NEW XC Poll Prediction

Nova will beat NAU and will take a shot at the top 3 when they unleash their squad. They are underrated!

wisconisn 9th?

you're a moron.

Wisconsin didn't run their top guys (Teg and Spiker) at Griak. Taking that into account, along with the performance of their freshman Lockhart and Bairu, they shouldn't be ranked any lower than 5th.

Wisco didn't run Wallace either.

I didn't see Festa in there for Wisco either, how can you say 9th

If you think CSU is 12th you are smoking crack.

Here's my two cents:

1. Stanford

2. Arkansas

3. Colorado

4. Wisconsin

5. NAU

6. Nova

7. Oregon

8. Georgetown

9. EMU

10. NC State

Wisco should definately be within range of the big three at Nationals if Lockhart and Bairu perform as well as they did at Griak and people stay for the most part healthy.

Incidentally, the Badgers did have two of their top guys (don't know which two..but this is from a reliable source) run the first two miles at 5:00 pace then surge to the front of the lead pack (boaz and byu dude were out front) then drop out.

Not out of the ordinary. Schumacher brought Tegenkamp to the Stanford Invite and just to run the first eight laps of the 10,000 as a "workout".

Tegenkamp never just ran 8 laps at the stanford invite of the 10,000. He ran 6 or 7k of it as a workout. The two guys that raced were never leading that lead group. They were in it and then dropped out.

Here's what I think will be the top ten:

1. Stanford

2. Arkansas

3. Colorado

4. NAU

5. Wisconsin

6. Villenova

7. Oregon

8. EMU

9. Georgetown

10. Weber St.

CSU could be top 15 material. They had a bad one at great american but thats because there top guy was there 6th man. if he was were he belonged then they would of been second. Nationals might not be in the mud.

still no love for New Mexico eh.

Action Jackson? Could this be the one and only Sam Jackson, the star of the Wisco team? How many Badger miles are you up to now?

Wisconsin-will place much higher than 9th. There 2 freshman are prby their 4 and 5 guys, and they were in the top 20 at Griak.

Providence-unless they choked at Griak, they won't be in the top 20 at NCAA's.

Michigan-they just suck.

Central Michigan and Minnesota they had the race of their lives.

Kidding me, you must be!!! Minnesota,I dont know much about but hardly the race of their life CMU had. Finished much higher, they could've. Ran better, personally I thought they could have . Their potentially top guy, they did not even have . But the race of their life, they did not have. Run better at pre-nationals, they will.

EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually CMU had a sub-par day! They redshirted 3 of their top 5 last year and will get MUCH BETTER as the season continues.

There 7th man at Griak (Bauer) was 16th last year at Pre-Nats!!!!! (He WILL get much faster each week - overcoming MONO has been a difficult thing for him).

There 8th man at Griak (Davis) was their 1st man at Perdue 2 weeks earlier, running 24:30. (He WILL run fast Nov. 16th & 25th - when it counts!!)

All total, CMU's top 8 have ALL been well under 15:00 on the track, with most @ 14:30.

Therefore, BE AWARE, CMU will finish in the top 4 in the Great Lakes region! They will then travel to a VERY FAMILIAR coarse in Terre Haute and finish in the top 15!!!!!!!!!!! -- Which will THEN be delcalred the RACE OF THEIR LIVES.

You guys need to chill out. It is the beginning of October and you are trying to predict nationals. Get a life! Most of you most be DII runners or wannabe runners because anybody who knows anything about running knows you do not peak till the end of the season. All the ranked teams are probably still training hard (I know mine is) and won't show their real potential until conference and regionals. Chill out and realize that rankings don't mean $#% and only your finish at nationals means anything...

TheOne,

Baylor at #30??? They are going to beat SMU or Texas??? Are you joking me? SMU's 5th guy has run 13:55. They are led by a 3:40/13:40 Balgac and 8:37st Alyegar. They brought over a bunch of other fast dudes as well. Texas returns their entire squad from last year (26th)plus add 3:43 Jeff Wood and some stud frosh in Thorne (4:10/9:10) and Rainbolt (9:04). Oh yeah, they also picked up 13:49 Paul Morrison. Washington is another screw-up. They almost were beat by Texas A&M at their home meet. A&M was 18th at Griak. They suck!!!!! Washington is horrible this year.

Why no respect for the hogs??

Give 'em some love.

Cragg and Lincoln will be top 5. Kimeli is top 10 returner, and Sandfort is tough as nails over 10K (28:57 last year and returning XC All American). Throw in a bunch of others for #5 (Mulvaney NCAA 1500 runner up) and Wes Alkin (14:06/29:29)

The Hogs are going to roll up on everyone, Teddy Mitchell style. Just wait and see. Every year everyone doubts Arkansas...it's no coincidence that they've won 11 times since 1984. 11 TIMES!!! Number 12 is right around the corner.