It was another heavy week of shuffling in the regional D-III rankings as conference championships cleared the landscape ... Middlebury's men made their presence known with a surprising showing at the NESCAC Championships where they took the crown and, as a result, is rewarded with a No. 1 ranking in their region, jumping from No. 7 ... Centre College's men is making its latest appeal for the top portion of the South/Southeast region as the move back to No. 2, they were the region's preseason No. 1 ... the West region was turned on its head a bit after the results of the Northwest Conference and SCAC came known ... Whitworth is now ranked No. 1 in the West, followed by new No. 2 Colorado College.
... On the women's side of the coin, SUNY Cortland is bumped up to No. 2 in the Atlantic region ... Calvin remains No. 1 in the Great Lakes for the sixth-straight week, but Hope and Ohio Northern rejoin the top three at 2-3, respectively ... Washington (Mo.) moves back to the top spot in the Midwest region after a rousing title defense of the UAA title ...
Making appearances in the rankings for the first time this season ... MEN - Vassar (Atlantic, 10th), Swarthmore (Mideast, 9th), Saint Vincent (Mideast, 10th), George Fox (West, 10th) ...WOMEN - SUNY Oneonta (Atlantic, 10th), Central (Iowa) (Central, 10th), Manchester (Great Lakes, 8th).
USTFCCCA |
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NCAA Division III |
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Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings |
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2010 Week \#8 -- November 2 (final regular season) |
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national poll release: November 3 |
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next regional release: none -- regional championships November 13 |
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ATLANTIC Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
SUNY Geneseo |
Geneseo, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
1 |
2 |
St. Lawrence |
Canton, N.Y. |
Liberty League |
2 |
3 |
NYU |
New York, N.Y. |
UAA |
3 |
4 |
Rochester |
Rochester, N.Y. |
UAA |
4 |
5 |
Ithaca |
Ithaca, N.Y. |
Empire 8 |
5 |
6 |
Plattsburgh State |
Plattsburgh, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
6 |
7 |
TCNJ |
Ewing, N.J. |
NJAC |
8 |
8 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Fredonia, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
7 |
9 |
Rowan |
Glassboro, N.J. |
NJAC |
NR |
10 |
Vassar |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
Liberty League |
NR |
CENTRAL Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Hamline |
Saint Paul, Minn. |
MIAC |
1 |
2 |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
Lincoln, Neb. |
Independent |
2 |
3 |
St. Olaf |
Northfield, Minn. |
MIAC |
7 |
4 |
Luther |
Decorah, Iowa |
IIAC |
8 |
5 |
Grinnell |
Grinnell, Iowa |
Midwest Conf. |
4 |
6 |
Saint John's (Minn.) |
Collegeville, Minn. |
MIAC |
3 |
7 |
Loras |
Dubuque, Iowa |
IIAC |
10 |
8 |
Cornell College |
Mount Vernon, Iowa |
IIAC |
5 |
9 |
Coe |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
IIAC |
6 |
10 |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
Saint Paul, Minn. |
MIAC |
9 |
GREAT LAKES Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Calvin |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
MIAA |
1 |
2 |
Albion |
Albion, Mich. |
MIAA |
2 |
3 |
Wabash |
Crawfordsville, Ind. |
NCAC |
3 |
4 |
Case Western Reserve |
Cleveland, Ohio |
UAA |
4 |
5 |
Mount Union |
Alliance, Ohio |
OAC |
7 |
6 |
Ohio Northern |
Ada, Ohio |
OAC |
NR |
7 |
Ohio Wesleyan |
Delaware, Ohio |
NCAC |
5 |
8 |
Denison |
Granville, Ohio |
NCAC |
6 |
9 |
Hope |
Holland, Mich. |
MIAA |
8 |
10 |
DePauw |
Greencastle, Ind. |
SCAC |
9 |
MIDEAST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Allegheny |
Meadville, Pa. |
NCAC |
1 |
2 |
Haverford |
Haverford, Pa. |
Centennial |
2 |
3 |
Dickinson |
Carlisle, Pa. |
Centennial |
3 |
4 |
Elizabethtown |
Elizabethtown, Pa. |
Middle Atlantic |
4 |
5 |
Carnegie Mellon |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
UAA |
5 |
6 |
Johns Hopkins |
Baltimore, Md. |
Centennial |
6 |
7 |
Salisbury |
Salisbury, Md. |
CAC |
7 |
8 |
Susquehanna |
Selinsgrove, Pa. |
Landmark |
9 |
9 |
Swarthmore |
Swarthmore, Pa. |
Centennial |
NR |
10 |
Saint Vincent |
Latrobe, Pa. |
PAC |
NR |
MIDWEST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Naperville, Ill. |
CCIW |
1 |
2 |
Washington (Mo.) |
St. Louis, Mo. |
UAA |
3 |
3 |
UW Stevens Point |
Stevens Point, Wis. |
WIAC |
4 |
4 |
UW Platteville |
Platteville, Wis. |
WIAC |
2 |
5 |
UW Oshkosh |
Oshkosh, Wis. |
WIAC |
6 |
6 |
UW Whitewater |
Whitewater, Wis. |
WIAC |
5 |
7 |
Augustana (Ill.) |
Rock Island, Ill. |
CCIW |
7 |
8 |
UW La Crosse |
La Crosse, Wis. |
WIAC |
8 |
9 |
UW Eau Claire |
Eau Claire, Wis. |
WIAC |
9 |
10 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
Wheaton, Ill. |
CCIW |
10 |
NEW ENGLAND Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Middlebury |
Middlebury, Vt. |
NESCAC |
7 |
2 |
Williams |
Williamstown, Mass. |
NESCAC |
1 |
3 |
Brandeis |
Waltham, Mass. |
UAA |
3 |
4 |
Tufts |
Medford, Mass. |
NESCAC |
5 |
5 |
Keene State |
Keene, N.H. |
Little East |
4 |
6 |
Bates |
Lewiston, Maine |
NESCAC |
6 |
7 |
Wesleyan (Conn.) |
Middletown, Conn. |
NESCAC |
10 |
8 |
Bowdoin |
Brunswick, Maine |
NESCAC |
2 |
9 |
MIT |
Cambridge, Mass. |
NEWMAC |
8 |
10 |
Amherst |
Amherst, Mass. |
NESCAC |
9 |
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Rhodes |
Memphis, Tenn. |
SCAC |
1 |
2 |
Centre |
Danville, Ky. |
SCAC |
3 |
3 |
Trinity (Texas) |
San Antonio, Texas |
SCAC |
2 |
4 |
Emory |
Atlanta, Ga. |
UAA |
4 |
5 |
Lynchburg |
Lynchburg, Va. |
ODAC |
5 |
6 |
Christopher Newport |
Newport News, Va. |
USA South |
6 |
7 |
Mary Washington |
Fredericksburg, Va. |
CAC |
9 |
8 |
Guilford |
Greensboro, N.C. |
ODAC |
8 |
9 |
UT Tyler |
Tyler, Texas |
ASC |
7 |
10 |
Shenandoah |
Winchester, Va. |
USA South |
10 |
WEST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Whitworth |
Spokane, Wash. |
NWC |
4 |
2 |
Colorado College |
Colorado Springs, Colo. |
SCAC |
3 |
3 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Claremont, Calif. |
SCIAC |
2 |
4 |
Willamette |
Salem, Ore. |
NWC |
1 |
5 |
Lewis & Clark |
Portland, Ore. |
NWC |
5 |
6 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
Claremont, Calif. |
SCIAC |
7 |
7 |
Linfield |
McMinnville, Ore. |
NWC |
6 |
8 |
Occidental |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
SCIAC |
NR |
9 |
La Verne |
La Verne, Calif. |
SCIAC |
9 |
10 |
George Fox |
Newberg, Ore. |
NWC |
NR |
USTFCCCA |
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NCAA Division III |
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Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings |
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2010 Week \#8 -- November 2 (final regular season) |
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national poll release: November 3 |
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next regional release: none -- regional championships November 13 |
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ATLANTIC Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
St. Lawrence |
Canton, N.Y. |
Liberty League |
1 |
2 |
SUNY Cortland |
Cortland, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
3 |
3 |
SUNY Geneseo |
Geneseo, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
2 |
4 |
NYU |
New York, N.Y. |
UAA |
5 |
5 |
Ithaca |
Ithaca, N.Y. |
Empire 8 |
6 |
6 |
Vassar |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
Liberty League |
7 |
7 |
Plattsburgh State |
Plattsburgh, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
4 |
8 |
TCNJ |
Ewing, N.J. |
NJAC |
9 |
9 |
Rowan |
Glassboro, N.J. |
NJAC |
8 |
10 |
SUNY Oneonta |
Oneonta, N.Y. |
SUNYAC |
NR |
CENTRAL Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Luther |
Decorah, Iowa |
IIAC |
1 |
2 |
St. Olaf |
Northfield, Minn. |
MIAC |
2 |
3 |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
Lincoln, Neb. |
Independent |
3 |
4 |
Wartburg |
Waverly, Iowa |
IIAC |
4 |
5 |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
Saint Paul, Minn. |
MIAC |
6 |
6 |
Carleton |
Northfield, Minn. |
MIAC |
5 |
7 |
Gustavus Adolphus |
St. Peter, Minn. |
MIAC |
8 |
8 |
Bethel (Minn.) |
Arden Hills, Minn. |
MIAC |
7 |
9 |
St. Benedict |
St. Joseph, Minn. |
MIAC |
10 |
10 |
Central (Iowa) |
Pella, Iowa |
IIAC |
NR |
GREAT LAKES Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Calvin |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
MIAA |
1 |
2 |
Hope |
Holland, Mich. |
MIAA |
3 |
3 |
Ohio Northern |
Ada, Ohio |
OAC |
5 |
4 |
Case Western Reserve |
Cleveland, Ohio |
UAA |
2 |
5 |
Oberlin |
Oberlin, Ohio |
NCAC |
4 |
6 |
Baldwin-Wallace |
Berea, Ohio |
OAC |
6 |
7 |
Otterbein |
Westerville, Ohio |
OAC |
NR |
8 |
Manchester |
North Manchester, Ind. |
HCAC |
NR |
9 |
DePauw |
Greencastle, Ind. |
SCAC |
9 |
10 |
Wilmington (Ohio) |
Wilmington, Ohio |
OAC |
NR |
MIDEAST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Johns Hopkins |
Baltimore, Md. |
Centennial |
1 |
2 |
Dickinson |
Carlisle, Pa. |
Centennial |
2 |
3 |
Haverford |
Haverford, Pa. |
Centennial |
3 |
4 |
Grove City |
Grove City, Pa. |
PAC |
4 |
5 |
Elizabethtown |
Elizabethtown, Pa. |
Middle Atlantic |
6 |
6 |
Swarthmore |
Swarthmore, Pa. |
Centennial |
5 |
7 |
Carnegie Mellon |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
UAA |
7 |
8 |
Allegheny |
Meadville, Pa. |
NCAC |
8 |
9 |
Gettysburg |
Gettysburg, Pa. |
Centennial |
9 |
10 |
Marywood |
Scranton, Pa. |
Colonial States |
10 |
MIDWEST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Washington (Mo.) |
St. Louis, Mo. |
UAA |
4 |
2 |
Chicago |
Chicago, Ill. |
UAA |
2 |
3 |
UW Eau Claire |
Eau Claire, Wis. |
WIAC |
3 |
4 |
UW Stevens Point |
Stevens Point, Wis. |
WIAC |
5 |
5 |
UW Oshkosh |
Oshkosh, Wis. |
WIAC |
1 |
6 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Naperville, Ill. |
CCIW |
6 |
7 |
UW La Crosse |
La Crosse, Wis. |
WIAC |
7 |
8 |
St. Norbert |
De Pere, Wis. |
Midwest Conf. |
8 |
9 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
Bloomington, Ill. |
CCIW |
10 |
10 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
Wheaton, Ill. |
CCIW |
NR |
NEW ENGLAND Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Middlebury |
Middlebury, Vt. |
NESCAC |
1 |
2 |
Williams |
Williamstown, Mass. |
NESCAC |
2 |
3 |
MIT |
Cambridge, Mass. |
NEWMAC |
3 |
4 |
Amherst |
Amherst, Mass. |
NESCAC |
4 |
5 |
Colby |
Waterville, Maine |
NESCAC |
5 |
6 |
Wellesley |
Wellesley, Mass. |
NEWMAC |
6 |
7 |
Tufts |
Medford, Mass. |
NESCAC |
10 |
8 |
Keene State |
Keene, N.H. |
Little East |
7 |
9 |
Bowdoin |
Brunswick, Maine |
NESCAC |
9 |
10 |
Brandeis |
Waltham, Mass. |
UAA |
8 |
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Emory |
Atlanta, Ga. |
UAA |
1 |
2 |
Rhodes |
Memphis, Tenn. |
SCAC |
2 |
3 |
Shenandoah |
Winchester, Va. |
USA South |
4 |
4 |
Washington and Lee |
Lexington, Va. |
ODAC |
3 |
5 |
Mary Washington |
Fredericksburg, Va. |
CAC |
7 |
6 |
Centre |
Danville, Ky. |
SCAC |
8 |
7 |
Lynchburg |
Lynchburg, Va. |
ODAC |
9 |
8 |
Christopher Newport |
Newport News, Va. |
USA South |
6 |
9 |
Bridgewater (Va.) |
Bridgewater, Va. |
ODAC |
10 |
10 |
Trinity (Texas) |
San Antonio, Texas |
SCAC |
5 |
WEST Region |
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Rank |
School |
Location |
Conference |
Last Week |
1 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
Claremont, Calif. |
SCIAC |
1 |
2 |
Lewis & Clark |
Portland, Ore. |
Northwest Conf. |
2 |
3 |
Whitworth |
Spokane, Wash. |
Northwest Conf. |
3 |
4 |
Willamette |
Salem, Ore. |
Northwest Conf. |
4 |
5 |
Whitman |
Walla Walla, Wash. |
Northwest Conf. |
7 |
6 |
Redlands |
Redlands, Calif. |
SCIAC |
6 |
7 |
Whittier |
Whittier, Calif. |
SCIAC |
5 |
8 |
UC Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz, Calif. |
Independent |
9 |
9 |
Occidental |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
SCIAC |
NR |
10 |
Linfield |
McMinnville, Ore. |
Northwest Conference |
NR |