POLLS: November 4, 1996

Division I Men's Cross Country

The Martin Surfacing top 25 NCAA Division I men's cross country teams through October 22 as selected by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Arkansas, 447; 2. Stanford, 435; 3. Colorado, 399; 4. Oregon, 373; 5. Portland, 363; 6. Northern Arizona, 351; 7. North Carolina State, 342; 8. Wisconsin, 332; 9. Providence, 317; 10. Michigan, 278; 11. Nebraska, 261; 12. Notre Dame, 236; 13. Georgetown, 206; 14. Oklahoma State, 198; 15. Army, 176; 16. Michigan State, 160; 17. Wake Forest, 159; 18. Brown, 145; 19. Boise State, 134; 20. Brigham Young, 95; 21. Alabama, 89; 22. Illinois, 67; 23. Iowa State, 61; 24. William and Mary, 49; 25. Villanova, 25.

Division I Women's Cross Country

The FinishLynx top 25 NCAA Division I women's cross country teams through October 21 as selected by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Providence, 200; 2. Villanova, 189; 3. Stanford, 186; 4. Colorado, 175; 5. Dartmouth, 160; 6. Brigham Young, 159; 7. Georgetown, 155; 8. Wisconsin, 142; 9. North Carolina State, 132; 10. Northern Arizona, 127; 11. Arizona, 118; 12. Boston College, 113; 13. Missouri, 102; 14. Weber State, 99; 15. Penn State, 87; 16. Washington, 77; 17. Baylor, 68; 18. Texas-San Antonio, 63; 19. North Carolina, 58; 20. Oregon, 51; 21. Notre Dame, 34; 22. William and Mary, 32; 23. Iowa State, 26; 24. Arkansas, 20; 25. Coastal Carolina, 10.

Division III Men's Cross Country

The top 25 NCAA Division III men's cross country teams through October 22 as selected by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 200; 2. North Central, 191; 3. Williams, 182; 4. Rochester, 177; 5. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 169; 6. Calvin, 159; 7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 138; 8. Augustana (Illinois), 131; 9. Tufts, 130; 10. Rochester Institute of Technology, 127; 11. Mount Union, 126; 12. Washington (Missouri), 125; 13. Haverford, 108; 14. UC San Diego, 94; 15. St. John's (Minnesota), 84; 16. Otterbein, 72; 17. Loras, 59; 18. MIT, 53; 19. Brandeis, 46; 20. Wabash, 45; 21. St. Lawrence, 35; 22. Carleton, 30; 23. (tie) Wisconsin-Whitewater and Wartburg, 24; 25. Bates, 23.

Division III Women's Cross Country

The top 25 NCAA Division III women's cross country teams through October 22 as selected by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 175; 2. Moravian, 159; 3. Calvin, 158; 4. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 146; 5. St. Olaf, 143; 6. Cortland State, 132; 7. Williams, 128; 8. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 126; 9. Washington (Missouri), 123; 10. Middlebury, 98; 11. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 97; 12. Bowdoin, 93; 13. College of New Jersey, 83; 14. Emory, 81; 15. Kenyon, 70; 16. Wartburg, 65; 17. (tie) Geneseo State and Loras, 61; 19. Carnegie Mellon, 58; 20. Haverford, 40; 21. (tie) Baldwin-Wallace, Hope and UC San Diego, 36; 24. Augustana (Illinois), 25; 25. Colby, 22.

Division I-AA Football

The Sports Network top 25 NCAA Division
I-AA football teams through October 21, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Marshall (7-0) -- 2,278
2. Montana (6-0) -- 2,221
3. Northern Iowa (6-1) -- 2,104
4. Troy St. (6-1) -- 1,941
5. Murray St. (6-1) -- 1,782
6. Northern Ariz. (7-1) -- 1,767
7. Delaware (6-1) -- 1,595
8. Furman (6-1) -- 1,583
9. Southwest Mo. St. (5-2) -- 1,477
10. James Madison (6-1) -- 1,309
11. Jackson St. (5-1) -- 1,305
12. Stephen F. Austin (4-2) -- 1,228
13. Florida A&M (6-1) -- 1,126
14. East Tenn. St. (6-1) -- 1,087
15. Western Ill. (6-1) -- 983
16. William & Mary (5-2) -- 931
17. Villanova (5-2) -- 905
18. Eastern Ill. (4-2) -- 636
19. Northwestern St. (5-2) -- 541
20. Appalachian St. (4-3) -- 534
21. Indiana St. (6-2) -- 532
22. Eastern Wash. (5-2) -- 464
23. Connecticut (4-3) -- 195
24. New Hampshire (4-2) -- 194
25. Idaho St. (3-3) -- 134

Division II Football

The top 20 NCAA Division II football teams through October 20 as selected by the NCAA Division II Football Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Valdosta St. (7-0) -- 80
2. Saginaw Valley (6-0) -- 76
3. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (4-2) -- 69
4. Northwest Mo. St. (6-0) -- 68
5. N.C. Central (7-1) -- 66
6. West Ga. (6-1) -- 60
7. Ferris St. (7-1) -- 55
8. Neb.-Omaha (6-1) -- 50
9. Carson-Newman (6-1) -- 48
10. Chadron St. (7-0) -- 43
11. Indiana (Pa.) (5-1) -- 42
12. Mo. Southern St. (5-1) -- 34
13. Central Okla. (5-1) -- 33
14. South Dak. (6-1) -- 26
15. Catawba (6-1) -- 24
16. Clarion (6-1) -- 23
17. UC Davis (3-3) -- 15
18. South Dak. St. (5-2) -- 10
19. Angelo St. (4-2) -- 7
19. West Chester (4-2) -- 7

Division III Football

The top six NCAA Division III football teams in each region as selected by the NCAA Division III Football Committee, with records in parentheses and points:

East: 1. Ithaca, 5-0; 2. Union (New York), 6-0; 3. Buffalo State, 4-1; 4. Merchant Marine, 4-1; 5. College of New Jersey, 3-2; 6. Rowan, 4-2.

North: 1. Mount Union, 6-0; 2. Albion, 5-0; 3. Illinois Wesleyan, 5-0; 4. Allegheny, 6-0; 5. Wheaton (Illinois), 5-0; 6. John Carroll, 5-1.

South: 1. Lycoming, 5-0; 2. Trinity (Texas), 6-0; 3. Ursinus, 7-0; 4. Washington and Jefferson, 4-1; 5. Emory and Henry, 5-1; 6. Albright, 5-1.

West: 1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 6-0; 2. Bethel (Minnesota), 7-0; 3. Simpson, 6-0; 4. Chapman, 5-0; 5. St. John's (Minnesota), 7-0; 6. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 7-0.

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through October 21, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (3-0-0) -- 96
2. Vermont (1-0-0) -- 89
3. Boston U. (1-0-0) -- 81
4. Minnesota (1-1-0) -- 59
5. Bowling Green (4-0-0) -- 57
6. Michigan St. (2-0-0) -- 53
7. Colorado Col. (1-1-0) -- 49
8. Clarkson (2-0-0) -- 34
9. North Dak. (2-0-0) -- 17
10. Maine (1-1-0) -- 6

Division I Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Virginia (11-0-3) -- 480
2. St. John's (N.Y.) (13-1-1) -- 445
3. California (11-2-2) -- 422
4. N.C.-Charlotte (13-2-0) -- 414
5. Washington (11-2-0) -- 348
6. Air Force (11-1-2) -- 342
7. Rutgers (10-3-1) -- 325
8. William & Mary (10-2-1) -- 287
9. Harvard (9-1-0) -- 260
10. Indiana (8-2-2) -- 245
11. Furman (11-2-0) -- 229
12. James Madison (11-1-0) -- 198
13. Southern Methodist (10-4-0) -- 191
14. Fresno St. (9-3-1) -- 171
15. N.C.-Greensboro (14-1-0) -- 155
16. Bowling Green (10-3-1) -- 99
17. UCLA (11-3-0) -- 82
18. Connecticut (10-2-3) -- 75
18. Creighton (8-2-1) -- 75
20. Penn St. (8-4-1) -- 62
21. Cornell (7-2-1) -- 29
22. Wisconsin (8-3-4) -- 28
23. South Fla. (11-2-0) -- 24
24. Florida Int'l (10-3-2) -- 18
25. Cal St. Fullerton (8-4-2) -- 11

Division I Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division I women's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Notre Dame (14-1-0) -- 367
2. North Caro. (12-1-0) -- 361
3. Portland (10-0-2) -- 342
4. Connecticut (15-1-0) -- 336
5. Nebraska (15-0-0) -- 304
6. Santa Clara (11-3-0) -- 298
7. Maryland (15-1-1) -- 293
8. Texas A&M (15-2-0) -- 272
9. Florida (14-1-0) -- 261
10. Wisconsin (10-2-3) -- 228
11. Penn St. (10-2-2) -- 216
12. Harvard (11-0-0) -- 209
13. N.C.-Greensboro (12-3-0) -- 189
14. Minnesota (12-3-0) -- 170
15. Virginia (9-4-2) -- 158
16. Clemson (11-4-1) -- 136
17. UCLA (9-4-1) -- 121
18. North Caro. St. (10-4-1) -- 116
19. James Madison (10-3-1) -- 98
20. Dartmouth (8-2-0) -- 92
21. Vanderbilt (9-7-0) -- 69
22. San Diego (9-3-1) -- 66
23. George Mason (8-4-1) -- 53
24. Kentucky (10-3-2) -- 40
25. Geo. Washington (9-4-1) -- 23

Division II Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 20 NCAA Division II men's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Southern Conn. St. (13-0-1) -- 239
2. Lynn (9-1-3) -- 229
3. West Va. Wesleyan (12-3-0) -- 217
4. Cal St. Bakersfield (12-4-1) -- 200
5. New Hamp. Col. (9-0-2) -- 191
6. Tampa (9-3-1) -- 173
7. Charleston (W. Va.) (13-1-1) -- 171
8. Cal St. Los Angeles (9-5-2) -- 159
9. Lander (10-3-1) -- 131
10. Grand Canyon (7-3-3) -- 128
11. Dowling (8-3-1) -- 124
12. Lewis (11-2-0) -- 121
13. St. Leo (9-3-2) -- 89
14. Franklin Pierce (10-3-1) -- 84
15. Cal St. San B'dino (8-5-1) -- 65
16. Truman St. (9-4-0) -- 54
17. Seattle Pacific (8-6-0) -- 45
18. Barry (9-3-0) -- 38
19. Concordia (N.Y.) (10-2-1) -- 24
20. West Tex. A&M (9-4-0) -- 20

Division II Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division II women's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Lynn (14-0-0) -- 400
2. Franklin Pierce (14-1-0) -- 384
3. Bloomsburg (14-1-1) -- 363
4. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (16-1-1) -- 333
5. UC Davis (11-3-1) -- 303
6. Keene St. (13-2-2) -- 302
7. Northern Colo. (11-2-1) -- 299
7. Barry (8-3-1) -- 299
7. Adelphi (13-1-0) -- 299
10. SIU-Edwardsville (13-2-2) -- 260
11. Cal St. Dom. Hills (11-4-0) -- 213
12. Francis Marion (11-2-1) -- 202
13. Quinnipiac (10-3-2) -- 196
14. Mo.-St. Louis (12-5-0) -- 189
15. Regis (Colo.) (10-3-0) -- 186
16. Lock Haven (12-2-0) -- 164
17. Presbyterian (10-2-1) -- 132
18. Humboldt St. (7-2-4) -- 119
19. Truman St. (10-3-3) -- 104
20. West Tex. A&M (9-2-0) -- 94
21. Merrimack (12-3-1) -- 89
22. Oakland (13-3-0) -- 74
23. New Hamp. Col. (8-5-2) -- 37
24. Drury (11-4-1) -- 28
25. Catawba (10-4-0) -- 27

Division III Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wheaton (Ill.) (12-0-0) -- 413
2. Hope (14-0-1) -- 385
3. Fredonia St. (15-1-0) -- 359
4. Richard Stockton (9-1-1) -- 355
5. Brandeis (12-1-1) -- 353
6. Elizabethtown (13-1-2) -- 329
7. Greensboro (8-3-1) -- 282
8. UC San Diego (9-5-0) -- 263
9. Trinity (Tex.) (11-1-0) -- 222
10. Emory (10-1-1) -- 203
11. Kenyon (10-2-1) -- 193
12. Salem St. (12-0-0) -- 180
13. Rowan (10-2-2) -- 177
14. Messiah (11-2-1) -- 171
15. Bethany (W. Va.) (11-3-0) -- 83
16. Wis.-Oshkosh (12-1-0) -- 65
17. St. Lawrence (10-1-2) -- 53
18. Methodist (10-1-0) -- 48
19. Williams (7-1-2) -- 40
20. Montclair St. (9-2-2) -- 39
21. Ohio Wesleyan (10-1-2) -- 35
22. Concordia-M'head (9-3-1) -- 25
23. Rensselaer (10-2-0) -- 15
24. Wheaton (Mass.) (10-2-2) -- 14
25. Wilmington (Ohio) (12-2-1) -- 4

Division III Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division III women's soccer teams through October 21 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UC San Diego (13-1-0) -- 277
2. Binghamton (15-1-0) -- 265
3. Randolph-Macon (14-1-0) -- 240
4. Col. of New Jersey (11-1-3) -- 229
5. Wilmington (Ohio) (14-1-0) -- 212
6. Bowdoin (9-1-1) -- 204
7. Macalester (11-1-2) -- 201
8. Trinity (Tex.) (11-2-1) -- 183
9. Ithaca (11-3-0) -- 159
10. Kean (13-1-1) -- 139
11. Chicago (11-2-0) -- 136
12. Cal Lutheran (12-2-0) -- 122
13. Williams (6-0-3) -- 111
14. Wooster (16-1-0) -- 106
15. Mary Washington (10-3-2) -- 86
16. Oswego St. (12-3-0) -- 60
17. Richard Stockton (8-3-1) -- 54
18. Gustavus Adolphus (12-2-1) -- 49
19. Heidelberg (15-2-0) -- 31
20. Rochester (10-2-0) -- 22
20. Amherst (8-1-2) -- 22
22. St. Benedict (12-3-1) -- 18
23. Emory (11-4-0) -- 9
24. La Verne (11-4-0) -- 6
25. Skidmore (10-2-2) -- 3

Division I Women's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through October 22, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Hawaii (20-0) -- 1,475
2. Florida (21-1) -- 1,403
3. Stanford (14-1) -- 1,360
4. Long Beach St. (19-0) -- 1,298
5. Nebraska (16-2) -- 1,236
6. Michigan St. (14-4) -- 1,175
7. Penn St. (17-2) -- 1,068
8. Loyola Marymount (16-2) -- 1,033
9. Texas (12-4) -- 1,000
10. Texas A&M (16-3) -- 931
11. Wisconsin (16-2) -- 874
12. Southern Cal (12-5) -- 800
13. Washington St. (15-4) -- 778
14. Washington (17-3) -- 725
15. Ohio St. (16-3) -- 700
16. Pacific (Cal.) (14-4) -- 598
17. Louisville (15-2) -- 496
18. UCLA (13-7) -- 484
19. UC Santa Barb. (14-6) -- 438
20. Texas Tech (19-2) -- 282
21. Notre Dame (13-5) -- 275
22. George Mason (15-2) -- 229
23. Kansas St. (18-3) -- 168
24. Oral Roberts (18-2) -- 133
25. Oregon St. (14-5) -- 102

Division II Women's Volleyball

The top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams through October 22 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Central Mo. St. (24-1) -- 593
2. Cal St. Bakersfield (18-2) -- 562
3. North Dak. St. (19-2) -- 551
4. Neb.-Omaha (23-1) -- 531
5. Northern Mich. (19-3) -- 515
6. Minn.-Duluth (20-2) -- 480
7. Neb.-Kearney (19-3) -- 456
8. Augustana (S.D.) (24-2) -- 434
9. Michigan Tech (18-6) -- 381
10. Tampa (22-5) -- 361
11. New Haven (30-1) -- 343
12. Northwood (20-3) -- 329
13. St. Cloud St. (15-9) -- 319
14. Morningside (17-8) -- 294
15. West Tex. A&M (18-4) -- 254
16. Colo. Christian (18-6) -- 231
17. UC Riverside (14-4) -- 185
18. UC Davis (14-7) -- 163
19. Barry (17-8) -- 159
20. Regis (Colo.) (14-9) -- 143
21. Grand Canyon (15-10) -- 101
22. North Ala. (31-3) -- 84
23. Cal Poly Pomona (12-8) -- 76
24. Texas Woman's (19-2) -- 50
25. Mankato St. (13-8) -- 40

Division III Women's Volleyball

The top 15 NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams through October 23 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Washington (Mo.) (26-5) -- 237
2. Juniata (29-0) -- 227
3. Wis.-Oshkosh (27-0) -- 202
4. UC San Diego (18-5) -- 187
5. St. Olaf (20-2) -- 182
6. Ohio Northern (22-3) -- 142
7. Cal Lutheran (13-3) -- 136
8. Wis.-River Falls (22-1) -- 106
9. Bluffton (21-8) -- 89
10. Cortland St. (31-2) -- 88
11. Emory (26-3) -- 78
12. Neb. Wesleyan (16-7) -- 67
13. Wis.-Whitewater (23-3) -- 49
14. Coast Guard (23-3) -- 42
15. Wis.-Eau Claire (21-4) -- 36

Men's Water Polo

The top 20 NCAA men's water polo teams through October 22 as selected by the American Water Polo Coaches Association, with points:

1. Southern California, 80; 2. UCLA, 76; 3. Stanford, 70; 4. California, 69; 5. UC Irvine, 65; 6. Pacific (California), 59; 7. Pepperdine, 57; 8. Air Force, 52; 9. UC Davis, 48; 10. UC San Diego, 44; 11. Long Beach State, 38; 12. Navy, 37; 13. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 33; 14. UC Santa Barbara, 26; 15. Massachusetts, 25; 16. Queens (New York), 21; 17. Slippery Rock, 13; 18. Santa Clara, 11; 19. Villanova, 10; 20. Brown, 5.