The men's Wisconsin Badgers and women's Stanford Cardinal sit in familiar territory, atop the 2007 LetsRun.com NCAA PreSeason XC Super Polls.
Both the Badgers and Cardinal were #1 in the rankings the entire 2006 season. The Cardinal went on to win their second straight title. For the Badgers the 2006 season ended in disaster, as Colorado pulled its second upset in three years to take the men's crown.
On the men's side, LetsRun.com viewers expect both Colorado and Oregon to pose a challenge to the Badgers. Colorado is nearly always a factor, but the LetsRun.com viewers give more support to Oregon than the coaches do in their poll. Vin Lananna's Oregon squad was fifth in the nation last year and returns everyone but one from last year's team. Plus it adds 2005 Footlocker Champino AJ Acosta, who redshirted cross country last year, and 2006 Footlocker high school national champ Chad Hall, brother of sub 1 hour half marathoner Ryan.
The men's Arkansas Razorbacks have not won an NCAA XC title sine 2000 but they have won an incredible 33 straight conference titles. Look for number #34 this year as they are unanimous favorites to win the SEC conference.
Women Head coach Peter Tegen has 2 national titles in his 2 years at Stanford. The Cardinal are favored to make it 3.
LetsRun.com Men's Super Poll Results
1.
Wisconsin (60)
1284
2.
Colorado (39)
1244
3.
Oregon (33)
1183
4.
Iona (11)
817
5.
Stanford (2)
730
6.
Arkansas (1)
678
7.
UTEP (3)
349
8.
Texas (1)
220
9.
Oklahoma State
162
10.
BYU
148
Others
receiving votes: 11. Portland 141 12. NC State 132 13. Michigan 107 14.
Providence 98 15. William & Mary 97 16. Georgetown 86 17. Northern
Arizona 83 18. Cal Poly SLO 75 19. Arizona State 75 20. Arizona 74 21.
Notre Dame 71 22. Louisville 68 23. Villanova 48 24. Florida 45 25.
Alabama 41 26. Duke 34 27. Kansas 33 28. Minnesota 31 29. American 28
30. Florida State 24 31. Washington 24 32. Syracuse 23 33. Butler 22
34. Auburn 22 35. Washington State 22 36. UCLA 22 37. California 22 38.
Princeton 21 39. Virginia 21 40. Iowa 20 41. Dartmouth 20 42. Colorado
State 20 43. Texas A&M 19 44. Eastern Michigan 19 45. Lamar 18 46.
Indiana 16 47. Michigan State 13 48. Ohio State 12 49. Baylor 11 50.
Cornell 10 51. Tennessee 8 52. James Madison 7 53. Penn State 7 54.
Penn 6 55. Iowa State 6 56. New Mexico 4 57. Virginia Tech 4 58. UC Santa Barbara 3 59. Air Force 3 60. Wake Forest 3 61. LaSalle 1
LetsRun.com Women's Super Poll Results
1.
Stanford (34)
519
2.
Colorado (14)
486
3.
Michigan (2)
332
4.
Arkansas (3)
279
5.
Arizona State (1)
223
6.
Wisconsin
221
7.
BYU (3)
161
8.
Duke (2)
144
9.
Illinois (2)
139
10.
Minnesota (1)
126
Others
receiving votes: 11. Oregon 81 12. Providence 73 13. North Carolina 68
14. Florida State 55 15. Baylor 48 16. Michigan State 47 17. Villanova
45 18. Notre Dame 37 19. Georgia 36 20. NC State 35 21. William &
Mary 34 22. Columbia 34 23. Princeton 33 24. Boston College
33 25. Virginia 29 26. Colorado State 26 27. Georgetown 26 28. Georgia
Tech 24 29. Tennessee 24 30. Wake Forest 23 31. Florida 22 32. Iowa 21
33. Iona 19 34. Yale 18 35. Virginia Tech 17 36. Northern Arizona 17
37. Boston University 14 38. Washington 14 39. Cornell 14 40. West
Virginia 13 41. Oklahoma State 13 42. Butler 12 43. LaSalle 11 44.
Maryland 10 45. Missouri 10 46. Indiana 10 47. Ohio 10 48. Brown 9 49.
Lamar 8 50. UCLA 8 51. Penn State 8 52. Texas Tech 7 53. Nebraska 5 54.
Texas A&M 2 55. Weber State 2 56. Vanderbilt 2 57. SMU 1 58. UC
Riverside 1 59. UC Santa Barbara 1
Conference Polls
ACC Men's Poll
1.
NC State (7)
152
2.
Virginia (4)
145
3.
Florida State (2)
144
4.
Duke
117
5.
Virginia Tech (1)
98
6.
Clemson
95
7.
Wake Forest
80
8.
Boston College
74
9.
North Carolina
71
10.
Maryland
53
11.
Georgia Tech
41
12.
Miami
22
ACC Women's Poll
1.
Duke
22
2.
Florida State
20
3.
NC State (1)
19
4.
Virginia (1)
19
5.
Wake Forest
18
6.
Virginia Tech
13
7.
North Carolina
12
8.
Boston College
12
9.
Maryland
9
10.
Clemson
6
11.
Georgia Tech
4
12.
Miami
2
Big 10 Men's Poll
1.
Wisconsin (16)
178
2.
Michigan (2)
146
3.
Minnesota
130
4.
Ohio State
104
5.
Iowa
100
6.
Michigan State
92
7.
Indiana
86
8.
Penn State
64
9.
Illinois
63
10.
Purdue
27
Big 10 Women's Poll
1.
Michigan (3)
41
2.
Wisconsin
37
3.
Illinois
35
4.
Michigan State
33
5.
Minnesota (1)
32
6.
Iowa
23
7.
Indiana
19
8.
Ohio State
15
9.
Purdue
12
10.
Penn State
10
11.
Northwestern
7
Big 12 Men's Poll
1.
Colorado (9)
119
2.
Texas (1)
101
3.
Oklahoma State
96
4.
Kansas
83
5.
Iowa State
74
6.
Oklahoma
64
7.
Texas A&M
56
8.
Texas Tech
50
9.
Nebraska
46
10.
Missouri
39
11.
Baylor
30
12.
Kansas State
22
Big 12 Women's Poll
1.
Colorado (1)
34
2.
Texas Tech
29
3.
Nebraska (1)
29
4.
Baylor (1)
28
5.
Texas
20
6.
Oklahoma State
19
7.
Missouri
16
8.
Texas A&M
14
9.
Kansas
13
10.
Oklahoma
12
11.
Iowa State
11
12.
Kansas State
9
Big East Men's Poll
1.
Providence (3)
76
2.
Georgetown (1)
75
3.
Notre Dame (1)
68
4.
Louisville (1)
64
5.
Syracuse
62
6.
Villanova
59
7.
Connecticut
42
8.
Pittsburgh
40
9.
Cincinatti
31
10.
Marquette
30
11.
Rutgers
22
12.
Seton Hall
21
13.
South Florida
21
14.
Depaul
19
Big Sky Men's Poll
1.
Northern Arizona (3)
43
2.
Weber State (2)
39
3.
Montana
28
4.
Eastern Washington
27
5.
Portland State (1)
25
6.
Idaho State
19
7.
Montana State
18
8.
Sacramento State
17
Big Sky Women's Poll
1.
Weber State (1)
8
2.
Montana
7
3.
Northern Arizona
6
4.
Montana State
5
5.
Idaho State
4
6.
Eastern Washington
3
7.
Portland State
2
8.
Sacramento State
1
Big West Men's Poll
1.
Cal Poly SLO (5)
39
2.
UC Santa Barbara (1)
37
3.
UC Riverside
26
4.
Long Beach State
20
5.
UC Irvine
19
6.
Cal State Fullerton
16
7.
Cal State Northridge
11
Big West Women's Poll
1.
UC Irvine (1)
15
2.
UC Santa Barbara (1)
14
3.
UC Riverside
13
4.
Cal Poly SLO
10
5.
Long Beach State
7
6.
Cal State Fullerton
7
7.
Cal State Northridge
4
8.
Pacific
2
Conference USA Men's Poll
1.
UTEP (5)
35
2.
Rice
22
3.
Houston
21
4.
Tulsa
18
5.
Central Florida
17
6.
Marshall
15
7.
East Carolina
12
Conference USA Women's Poll
1.
Rice (1)
11
2.
Tulsa
10
3.
SMU
9
4.
UAB
8
5.
UTEP
7
6.
Central Florida
6
7.
Memphis
5
8.
Houston
4
9.
East Carolina
3
10.
Southern Mississippi
2
11.
Marshall
1
Heps Men's Poll
1.
Princeton (5)
54
2.
Cornell
44
3.
Columbia
43
4.
Penn (1)
40
5.
Dartmouth (2)
39
6.
Brown
26
7.
Harvard
25
8.
Yale
17
Heps Women's Poll
1.
Princeton (1)
8
2.
Columbia
7
3.
Cornell
6
4.
Yale
5
5.
Brown
4
6.
Penn
3
7.
Harvard
2
8.
Dartmouth
1
MAC Men's Poll
1.
Eastern Michigan (5)
73
2.
Central Michigan (1)
57
3.
Ohio (3)
55
4.
Kent State
52
5.
Miami Ohio
51
6.
Bowling Green
41
7.
Akron
31
8.
Buffalo
29
9.
Toledo
16
MAC Women's Poll
1.
Akron (1)
12
2.
Toledo
11
3.
Central Michigan
10
4.
Ohio
9
5.
Ball State
8
6.
Bowling Green
7
7.
Buffalo
6
8.
Eastern Michigan
5
9.
Miami Ohio
4
10.
Western Michigan
3
11.
Northern Illinois
2
12.
Kent State
1
Mountain West Men's Poll
1.
BYU (5)
36
2.
New Mexico (1)
27
3.
Air Force
26
4.
Colorado State (1)
26
5.
Wyoming
19
6.
TCU
13
Mountain West Women's Poll
1.
Colorado State (1)
9
2.
New Mexico
8
3.
Utah
7
4.
UNLV
6
5.
Wyoming
5
6.
Air Force
4
7.
San Diego State
3
8.
TCU
2
9.
BYU
1
Pac 10 Men's Poll
1.
Oregon (13)
104
2.
Stanford
86
3.
Arizona State
62
4.
Washington
55
5.
UCLA
52
6.
Arizona
40
7.
California
35
8.
Washington State
34
Pac 10 Women's Poll
1.
Stanford (4)
40
2.
Arizona State
34
3.
Oregon
31
4.
Washington
28
5.
Washington State
22
6.
Arizona
19
7.
UCLA
18
8.
California
12
9.
Oregon State
12
10.
USC
4
Patriot League Men's Poll
1.
American (6)
61
2.
Navy (2)
50
3.
Bucknell
43
4.
Lehigh
35
5.
Army
32
6.
Lafayette
28
7.
Colgate
25
8.
Holy Cross
14
SEC Men's Poll
1.
Arkansas (11)
121
2.
Alabama
102
3.
Florida
99
4.
Tennessee
81
5.
Georgia
63
6.
LSU
58
7.
Auburn
57
8.
Kentucky
47
9.
Mississippi State
44
10.
Mississippi
28
11.
Vanderbilt
26
SEC Women's Poll
1.
Arkansas (2)
24
2.
Georgia
21
3.
Tennessee
20
4.
Florida
17
5.
Vanderbilt
15
6.
Auburn
14
7.
Mississippi State
13
8.
Kentucky
12
9.
LSU
8
10.
Alabama
6
11.
Mississippi
3
12.
South Carolina
3
Regional Polls
Mountain Men's Poll
1.
Colorado (4)
66
2.
UTEP (2)
58
3.
BYU
48
4.
Northern Arizona
46
5.
Colorado State (1)
32
6.
Air Force
28
7.
Weber State
25
8.
Wyoming
20
9.
New Mexico
16
10.
New Mexico State
14
11.
Texas Tech
13
12.
Southern Utah
6
13.
Montana
5
14.
Idaho State
4
15.
Utah State
3
16.
Nevada
1
Mountain Women's Poll
1.
Colorado (2)
20
2.
BYU
17
3.
Colorado State
14
4.
Northern Arizona
13
5.
Texas Tech
11
6.
New Mexico
11
7.
UTEP
8
8.
Weber State
5
9.
Montana
4
10.
Wyoming
4
11.
Denver
2
12.
Utah
1
Northeast Men's Poll
1.
Iona (12)
144
2.
Providence (2)
118
3.
Syracuse
89
4.
Cornell
82
5.
Columbia
79
6.
Dartmouth
62
7.
Boston College
39
8.
Harvard
36
9.
Boston University
22
10.
Brown
22
11.
Stony Brook
19
12.
Marist
18
13.
Yale
16
14.
New Hampshire
14
15.
Army
13
16.
Massachusetts (1)
10
17.
Fordham
8
18.
Quinnipiac
8
19.
Connecticut
7
20.
Siena
6
Others receiving votes: 21. Manhattan 5 22. Maine 4 23. Hofstra 2 24. Rhode Island 1 25. Colgate 1
