The first 2008 NCAA LetsRun.com Super Polls are out and the Oregon Ducks are #1 on the men's and women's side. In the coaches' polls Washington, not Oregon, is #1 on the women's side, but the LetsRun.com faithful like the Ducks.
On the men's side Oklahoma State is a much stronger threat to Oregon for the #1 spot than in the coaches' polls. The Cowboys have 52 first place votes well more than half as many as Oregon (85). In the coaches' polls, Oregon got 11 first place votes and OSU only 1. Can the Cowboys do the unthinkable and defeat the defending national champs who returned everyone from last year's squad?
If you think winning nationals is a tall order for the OSU Cowboys then winning the Big 12 might be nearly as difficult. There have been 12 Big 12 Cross Country races ever held, and 12 times Mark Wetmore's Colorado Buffaloes have walked away with the crown. Perhaps this year, unlucky #13, will put an end to Wetmore's reign of 12 for 12 in the Big 12. The OSU Cowboys are a strong favorite in the LetsRun.com Big 12 Conference Polls.
And if you think Wetmore's streak is impressive, John McDonnell's Arkansas Razorbacks won 34 straight conference titles. Unfortunately, McDonnell is no longer coaching the Razorbacks this year, and in the first year with a new coach the Razorback are heavy underdogs in the SEC Polls.
Voting will reopen after this weekend's Pre NCAA meet in Terre Haute, In.
*More: Message board thread on PreNCAAs
| LetsRun.com Men's Super Poll Results |
| 1. |
Oregon (85) |
1401 |
| 2. |
Oklahoma State (52) |
1286 |
| 3. |
Colorado (3) |
922 |
| 4. |
Wisconsin (3) |
874 |
| 5. |
Portland (1) |
720 |
| 6. |
Iona (1) |
582 |
| 7. |
Alabama (1) |
494 |
| 8. |
Stanford (3) |
459 |
| 9. |
Georgetown |
232 |
| 10. |
Michigan |
222 |
Others
receiving votes: 11. Florida State 164 12. Northern Arizona 102 13.
Virginia 90 14. Arkansas 85 15. Villanova 62 16. BYU 55 17. Arizona
State 42 18. LaSalle 40 19. Minnesota 38 20. Syracuse 37 21. Tulsa 32
22. Iowa State 32 23. Notre Dame 29 24. Providence 27 25. Auburn 27 26.
Texas 23 27. NC State 23 28. William & Mary 21 29. California 21
30. Princeton 21 31. American 20 32. UTEP 20 33. Liberty 19 34.
Columbia 19 35. Dartmouth 16 36. Washington 16 37. Cal Poly SLO 15 38.
Penn 14 39. Iowa 14 40. Air Force 13 41. Texas A&M 12 42. Duquesne
12 43. Colorado State 12 44. Virginia Tech 12 45. Butler 10 46. Weber
State 9 47. Arizona 9 48. Penn State 9 49. New Mexico 8 50. Wake Forest
7 51. Baylor 7 52. Rice 6 53. Louisville 6 54. Cornell 5 55. Duke 4 56.
Ohio State 4 57. Southern Illinois 3 58. Indiana 2 59. Eastern Michigan
1 60. Tennessee 1 61. Florida 1 62. UCLA 1 |
| LetsRun.com Women's Super Poll Results |
| 1. |
Oregon (47) |
847 |
| 2. |
Washington (34) |
736 |
| 3. |
Florida State (2) |
523 |
| 4. |
Stanford (4) |
516 |
| 5. |
Minnesota (1) |
403 |
| 6. |
Princeton |
345 |
| 7. |
Arizona State (2) |
344 |
| 8. |
West Virginia (2) |
219 |
| 9. |
Arkansas |
159 |
| 10. |
Colorado (2) |
146 |
Others
receiving votes: 11. Michigan State 124 12. Michigan 95 13. Villanova
79 14. Baylor 75 15. North Carolina 56 16. Illinois 53 17. Duke 52 18.
Wisconsin 51 19. BYU 50 20. Florida 48 21. Georgetown 42 22. Stony
Brook 39 23. Bucknell 37 24. Alabama 37 25. LaSalle 33 26. Providence
29 27. Colorado State 28 28. Virginia 28 29. Akron 26 30. Notre Dame 24
31. Tennessee 22 32. Columbia 21 33. Penn State 18 34. Boston College
18 35. Virginia Tech 17 36. Butler 16 37. Iona 15 38. Northern Arizona
15 39. Marquette 15 40. Maryland 14 41. Iowa 12 42. Oklahoma State 12
43. Indiana 10 44. Syracuse 9 45. Brown 9 46. Texas Tech 9 47. New
Mexico 7 48. Yale 7 49. UC Santa Barbara 7 50. Wake Forest 7 51.
Nebraska 7 52. SMU 6 53. NC State 6 54. Cornell 6 55. Rice 5 56. Oregon
State 5 57. Portland 4 58. Georgia 3 59. UC Riverside 2 60. Boston
University 1 61. William & Mary 1 62. Texas A&M 1 |
Conference Polls
|
ACC Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Florida State (7) |
200 |
| 2. |
Virginia (9) |
200 |
| 3. |
NC State |
174 |
| 4. |
Duke |
125 |
| 5. |
North Carolina |
115 |
| 6. |
Clemson |
109 |
| 7. |
Virginia Tech (1) |
108 |
| 8. |
Maryland (1) |
95 |
| 9. |
Wake Forest |
81 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
80 |
| 11. |
Boston College |
68 |
| 12. |
Miami |
49 |
|
|
ACC Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Florida State (6) |
72 |
| 2. |
NC State |
58 |
| 3. |
Duke |
54 |
| 4. |
Wake Forest |
50 |
| 5. |
Virginia |
48 |
| 6. |
North Carolina |
43 |
| 7. |
Boston College |
41 |
| 8. |
Virginia Tech |
39 |
| 9. |
Maryland |
20 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
18 |
| 11. |
Clemson |
16 |
| 12. |
Miami |
9 |
|
|
Big 10 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Wisconsin (17) |
188 |
| 2. |
Michigan (2) |
167 |
| 3. |
Minnesota |
143 |
| 4. |
Indiana |
113 |
| 5. |
Michigan State |
99 |
| 6. |
Ohio State |
82 |
| 7. |
Illinois |
79 |
| 8. |
Iowa |
75 |
| 9. |
Penn State |
64 |
| 10. |
Purdue |
35 |
|
|
Big 10 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Minnesota (5) |
66 |
| 2. |
Michigan |
62 |
| 3. |
Wisconsin (1) |
59 |
| 4. |
Illinois |
54 |
| 5. |
Michigan State (1) |
53 |
| 6. |
Iowa |
41 |
| 7. |
Penn State |
41 |
| 8. |
Indiana |
29 |
| 9. |
Purdue |
26 |
| 10. |
Ohio State |
21 |
| 11. |
Northwestern |
10 |
|
|
Big 12 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Oklahoma State (27) |
346 |
| 2. |
Colorado (2) |
316 |
| 3. |
Texas |
248 |
| 4. |
Iowa State |
234 |
| 5. |
Texas A&M |
229 |
| 6. |
Kansas |
156 |
| 7. |
Missouri |
154 |
| 8. |
Texas Tech |
150 |
| 9. |
Oklahoma |
124 |
| 10. |
Nebraska |
121 |
| 11. |
Kansas State |
94 |
| 12. |
Baylor |
90 |
|
|
Big 12 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Colorado (2) |
85 |
| 2. |
Baylor (5) |
82 |
| 3. |
Texas Tech (1) |
69 |
| 4. |
Nebraska |
66 |
| 5. |
Oklahoma State |
60 |
| 6. |
Texas |
53 |
| 7. |
Kansas |
50 |
| 8. |
Missouri |
42 |
| 9. |
Kansas State |
38 |
| 10. |
Texas A&M |
34 |
| 11. |
Iowa State |
29 |
| 12. |
Oklahoma |
16 |
|
|
Big East Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Georgetown (8) |
159 |
| 2. |
Villanova (1) |
150 |
| 3. |
Syracuse (2) |
147 |
| 4. |
Providence (1) |
141 |
| 5. |
Notre Dame |
131 |
| 6. |
Louisville |
110 |
| 7. |
Pittsburgh (1) |
84 |
| 8. |
Connecticut |
83 |
| 9. |
Marquette |
81 |
| 10. |
Cincinatti |
73 |
| 11. |
Seton Hall |
60 |
| 12. |
Rutgers |
58 |
| 13. |
Depaul |
46 |
| 14. |
South Florida |
42 |
|
|
Big East Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
West Virginia (3) |
48 |
| 2. |
Villanova |
43 |
| 3. |
Providence |
41 |
| 4. |
Georgetown |
39 |
| 5. |
Syracuse |
35 |
| 6. |
Louisville |
28 |
| 7. |
Notre Dame |
27 |
| 8. |
Marquette |
24 |
| 9. |
Cincinatti |
21 |
| 10. |
Rutgers |
19 |
| 11. |
Seton Hall |
18 |
| 12. |
South Florida |
16 |
| 13. |
Pittsburgh |
16 |
| 14. |
Depaul |
12 |
| 15. |
St. Johns |
11 |
| 16. |
Connecticut |
10 |
|
|
Big Sky Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Northern Arizona (7) |
76 |
| 2. |
Weber State |
68 |
| 3. |
Montana (1) |
51 |
| 4. |
Eastern Washington (1) |
40 |
| 5. |
Montana State |
37 |
| 6. |
Portland State (1) |
31 |
| 7. |
Idaho State |
30 |
| 8. |
Sacramento State |
27 |
|
|
Big Sky Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Northern Arizona (2) |
16 |
| 2. |
Weber State |
14 |
| 3. |
Montana State |
12 |
| 4. |
Montana |
10 |
| 5. |
Portland State |
7 |
| 6. |
Eastern Washington |
6 |
| 7. |
Idaho State |
5 |
| 8. |
Sacramento State |
2 |
|
Note: We originally left UC Davis out of the Big West Polls, so we had to exclude the few people who voted with not all the teams in the poll. Our apologies.
|
Big West Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Cal Poly SLO (6) |
48 |
| 2. |
UC Santa Barbara |
38 |
| 3. |
UC Riverside |
36 |
| 4. |
UC Davis |
27 |
| 5. |
UC Irvine |
22 |
| 6. |
Long Beach State |
18 |
| 7. |
Cal State Fullerton |
14 |
| 8. |
Cal State Northridge |
13 |
|
|
Big West Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
UC Riverside (2) |
26 |
| 2. |
UC Davis (1) |
23 |
| 3. |
Cal State Fullerton |
20 |
| 4. |
UC Irvine |
19 |
| 5. |
UC Santa Barbara |
12 |
| 6. |
Cal Poly SLO |
12 |
| 7. |
Long Beach State |
11 |
| 8. |
Pacific |
8 |
| 9. |
Cal State Northridge |
4 |
|
|
Conference USA Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
UTEP (5) |
65 |
| 2. |
Tulsa (5) |
61 |
| 3. |
Rice |
40 |
| 4. |
Houston |
38 |
| 5. |
East Carolina |
27 |
| 6. |
Central Florida |
25 |
| 7. |
Marshall |
24 |
|
|
Conference USA Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Rice (4) |
54 |
| 2. |
SMU (1) |
50 |
| 3. |
Tulsa |
43 |
| 4. |
UAB |
41 |
| 5. |
Houston |
33 |
| 6. |
UTEP |
32 |
| 7. |
Central Florida |
23 |
| 8. |
East Carolina |
19 |
| 9. |
Marshall |
14 |
| 10. |
Memphis |
13 |
| 11. |
Southern Mississippi |
8 |
|
|
Heps Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Princeton (6) |
118 |
| 2. |
Columbia (6) |
111 |
| 3. |
Dartmouth (2) |
111 |
| 4. |
Cornell (3) |
103 |
| 5. |
Harvard (1) |
59 |
| 6. |
Yale |
57 |
| 7. |
Brown |
51 |
| 8. |
Penn |
38 |
|
|
Heps Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Columbia (1) |
15 |
| 2. |
Cornell |
13 |
| 3. |
Princeton (1) |
11 |
| 4. |
Harvard |
10 |
| 5. |
Brown |
7 |
| 6. |
Yale |
7 |
| 7. |
Penn |
6 |
| 8. |
Dartmouth |
3 |
|
|
MAC Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Eastern Michigan (4) |
55 |
| 2. |
Miami Ohio |
53 |
| 3. |
Central Michigan (1) |
44 |
| 4. |
Ohio (1) |
42 |
| 5. |
Kent State (1) |
40 |
| 6. |
Akron |
29 |
| 7. |
Buffalo |
21 |
| 8. |
Bowling Green |
16 |
| 9. |
Toledo |
15 |
|
|
MAC Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Miami Ohio (1) |
23 |
| 2. |
Ohio (1) |
21 |
| 3. |
Kent State |
20 |
| 4. |
Akron |
16 |
| 5. |
Central Michigan |
16 |
| 6. |
Bowling Green |
15 |
| 7. |
Toledo |
14 |
| 8. |
Western Michigan |
9 |
| 9. |
Buffalo |
8 |
| 10. |
Ball State |
7 |
| 11. |
Eastern Michigan |
5 |
| 12. |
Northern Illinois |
2 |
|
|
Mountain West Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
BYU (12) |
82 |
| 2. |
New Mexico (2) |
64 |
| 3. |
Air Force |
48 |
| 4. |
Colorado State |
43 |
| 5. |
Wyoming |
39 |
| 6. |
TCU |
18 |
|
|
Mountain West Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
BYU (3) |
43 |
| 2. |
New Mexico (1) |
40 |
| 3. |
Colorado State (1) |
37 |
| 4. |
Utah |
26 |
| 5. |
Air Force |
24 |
| 6. |
Wyoming |
17 |
| 7. |
UNLV |
14 |
| 8. |
TCU |
14 |
| 9. |
San Diego State |
10 |
|
|
Pac 10 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Oregon (24) |
197 |
| 2. |
Stanford (2) |
176 |
| 3. |
California |
129 |
| 4. |
UCLA |
124 |
| 5. |
Arizona State |
103 |
| 6. |
Washington |
88 |
| 7. |
Arizona |
61 |
| 8. |
Washington State |
58 |
|
|
Pac 10 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Washington (5) |
112 |
| 2. |
Oregon (6) |
106 |
| 3. |
Stanford |
93 |
| 4. |
Arizona State (1) |
90 |
| 5. |
Oregon State |
58 |
| 6. |
Arizona |
54 |
| 7. |
California |
43 |
| 8. |
Washington State |
40 |
| 9. |
UCLA |
40 |
| 10. |
USC |
24 |
|
|
Patriot League Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Navy (7) |
89 |
| 2. |
American (2) |
72 |
| 3. |
Army (1) |
71 |
| 4. |
Lehigh (2) |
66 |
| 5. |
Bucknell |
53 |
| 6. |
Colgate |
34 |
| 7. |
Lafayette |
31 |
| 8. |
Holy Cross |
16 |
|
|
Patriot League Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Bucknell (3) |
44 |
| 2. |
Navy (3) |
39 |
| 3. |
Lehigh |
33 |
| 4. |
Army |
27 |
| 5. |
Colgate |
25 |
| 6. |
American |
18 |
| 7. |
Holy Cross |
15 |
| 8. |
Lafayette |
15 |
|
|
SEC Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Alabama (18) |
258 |
| 2. |
Arkansas (3) |
227 |
| 3. |
Auburn (3) |
216 |
| 4. |
Florida |
185 |
| 5. |
Tennessee |
135 |
| 6. |
Georgia |
121 |
| 7. |
Kentucky |
119 |
| 8. |
LSU |
95 |
| 9. |
Mississippi State |
90 |
| 10. |
Mississippi |
74 |
| 11. |
Vanderbilt |
64 |
|
|
SEC Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Arkansas (7) |
94 |
| 2. |
Tennessee |
79 |
| 3. |
Florida |
76 |
| 4. |
Georgia |
62 |
| 5. |
Auburn |
59 |
| 6. |
Alabama (1) |
58 |
| 7. |
Kentucky |
53 |
| 8. |
Vanderbilt |
43 |
| 9. |
Mississippi State |
32 |
| 10. |
South Carolina |
26 |
| 11. |
LSU |
22 |
| 12. |
Mississippi |
20 |
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