National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News - Polls

Men's and Women's Cross Country Polls

Compiled by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association
and the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association.

Men's: Division I, Division II, Division III
Women's: Division I, Division II, Division III



Division I Men's Cross Country Poll

MARTIN SURFACING NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLL

(conducted by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association)

MARTIN SURFACING NCAA DIVISION I MENĚS CROSS COUNTRY POLL
(conducted by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association)
FINAL POLL: Nov. 18, 1997	* denotes team qualified for Nov. 24 NCAA meet

Ranking 	Team (first place votes)		Points		Region		Previous rank

1		*Arkansas (7)				388		SC		1

2		*Stanford (5)				379		W		2

3		*Colorado (2)				370		M		4

4		*Michigan (2)				367		GL		3

5		*Wisconsin				324		GL		5

6		*Oregon					313		W		6

7		*North Carolina State			311		SE		7

8		*Michigan State				286		GL		8

9		*Oklahoma State				240		MW		18

10		*Notre Dame				238		GL		9

11		Washington State			225		W		10
12		*William & Mary				203		SE		17
13		*Weber State				178		M		11-tie
14		*Princeton				174		MA		22
15		*Providence				165		NE		19

16		Eastern Michigan			154		GL		13
17		*Alabama				131		S		24
18		*Minnesota				120		MW		--
19		*Navy					  98		MA		--
20		*Iona College				  87		NE		--

21		*Nebraska				  85		MW		23
22		Miami (Ohio)				  84		GL		11-tie
23		Portland				  59		W		--
24		*Iowa State				  48		MW		14
25		Wake Forest				  31		SE		--

Also receiving votes: Washington 28, Northern Arizona 25, *Florida 21, UCLA 16, Arizona 14,
 *Texas-San Antonio 13, BYU 8, Dartmouth 8, Penn State 8, Georgetown 1.

Key to regions (former districts): NE = New England (I); MA = Mid-Atlantic (II);
 SE = Southeast (III); GL = Great Lakes (IV); MW = Midwest (V); SC = South Central (VI);
  M = Mountain (VII); W = West (VIII); S = South (IX).  
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Voting panel consists of active men's NCAA Division I coaches who are members of the U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association. Sponsored by Martin Surfacing. Compiled by Don Kopriva, 5327 Newport Drive, Lisle, Ill. 60532. For information, telephone 630-512-0040; fax 630-960-3218; E-mail: XCPoll@aol.com. To hear the poll, call 630-829-4300.

To receive the poll via fax-back, call 770-399-3066, Code 692, Document 1659.


Division I Women's Cross Country Poll

                          FinishLynx/NCAA DIVISION I 
                     WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL
  	(Conducted by the Women's Cross Country Coaches Association)
                              ****REVISED**** 
  1997 Poll #7
  November 17, 1997
  
  Ranking	Team (first place votes)		Points
  1.		Stanford (7)				223
  2.		Brigham Young (2)	        	218
  3.	 	Wisconsin				206
  4.		Colorado				197
  5. 		Oregon			        	179
  6. 		North Carolina State	         	170	
  7.		Dartmouth				162
  8.		Michigan				160
  9.		Providence				158
  10.		Washington				137
  11.		Georgetown		        	125
  12.		Arkansas				112
  13.		Boston College		         	111
  14.		Colorado State		        	108
  15.		Florida			         	98
  16.		West Virginia		        	85
  17.		Missouri				81
  18.		Wake Forest		        	66
  19.		Nebraska				61
  20. (Tie)	James Madison		        	54
  20. (Tie)	Weber State		        	54
  22.      	Baylor			        	42			
  23.		Georgia			        	26
  24.		William & Mary		        	27
  25.		Minnesota				24
  
  Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Northern Arizona 11, North Carolina 10,
  Penn State 8, Arizona 7,   Coastal Carolina 3, South Florida 2.
  
  Voting panel consists of the nine regional representatives of the Women's
  Intercollegiate   Cross Country Coaches Association.  Compiled by Jesse
  Rosen of 401 S. 1st. St. #723, Minneapolis, MN.  For more information,
  please call 612-664-1727 or e-mail rose0080@tc.umn.edu or FAX 612/305-1131

Be sure to visit the FinishLynx national poll site on the World Wide Web
at:  www.FinishLynx.com


Division II Men's Cross Country Poll

Final polls conducted Nov. 9, 1997, with (Place in Region). "Q" indicates
qualifer for nationals,

E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NC = North Central, SC = South Central, W =
West, SE = Southeast

Men's Cross Country Rankings

Rank                                   Rank
This                          Region   Last
Week  School                 (Place)   Week

1     Central Missouri       GL (1Q)    2
2     Cal.Poly/Pomona         W (1Q)    1
3     U.South Dakota         NC (1Q)    4
4     Ashland (OH)           GL (2Q)    5
5     Adams State (CO)       SC (1Q)    7
6     Edinboro (PA)           E (1Q)    11
7     Western State (CO)     SC (2Q)    3
8     Lewis (IN)             GL (3Q)    6
9     Mankato State (MN)     NC (2Q)    8
10    North Dakota State     NC (3Q)    10
11    So Indiana             GL (4Q)    9
12    Fort Hays State        SC (3Q)    16
13    U North Dakota         NC (4Q)    13
14    U Cal.-Davis            W (2Q)    19
15    South Dakota State      NC (5)    --
16    NW Missouri            GL (5Q)    18
17    Kennesaw State (GA)    SE (1Q)    17
18    New Mexico Highlands    SC (4)    12
19    U Wis. Parkside         GL (6)    20
20    Augustana (S.D.)        NC (6)    21
21    Nebraska Kearney        SC (5)    --
22    Shippensburg (PA)       E (2)     15
23    Texas A&M Kingsville    SC (7)    22
24    East Stroudsburg (PA)   E (3)     --
25    Minnesota Duluth        NC (7)    24
--    Abilene Christian (TX)  SC (6)    14
--    Indiana of PA           E (3)     23
--    Humboldt State (CA)     W (3)     25

E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NC = North Central, SC = South Central, W =
West, SE = Southeast


Division II Women's Cross Country Poll

Final polls conducted Nov. 9, 1997, with (Place in Region). "Q" indicates
qualifer for nationals,

E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NC = North Central, SC = South Central, W =
West, SE = Southeast

Rank                                   Rank
This                          Region   Last
Week  School                 (Place)   Week

1     Adams State (CO)       SC (1Q)    1
2     Lewis (IL)             GL (1Q)    2
3     U Cal.-Davis            W (1Q)    3
4     Shippensburg (PA)       E (1Q)    6
5     North Dakota State     NC (1Q)    5
6     Western State(CO)      SC (2Q)    4
7     Edinboro (PA)           E (2Q)    7
8     NW Missouri            GL (2Q)    8
9     Kennesaw State (GA)    SE (1Q)    12
10    Seattle Pacific         W (2Q)    9
11    Northern Colorado      NC (2Q)    14
12    U Wis - Parkside       GL (3Q)    20
13    South Dakota State     NC (3Q)    10
14    Abilene Christian (TX) SC (3Q)    15
15    Chico State (CA)        W (3Q)    19
16    So.Indiana             GL (4Q)    11
17    Angelo State (TX)      SC (4Q)    17
18    Indiana of PA           E (3)     13
19    West Georgia            SE (2)    --
20    Minnesota Duluth        NC (4)    --
21    Calif State - LA        W (4)     --
22    Bloomsburg (PA)         E (4)     24
23    Clayton State           SE (3)    25
24    U.North Dakota          NC (5)    22
25    U Col. - Col. Springs   SC (5)    21
--    North.Florida           SE (4)    16
--    Nebraska-Omaha          NC (6)    18
--    Montana Billings        W (5)     23


Division III Men's Cross Country Poll

Final Polls conducted Nov. 18, 1997, with (Place in Region). "Q" indicates
qualifer for nationals.

NE = New England, NY = New York, ME = Mideast, GL = Great Lakes, MW =
Midwest, C = Central, W = West, SSE = South/Southeast

Men's Cross Country Rankings

Rank                                          Rank
This                                 District Last
Week  School                  Points (Place)  Week

1     North Central (IL) (7)   175   MW (1Q)   1
2     U Wis. - La Crosse       164   MW (2Q)   3=
3=    U Wis. - Stevens Point   152   MW (3Q)   2
3=    Williams (MA)            152   NE (1Q)   5
5     Calvin (MI)              150   GL (1Q)   7
6     Mt. Union (OH)           142   GL (2Q)   3=
7     Brandeis (MA)            140   NE (2Q)   6
8     Haverford (PA)           124   ME (1Q)   8
9     U Cal. San Deigo         114    W (1Q)   10
10    St. John's (MN)          112    C (1Q)   9
11    U Wis. - Whitewater      100   MW (4Q)   11
12    St. Thomas (MN)           94   C (=2Q)   14
13    Nebraska Wesleyan         90   C (=2Q)   --
14    St. Lawrence (NY)         86   NY (1Q)   17
15    College of New Jersey     74   ME (2Q)   18
16    Keene State               67   NE (3Q)   --
17    Washington (MO)           65   MW (5Q)   15
18    Heidelberg College (OH)   56   GL (3Q)   --
19    SUNY Cortland             49   NY (2Q)   --
20    Frostburg State (MD)      41   SSE (1Q)  --
21    SUNY Plattsburgh          33   NY (3Q)   24
22    U Wis. - Oshkosh          31    MW (6)   13
23    Tufts (MA)                26    NE (4)   12
24    Kalamazoo (MI)            12    GL (4)   25
25=   Anderson (IN)             6     GL (5)   16
25=   Loras (IA)                6     C (4)    20
--    Bates (ME)                      NE (5)   19
--    Carnegie Mellon (PA)            ME (4)   21
--    Otterbein (OH)                  GL (8)   22
--    Wartburg (IA)                   C (5)    23


Division III Women's Cross Country Poll

Final Polls conducted Nov. 18, 1997, with (Place in Region). "Q" indicates
qualifer for nationals.

Rank                                          Rank
This                                 District Last
Week  School                  Points (Place)  Week

1     U Wis. - Oshkosh (6)     150   MW (1Q)   1
2     Calvin (MI)              140   GL (1Q)   4
3     Middlebury (VT)          135   NE (1Q)   6
4     Williams (MA)            127   NE (2Q)   3
5     U Wis. - Eau Claire      121   MW (2Q)   9=
6     Nebraska Wesleyan        114    C (1Q)   18
7     SUNY Cortland            112   NY (1Q)   9=
8     Emory (GA)               106   SSE (1Q)  8
9     College of New Jersey    104   ME (1Q)  13=
10    Colorado College          92    W (1Q)   16
11    Moravian (PA)             82   ME (2Q)   11
12    St. Olaf (MN)             81    C (2Q)   7
13    Carnegie Mellon (PA)      77   ME (3Q)   5
14    Hope (MI)                 76   GL (2Q)   15
15    U Wis. - La Crosse        75   MW (3Q)   12
16    Col. of St. Benedict (MN) 69    C (3Q)   22
17    Augustana (IL)            61   MW (4Q)  13=
18    Bates (ME)                47   NE (3Q)   --
19    Loras (IA)                43    C (4Q)   --
20    SUNY Plattsburgh          27   NY (2Q)   --
21    St. Thomas (MN)           25    C (5)    2
22    Dickinson (PA)            24   ME (4Q)   --
23    Claremont Mudd Scrips (CA)15    W (2)    --
24    Washington (MO)           10    MW (5)   --
25    DePauw (IN)               8     GL (3)   --
--    U Wis - Stout                   MW (6)   17
--    Trinity (CT)                    NE (5)   19
--    Luther (IA)                     C (6)    20
--    Wartburg (IA)                   C (9)    21
--    Brandeis (MA)                   NE (6)   23
--    U Cal. San Diego                W (3)    24
--    Baldwin Wallace (OH)            GL (4)   25