NEW XC Poll Prediction

I think you're wrong when you say Wisconsin is overrated. They didn't run their top three runners at Griak. They placed two freshmen in the top 16 at griak. If you throw in their top three guys, you have their whole team in the top 20 at Griak. I'm not a math major, but I'm guessing they would easily have won.

Until Lincoln actually is top 5, I won't believe it. People said this shit last year. He's got talent, but steeple champ doesn't equal 10k XC at NC's.

well my prediction was somewhat close to the new coaches poll, which makes me think i did a bad job. i do think i underrated wisco, but until they show us what they got, and who is healthy, i have to stick with 10. Oregon is not better then Nova, compare who the 2 teams have. NC Sate is better then what they showed at Great American. Michigan is probably overrated. Eastern Mich is a top 10 team. It seems that the voters valued griak more then great american.

Hey CMU Fan, welcome to the club. You have to realize that CMU isn't the only school in the country who has eight guys who can run under 15:00 on the track. You aren't even the only team in your conference.

1. Stanford

2. Arkansas

3. Wisconsin

4. Northern Arizona

5. Colorado

6. Oregon

7. Villanova

8. Georgetown

9. Weber State

10.BYU

1. Stanford

2. Arkansas

3. Northern Arizona

4. Wisconsin

5. Colorado

6. Villanova

7. Oregon

8. Notre Dame

9. Georgetown

10.BYU

Not the case now, but it will be. Colorado off the podium is a shocker though. Depends on Wisconsin's health. Oregon can go a bit higher if Hartmann returns to top form. GTown won't be full strength all year I'd guess.

i hope you were kidding about the teddy mitchell style. what a goof

hey theone, i don't think things will shape up like that at all. you need two teams from every region pal. only one from the south and the south central

what's this crap about lumping DII runners in with wannabe runners? Look, dipshit, everybody knows that DII isn't nearly as deep as DI, but it certainly isn't any garbage division either. in fact, big ten, i suggest you take a closer look at meet results from recent years in which DII and Big ten teams clashed. you might find that good to superior DII programs often beat, or even kick the shit out of reputable teams from the big ten (Notre Dame invite might be a good source for results). my point is that teams such as Abilene Christian, Western State, Adams State, and teams such as chico, truman, harding, and ucdavis (depending on the year), could compete and finish in the upper ranks of the big ten at conference in any given year. I hope you are an awesome runner, because your knowlege and resoning skills blow.

You are all losers.

I agree that New Mexico is not getting any kind of respect. I bet they would have won the Griak hands down. Just look at what they did at Stanford. Their 4th guy was in the top 20. I believe New Mexico and Cal Poly should be in the top 10. Well at least New Mexico, but at the end of the season Cal Poly might be only good for a top 20 because they seem to fall apart at the end.

A Fan,

Give me a call, I have some more crack to sell you. New Mexico and SLO are good but top 10? Top 25 maybe.

A Fan,

He's right, you're smokin' crack! New Mexico is good, but top ten is out of the question! And there's no way they could have won at Griak! Who cares if their fourth guy was in the top 20 at Stanford, Oregon had 4 guys in the top 20 at Griak, which had a much, much deeper field. Just because, you obviusly love New Mexico, doesn't mean you should throw out ridiculous claims on the internet!

Dude New Mexico could beat Oregon hands down. Check out how close the Lobos were to each other. New Mexico would have had 2 guys in the top 7 at Griak.

Colorado is still better than NAU without Ritz and there are some guys waiting in the wings who ought to do well for CU (Severy, Burchill, two 8:49 frosh, Jared Scott, etc.). Slattery looks like he could go top 10 (finally gunning for cross and healthy). But you have to give the edge to Stanford and Arkansas over CU sans Ritz.

Arkansas takes it over Stanford in the cold weather of the upper Midwest (Indiana State's home course), which is more to their liking. Remember how Stanford reacted when they ran at Iowa in sub-zero two years ago. And this could be Wisco's year too, plus it's nearly a home course for them. Look for results from the Western State-Colorado showdown at this weekend's Rocky Mountain Shootout Cross Country meet in Boulder. Western is going for the kill, fielding their deepest squad ever and they could pull an early-season upset over CU, which tends to low-key early season meets. That shocker would fan the flames for sure.

As for the women...Colorado might win the whole thing over BYU and Georgetown in that order. The Buffs have Sarah Gorton, Molly Austin, Natalie Florence (33:40 in 2002 for 10,000), and the Zeigle twins who by all accounts are running like top-20 finishers at NCAAs. That's five in the top 20 for CU and possibly three in the top 10 + two in the top five.