Sept. 23, 2008
IRVING, Texas- After three weeks of competition, Conference USA cross country teams are not only trekking over green hills and dirt paths but up national polls as well. Continuing from last season’s success, UTEP men’s team ranks 12th while Rice women ranks 18th in the Men and Women’s Division I Cross Country National Polls as voted by the USTFCCCA with Tulsa’s men’s team also receiving votes.
The Miners wrapped up the 2007 season by finishing 10th at the NCAA Division I Championships, while the Owls placed 16th on the women’s side.
Several conference teams have found their way into the regional rankings. On the men’s side, Tulsa ranks fourth in the Midwest Region behind Oklahoma State, who’s second in the national, followed by ninth-ranked Minnesota, and Iowa State. UTEP is fourth in the Mountain Region. Filling out the ranks in the South Central Region is No. 7 Rice and No. 11 Houston.
On the women’s side, Rice sports the highest C-USA regional ranking of any team at No. 2 in the South Central Region, followed by No. 7 SMU and No. 11 Houston. Tulsa also ranks among the top 5 in the Midwest Region as the Golden Hurricane are fifth, behind four nationally-ranked teams which includes No. 9 Minnesota, No. 10 Illinois, No. 27 Iowa and No. 30 Nebraska. In the South Region, UAB and UCF are ranked No. 7 and No. 15, respectively.
USTFCCCA Women's Division I Cross Country National Poll
1. Oregon
2. Florida State
3. Washington
4. Stanford
5. Arizona State
6. West Virginia
7. Princeton
8. Michigan State
9. Minnesota
10. Illinois
11. Arkansas
12. Texas Tech
13. Wisconsin
14. Colorado State
15. Florida
16. Providence
17. Michigan
18. Rice
19. Northern Arizona
20. Duke
21. Georgetown
22. BYU
23. Colorado
24. Baylor
25. Boston College
26. Stony Brook
27. Iowa
28. North Carolina
29. North Carolina State
30. Nebraska
USTFCCCA Men's Division I Cross Country National Poll
1. Oregon
2. Oklahoma State
3. Colordao
4. Iona College
5. Alabama
6. Wisconsin
7. Portland
8. Michigan
9. Minnesota
10. Georgetown
11. Stanford
12. UTEP
13. Virginia
14. Texas
15. New Mexico
16. North Carolina State
17. Northern Arizona
18. Providence
19. California
20. Notre Dame
21. Cal Poly
22. Arkansas
23. William & Mary
24. Florida State
25. Auburn
26. Texas A&M
26. Villanova
28. Syracuse
29. Iowa State
30. BYU
USTFCCA Preseason Regional Rankings
Midwest Women
1. Minnesota
2. Illinois
3. Nebraska
4. Iowa
5. Tulsa
6. Oklahoma State
7. Kansas State
8. Iowa State
9. Missouri
10. Missouri State
11. Wichita State
12. Kansas
13. Oklahoma
14. South Dakota State
15. Illinois State
Midwest Men
1. Oklahoma State
2. Minnesota
3. Iowa State
4. Tulsa
5. Missouri
6. Oklahoma
7. Iowa
8. Southern Illinois
9. Illinois
10. Illinois State
11. Nebraska
12. Kansas
13. Southeast Missouri State
14. Oral Roberts
15. South Dakota State
South Women
1. Florida State
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Vanderbilt
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. UAB
8. Auburn
9. Jacksonville
10. Georgia State
11. Belmont
12. Georgia Tech
13. Chattanooga
14. Florida Atlantic
15. Central Florida
Mountain Men
1. Colorado
2. New Mexico
3. Nothern Arizona
4. UTEP
5. BYU
6. Air Force
7. Weber State
8. Wyoming
9. Montana State
10. Utah State
11. Texas Tech
12. Colorado State
13. Southern Utah
14. Montana
15. New Mexico State
South Central Women
1. Arkansas
2. Rice
3. Baylor
4. Texas A&M
5. Texas
6. SMU
7. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
8. UALR
9. Stephen F. Austin
10. Lamar
11. Texas State
12. Houston
13. LSU
14. Texas-Arlington
15. Texas-Pan American
South Central Men
1. Texas
2. Texas A&M
3. Arkansas
4. Lamar
5. Baylor
6. Sam Houston
7. Rice
8. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
9. LSU
10. Texas-Arlington
11. Houston
12. Stephen F. Austin
13. Arkansas-Little Rock
14. McNeese State
15. Texas-Pan American
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