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LetsRun.com 2007 NCAA Cross Country Polls Oregon and Stanford #1 Heading into Crucial Conference Action
by: LetsRun.com
October 24, 2007
*NCAA XC Coaches' Polls Here
*LetsRun.com Preseason NCAA Poll
*LetsRun.com MidSeason NCAA Poll
The Stanford women and Oregon men sit comfortably atop the 2007 LetsRun.com NCAA XC Polls heading into this weekend's crucial conference action. Casual fans often put their attention on the NCAA national meet, but for most coaches and athletes , he most important weekend of their season and careers is this one when the conference titles are decided.
#4 Northern Arizona (NAU) and #5 UTEP won the Pre-NCAA races and were the big movers in the men's poll although neither moved up enough to supplant Colorado or Wisconsin from the #2 and #3 spots. LetsRun.com fans no doubt are supporting the past history of success Colorado and Wisconsin have had at nationals over the last decade.
LetsRun.com visitors apparently do know their stuff as they anticipated NAU's strength more so than the coaches themselves. The coaches were late jumping on the NAU bandwagon as they only had NAU, which didn't qualify for NCAAs in 2006, at #15 in their poll prior to Prenats while NAU was already in the top 10 at #9 in the LetsRun.com poll. To see the previous Letsrun.com poll, click here. To see the current or previous coaches' poll, click here.
Women: Stanford Strong #1, Princeton Moves Up to #2
On the women's side of things, #2 Princeton was the big winner after its surprising pre NCAA win. They share the #2 spot with perennial power Colorado. Peter Tegen's Stanford squad however is a strong #1, and the two time defending champs will have to suffer an injury or two or have a huge meltdown at nationals in order to not get the three peat.
Arkansas Men Going for 34th Straight Conference Crown
Ever since LetsRun.com co-founders Rojo and Wejo celebrated their first birthday, John McDonnell's Arkansas Razorbacks have won their conference championship (33 in a row), in one of the most remarkable streaks in the history of the sport. Some think this is an off year for the Razorbacks (they are only #7 in the LetsRun.com polls), but they are heavy favorites to get their 34th straight crown.
Mark Wetmore's Colorado Buffaloes have some pretty impressive streaks of their own going. His men's teams have won every Big 12 Cross Country title in the history of the league (11 straight). His women have won 8 in a row. Don't expect anything to change Friday in Lubbock, Texas.
Jerry Schumacher's Wisconsin Badgers have a nice little streak of their own going, eight straight conference titles. Some message boarders are saying Michigan could pull the upset at Ohio State this weekend and stop the Badgers streak. But as one message boarder put it, it's unlikely: "Jerry
(Schumacher) should say, we have twice as many talented runners out of high school
than any other team in the Big 10 and will dominate this Sunday as such." (Schumacher talked about his young squad with the media on Monday here)
The LetsRun.com national and conference polls for October 24, 2007 appear below. It should be a great weekend for thousands of cross country fans this weekend.
| LetsRun.com Men's Super Poll Results |
| 1. |
Oregon (56) |
778 |
| 2. |
Colorado (11) |
657 |
| 3. |
Wisconsin (5) |
552 |
| 4. |
Northern Arizona (8) |
543 |
| 5. |
Iona (2) |
454 |
| 6. |
UTEP (1) |
391 |
| 7. |
Arkansas (1) |
216 |
| 8. |
Stanford (1) |
173 |
| 9. |
Michigan |
138 |
| 10. |
NC State |
135 |
Others
receiving votes: 11. California 112 12. Notre Dame 94 13. Oklahoma
State 52 14. Alabama 52 15. Texas 50 16. Georgetown 40 17. Villanova 38
18. BYU 28 19. Iowa State 28 20. Arizona State 26 21. Virginia 26 22.
Portland 23 23. Princeton 23 24. LaSalle 17 25. Penn State 16 26.
Arizona 16 27. Kansas 15 28. Minnesota 14 29. James Madison 14 30.
William & Mary 13 31. Providence 12 32. Florida State 10 33. Lamar
9 34. Colorado State 9 35. Auburn 9 36. Cornell 9 37. Iowa 9 38.
Washington 9 39. Louisville 8 40. Ohio State 7 41. UC Santa Barbara 7
42. Florida 7 43. Tennessee 6 44. Syracuse 5 45. American 5 46. UCLA 5
47. Wake Forest 4 48. Virginia Tech
4 49. Dartmouth 4 50. Penn 4 51. Baylor 4 52. Columbia 3 53. Air Force
3 54. Duke 3 55. Texas A&M 2 56. Butler 2 57. Indiana 2 |
| LetsRun.com Women's Super Poll Results |
| 1. |
Stanford (33) |
369 |
| 2. |
Princeton (2) |
232 |
| 2. |
Colorado (3) |
232 |
| 4. |
Oregon (1) |
208 |
| 5. |
Arizona State (2) |
204 |
| 6. |
Michigan |
186 |
| 7. |
Florida State (2) |
180 |
| 8. |
Michigan State |
110 |
| 9. |
Arkansas |
84 |
| 10. |
Minnesota |
73 |
Others
receiving votes: 11. BYU 54 12. Duke 48 13. Illinois 46 14. Texas Tech
41 15. Georgetown 41 16. Boston College 36 17. Colorado State 35 18.
North Carolina 33 19. Wisconsin 32 20. Washington 29 21. Columbia 22
22. Virginia 20 23. NC State 20 24. Baylor 19 25. Penn State 17 26.
Notre Dame 17 27. Yale 17 28. Tennessee 16 29. Maryland 15 30. Brown 13
31. Iona 12 32. Providence 11 33. LaSalle 11 34. Indiana 11 35. Georgia
11 36. Florida 10 37. Villanova 10 38. Lamar 9 39. Boston University
9 40. Iowa 8 41. Butler 7 42. West Virginia 6 43. Ohio 3 44. Wake
Forest 3 45. William & Mary 3 46. Northern Arizona 3 47. Georgia
Tech 3 48. Texas A&M 2 49. SMU 2 50. Cornell 1 51. UC Riverside 1 |
Conference Polls
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ACC Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
NC State (14) |
210 |
| 2. |
Virginia (3) |
197 |
| 3. |
Florida State (1) |
181 |
| 4. |
Virginia Tech |
132 |
| 5. |
Duke |
121 |
| 6. |
Clemson |
119 |
| 7. |
Wake Forest |
107 |
| 8. |
Boston College |
99 |
| 9. |
North Carolina |
98 |
| 10. |
Georgia Tech |
61 |
| 11. |
Maryland |
52 |
| 12. |
Miami |
27 |
|
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ACC Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Florida State (7) |
95 |
| 2. |
NC State |
81 |
| 3. |
Duke (1) |
66 |
| 4. |
Virginia |
66 |
| 5. |
North Carolina |
64 |
| 6. |
Virginia Tech |
62 |
| 7. |
Wake Forest |
50 |
| 8. |
Boston College |
49 |
| 9. |
Georgia Tech |
32 |
| 10. |
Clemson |
23 |
| 11. |
Maryland |
22 |
| 12. |
Miami |
14 |
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|
Big 10 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Wisconsin (19) |
222 |
| 2. |
Michigan (3) |
209 |
| 3. |
Minnesota |
158 |
| 4. |
Indiana |
125 |
| 5. |
Ohio State |
124 |
| 6. |
Iowa |
111 |
| 7. |
Michigan State |
105 |
| 8. |
Illinois |
100 |
| 9. |
Penn State (1) |
68 |
| 10. |
Purdue |
43 |
|
|
Big 10 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Michigan (4) |
84 |
| 2. |
Michigan State (3) |
78 |
| 3. |
Minnesota (1) |
71 |
| 4. |
Wisconsin |
60 |
| 5. |
Illinois |
52 |
| 6. |
Iowa |
50 |
| 7. |
Penn State |
39 |
| 8. |
Indiana |
36 |
| 9. |
Ohio State |
24 |
| 10. |
Purdue |
20 |
| 11. |
Northwestern |
14 |
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|
Big 12 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Colorado (19) |
229 |
| 2. |
Texas |
202 |
| 3. |
Oklahoma State |
196 |
| 4. |
Iowa State |
176 |
| 5. |
Kansas |
145 |
| 6. |
Missouri |
118 |
| 7. |
Oklahoma |
116 |
| 8. |
Texas A&M |
109 |
| 9. |
Nebraska |
82 |
| 10. |
Baylor (1) |
71 |
| 11. |
Texas Tech |
59 |
| 12. |
Kansas State |
57 |
|
|
Big 12 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Colorado (5) |
93 |
| 2. |
Texas Tech (3) |
75 |
| 3. |
Nebraska |
65 |
| 4. |
Baylor |
60 |
| 5. |
Oklahoma State |
56 |
| 6. |
Texas |
55 |
| 7. |
Iowa State |
46 |
| 8. |
Missouri |
45 |
| 9. |
Oklahoma |
38 |
| 10. |
Texas A&M |
37 |
| 11. |
Kansas State |
35 |
| 12. |
Kansas |
19 |
|
|
Big East Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Notre Dame (7) |
211 |
| 2. |
Georgetown (3) |
200 |
| 3. |
Louisville (3) |
180 |
| 4. |
Providence (1) |
177 |
| 5. |
Villanova (2) |
172 |
| 6. |
Syracuse |
151 |
| 7. |
Pittsburgh |
108 |
| 8. |
Marquette |
90 |
| 9. |
Connecticut |
83 |
| 10. |
Cincinatti |
83 |
| 11. |
Depaul |
73 |
| 12. |
Rutgers |
59 |
| 13. |
Seton Hall |
54 |
| 14. |
South Florida |
39 |
|
|
Big East Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Georgetown (3) |
92 |
| 2. |
Providence |
83 |
| 3. |
Notre Dame (2) |
82 |
| 4. |
Louisville (1) |
72 |
| 5. |
West Virginia |
71 |
| 6. |
Villanova |
65 |
| 7. |
Syracuse |
59 |
| 8. |
Connecticut |
51 |
| 9. |
Marquette |
48 |
| 10. |
Pittsburgh |
45 |
| 11. |
Cincinatti |
41 |
| 12. |
Depaul |
30 |
| 13. |
Rutgers |
26 |
| 14. |
South Florida |
20 |
| 15. |
Seton Hall |
18 |
| 16. |
St. Johns |
13 |
|
|
Big Sky Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Northern Arizona (6) |
48 |
| 2. |
Weber State |
41 |
| 3. |
Montana |
29 |
| 4. |
Montana State |
21 |
| 5. |
Portland State |
21 |
| 6. |
Eastern Washington |
19 |
| 7. |
Sacramento State |
19 |
| 8. |
Idaho State |
18 |
|
|
Big Sky Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Northern Arizona (3) |
24 |
| 2. |
Weber State |
20 |
| 3. |
Montana |
17 |
| 4. |
Montana State |
15 |
| 5. |
Sacramento State |
11 |
| 6. |
Eastern Washington |
9 |
| 7. |
Idaho State |
9 |
| 8. |
Portland State |
3 |
|
|
Big West Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Cal Poly SLO (7) |
55 |
| 2. |
UC Santa Barbara |
43 |
| 3. |
Long Beach State |
37 |
| 4. |
UC Riverside (1) |
31 |
| 5. |
UC Irvine |
22 |
| 6. |
Cal State Fullerton |
21 |
| 7. |
Cal State Northridge |
15 |
|
|
Big West Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
UC Santa Barbara (1) |
28 |
| 2. |
Cal Poly SLO (1) |
28 |
| 3. |
Long Beach State (1) |
25 |
| 4. |
UC Irvine |
25 |
| 5. |
UC Riverside (2) |
25 |
| 6. |
Cal State Northridge |
19 |
| 7. |
Cal State Fullerton |
18 |
| 8. |
Pacific |
12 |
|
|
Conference USA Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
UTEP (7) |
55 |
| 2. |
Tulsa (1) |
46 |
| 3. |
Rice |
37 |
| 4. |
Houston |
33 |
| 5. |
Central Florida |
22 |
| 6. |
Marshall |
17 |
| 7. |
East Carolina |
14 |
|
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Conference USA Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Tulsa (2) |
42 |
| 2. |
UAB |
36 |
| 3. |
Rice (2) |
34 |
| 4. |
UTEP |
32 |
| 5. |
Houston |
32 |
| 6. |
SMU |
24 |
| 7. |
Marshall |
16 |
| 8. |
Central Florida |
15 |
| 9. |
East Carolina |
13 |
| 10. |
Southern Mississippi |
10 |
| 11. |
Memphis |
10 |
|
|
Heps Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Princeton (10) |
87 |
| 2. |
Cornell |
64 |
| 3. |
Columbia |
62 |
| 4. |
Dartmouth (1) |
52 |
| 5. |
Brown |
41 |
| 6. |
Penn |
39 |
| 7. |
Harvard |
29 |
| 8. |
Yale |
22 |
|
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Heps Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Princeton (6) |
48 |
| 2. |
Columbia |
42 |
| 3. |
Cornell |
34 |
| 4. |
Yale |
22 |
| 5. |
Brown |
21 |
| 6. |
Penn |
20 |
| 7. |
Harvard |
19 |
| 8. |
Dartmouth |
10 |
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MAC Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Eastern Michigan (7) |
71 |
| 2. |
Miami Ohio |
60 |
| 3. |
Central Michigan (1) |
56 |
| 4. |
Ohio |
44 |
| 5. |
Akron |
40 |
| 6. |
Kent State |
32 |
| 7. |
Bowling Green |
23 |
| 8. |
Toledo |
19 |
| 9. |
Buffalo |
15 |
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MAC Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Miami Ohio (1) |
30 |
| 2. |
Akron (1) |
27 |
| 3. |
Ohio |
23 |
| 4. |
Toledo |
22 |
| 5. |
Central Michigan |
21 |
| 6. |
Ball State |
19 |
| 7. |
Bowling Green |
19 |
| 8. |
Eastern Michigan (1) |
19 |
| 9. |
Buffalo |
18 |
| 10. |
Western Michigan |
15 |
| 11. |
Northern Illinois |
11 |
| 12. |
Kent State |
10 |
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Mountain West Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
BYU (7) |
59 |
| 2. |
Air Force |
48 |
| 3. |
New Mexico (2) |
44 |
| 4. |
Colorado State (2) |
40 |
| 5. |
Wyoming |
25 |
| 6. |
TCU |
15 |
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Mountain West Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Colorado State (5) |
61 |
| 2. |
BYU (2) |
58 |
| 3. |
Utah |
41 |
| 4. |
New Mexico |
40 |
| 5. |
Wyoming |
34 |
| 6. |
San Diego State |
25 |
| 7. |
Air Force |
20 |
| 8. |
TCU |
19 |
| 9. |
UNLV |
17 |
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Pac 10 Men's Poll
|
| 1. |
Oregon (16) |
135 |
| 2. |
Stanford (1) |
110 |
| 3. |
California |
101 |
| 4. |
Arizona State |
72 |
| 5. |
UCLA |
71 |
| 6. |
Washington |
51 |
| 7. |
Arizona |
41 |
| 8. |
Washington State |
31 |
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Pac 10 Women's Poll
|
| 1. |
Stanford (5) |
68 |
| 2. |
Oregon (2) |
63 |
| 3. |
Arizona State |
57 |
| 4. |
Washington |
48 |
| 5. |
UCLA |
32 |
| 6. |
Arizona |
29 |
| 7. |
Washington State |
26 |
| 8. |
California |
24 |
| 9. |
Oregon State |
24 |
| 10. |
USC |
14 |
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Patriot League Men's Poll
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| 1. |
American (6) |
69 |
| 2. |
Navy (3) |
60 |
| 3. |
Army |
46 |
| 4. |
Bucknell |
40 |
| 5. |
Colgate |
37 |
| 6. |
Lehigh |
31 |
| 7. |
Holy Cross |
21 |
| 8. |
Lafayette |
20 |
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Patriot League Women's Poll
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| 1. |
Bucknell (2) |
30 |
| 2. |
Navy (1) |
23 |
| 3. |
American (1) |
22 |
| 4. |
Colgate |
19 |
| 5. |
Army |
17 |
| 6. |
Lehigh |
16 |
| 7. |
Lafayette |
9 |
| 8. |
Holy Cross |
8 |
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SEC Men's Poll
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| 1. |
Arkansas (14) |
182 |
| 2. |
Alabama (1) |
169 |
| 3. |
Florida (1) |
151 |
| 4. |
Auburn |
105 |
| 5. |
Kentucky (1) |
101 |
| 6. |
Tennessee |
95 |
| 7. |
Mississippi State |
85 |
| 8. |
Georgia |
82 |
| 9. |
LSU |
71 |
| 10. |
Mississippi |
41 |
| 11. |
Vanderbilt |
40 |
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SEC Women's Poll
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| 1. |
Arkansas (6) |
101 |
| 2. |
Florida (2) |
90 |
| 3. |
Georgia (1) |
89 |
| 4. |
Tennessee |
80 |
| 5. |
Kentucky |
68 |
| 6. |
Auburn |
57 |
| 7. |
Vanderbilt |
53 |
| 8. |
Mississippi State |
51 |
| 9. |
Alabama |
42 |
| 10. |
LSU |
30 |
| 11. |
South Carolina |
22 |
| 12. |
Mississippi |
19 |
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