ten Ann Arbor, Mich. 21
19 Princeton 140 ..... Mid-Atlantic Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 18
20 Minnesota 139 ..... Midwest Big Ten Minneapolis, Minn. 19
21 North Carolina 101 ..... Southeast ACC Chapel Hill, N.C. 17
22 Boston College 96 ..... Northeast ACC Chestnut Hill, Mass. 25
23 Oklahoma State 89 ..... Midwest Big 12 Stillwater, Okla. 27
24 Tulsa 86 ..... Midwest Conference USA Tulsa, Okla. 23
25 Texas 77 ..... South Central Big 12 Austin, Texas 15
26 California 60 ..... West Pac-10 Berkeley, Calif. 22
27 San Francisco 56 ..... West West Coast San Francisco, CA. 26
28 Penn State 48 ..... Mid-Atlantic Big Ten State College, Pa. RV
29 NC State 39 ..... Southeast ACC Raleigh, N.C. 28
30 Toledo 35 ..... Great Lakes Mid-American Toledo, Ohio RV

Others Receiving Votes: Indiana 20, Florida 10, Arkansas 4, Colorado State 2, BYU 1, Ohio State 1.
Dropped Out: No. 29 Indiana, No. 30 Iowa.


On the men's side, the Villanova harriers remained in the 29th spot nationally after finishing 4th in the Big East meet. Big East rivals Notre Dame and Georgetown fell behind Villanova in the poll, but Minnestota and Providence entered the poll ahead of Villanova. The effect was that the Cats' ranking stayed the same. Anticipating the NCAA regional competition, the Mid-Atlantic regional rankings look like this:

1. Princeton #17
2. Penn State #26
3. Villanova #29
4. Georgetown NR

Rank Institution Points Region Conference Location Last
1 Oklahoma State (7) ..... 355 Midwest Big 12 Stillwater, Okla. 2
2 Stanford (5) 353 ..... West Pac-10 Palo Alto, Calif. 1
3 Oregon 326 ..... West Pac-10 Eugene, Ore. 3
4 Iona 318 ..... Northeast Metro Atlantic New Rochelle, N.Y. 4
5 Wisconsin 305 ..... Great Lakes Big Ten Madison, Wis. 6
6 Florida State 286 ..... South ACC Tallahassee, Fla. 8
7 Northern Arizona 263 ..... Mountain Big Sky Flagstaff, Ariz. 11
8 Oklahoma 258 ..... Midwest Big 12 Norman, Okla. 5
9 Colorado 255 ..... Mountain Big 12 Boulder, Colo. 9
10 New Mexico 253 ..... Mountain Mountain West Alb., N.M. 12
11 Arkansas 249 ..... South Central SEC Fayetteville, Ark. 10
12 Indiana 245 ..... Great Lakes Big Ten Bloomington, Ind. 7
13 Portland 212 ..... West West Coast Portland, Ore. 15
14 Syracuse 204 ..... Northeast BIG EAST Syracuse, N.Y. 17
15 BYU 203 ..... Mountain Mountain West Provo, Utah 13
16 NC State 187 ..... Southeast ACC Raleigh, N.C. 16
17 Princeton 181 ..... Mid-Atlantic Ivy League Princeton, NJ 18
18 North Carolina 141 ..... Southeast ACC Chapel Hill, N.C. 25
19 William and Mary 134 ..... Southeast CAA Williamsburg, Va. 20
20 Louisville 119 ..... Southeast BIG EAST Louisville, Ky. 28
21 Virginia 109 ..... Southeast ACC Charlottesville, Va. 19
22 California 107 ..... West Pac-10 Berkeley, Calif. 22
23 Duke 79 ..... Southeast ACC Durham, N.C. 14
24 Minnesota 72 ..... Midwest Big Ten Minneapolis, Minn. NR
25 Alabama 70 ..... South SEC Tuscaloosa, Ala. 27
26 Penn State 66 ..... Mid-Atlantic Big Ten State College, Pa. 24
27 Tulsa 44 ..... Midwest Conference USA Tulsa, Okla. RV
28 Providence 42 ..... Northeast BIG EAST Providence, R.I. NR
29 Villanova 37 ..... Mid-Atlantic BIG EAST Villanova, Pa. 29
30 Notre Dame 25 ..... Great Lakes BIG EAST South Bend, Ind. 23

Others Receiving Votes: Florida 24, Texas 12, Dartmouth 11, Michigan State 10, Georgetown 9, UCLA 7, Ohio State 3, Montana State 1.

Dropped Out: No. 21 Georgetown, No. 26 Florida, No. 30 Texas

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