I think you're right. I posted this change above, and I think that's it.
[quote]Slight change -- I missed Auburn's 2nd-to-last finish at Wisconsin. Doesn't change the top 31 teams, but does change the order in which they are selected.
Take Auburn out from 8th -- they now lose the tiebreaker!
Instead continue with Louisville, Minnesota, Duke, Virginia, and Ohio State.
Now there is only one spot and Iowa cannot push in So. Illinois for the last spot. So Auburn gets it.[/quote
WRONG
Is Devilsadvocate accurate? What's WRONG about that?
Devils advocate is right. The different scenarions forget that you can't count a team as a point that was pushed into the meet.
The official at-large picks are posted on NCAA.com. The 31 teams are correct. We will probably never know if the exact rationale was correct.
Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
Alabama-South Region
Arkansas-South Central Region
Brigham Young-Mountain Region
Colorado-Mountain Region
Florida State-South Region
Georgetown-Mid-Atlantic Region
Iona-Northeast Region
Michigan State-Great Lakes Region
North Carolina State-Southeast Region
Oklahoma-Midwest Region
Oklahoma State-Midwest Region
Portland-West Region
Stanford-West Region
Syracuse-Northeast
Texas-South Central Region
Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region
William and Mary-Southeast Region
Wisconsin-Great Lakes Region
Men’s At-large Teams
Arizona State
Auburn
Duke
Iowa State
Louisville
Minnesota
New Mexico
Northern Arizona
Ohio State
Oregon
Providence
Virginia
Washington
D-I Cross Country Championship Field Set
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced today the team and individual qualifiers for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.
http://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/c-xc/auto_pdf/2009-XC-D1Release
Men’s Automatic Qualifying Teams
Alabama-South Region
Arkansas-South Central Region
Brigham Young-Mountain Region
Colorado-Mountain Region
Florida State-South Region
Georgetown-Mid-Atlantic Region
Iona-Northeast Region
Michigan State-Great Lakes Region
North Carolina State-Southeast Region
Oklahoma-Midwest Region
Oklahoma State-Midwest Region
Portland-West Region
Stanford-West Region
Syracuse-Northeast
Texas-South Central Region
Villanova-Mid-Atlantic Region
William and Mary-Southeast Region
Wisconsin-Great Lakes Region
Men’s At-large Teams
Arizona State
Auburn
Duke
Iowa State
Louisville
Minnesota
New Mexico
Northern Arizona
Ohio State
Oregon
Providence
Virginia
Washington
devils advocate wrote:
Here's my rationale. Most likely chance that I'm wrong is because somebody ran their B-team midseason. Otherwise....
These teams made it automatically:
Wisconsin
Michigan State
BYU
Colorado
Alabama
Florida State
Arkansas
Texas
William & Mary
NC State
Stanford
Portland
Georgetown
Villanova
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Syracuse
Iona
At-large:
1. Oregon is selected with 6 points.
Potential push: NAU can push in New Mexico. But, as we shall see, NAU will end up qualifying on their own, so no push is used.
2. Washington is selected with 3 points (winning common opponents tiebreaker over Iowa State).
3. Arizona State is selected with 3 points (winning head-to-head over Iowa State).
4. New Mexico is selected with 3 points (winning head-to-head over Iowa State).
5. Northern Arizona is selected with 6 points.
6. Providence is selected with 3 points (winning common opponents over Iowa State).
7. Iowa State is selected with 3 points.
8. Auburn is selected with 2 points. Louisville and Minnesota also have 2, but Louisville wins common opponents over Minnesota and Auburn wins common opponents over Louisville.
9. Louisville is selected with 2 points.
Potential push: Virginia can push in Duke. But UVA gets in on their own later, so don't use the push.
10. Minnesota is selected with 2 points (both are from beating Michigan State!).
11. Duke is selected with 2 points. Ohio State and Iowa also have 2, Ohio State beat Iowa head-to-head and Duke wins common opponents over Ohio State.
12. Virginia is selected with 5 points.
13. Ohio State is selected with 2 points.
And that's it. Anyone see any problems?
Good job, you nailed it.