Worst big school at cross country?

north central

Top 10 largest colleges by on-campus enrollment:

1.) University of Central Florida: Women were 5th in the AAC last year, 18th in the South region. No men's team

2.) Texas A&M University: Women are currently 6th in South Central region rankings right now, Men are 3rd.

3.) Ohio State University: Women are currently 6th in Great Lakes region, Men are unranked.

4.) Florida International University: Both currently unranked in the South region. Women were last in C-USA and only ran 4 at the South region. Men were also last in the C-USA last year and only had 3 runners at the South regional.

5.) University of Florida: Women are currently ranked 12th in the South region, men are unranked.

6.) Arizona State University: Women are currently ranked 9th in the West region, men are unranked.

7.) University of Minnesota: Women are currently ranked 1st in the Midwest region and 19th in the nation, men are ranked 2nd in the Midwest region and 18th in the nation.

8.) University of Texas (at Austin): Women are currently ranked 5th in the South Central region, men are ranked 1st in the South Central and 24th in the nation.

9.) Michigan State Univeristy: Women are currently ranked 3rd in the Great Lakes region and 20th in the nation, men are ranked 2nd in the Great Lakes and 15th in the nation.

10.) Indiana University: Women are currently ranked 5th in the Great Lakes region and 29th in the nation, men are ranked 6th in the Great Lakes.

Therefore, I think the answer is FIU.

have to add Rutgers to that list

Regarding cross, it is not great to be a Florida Gator. We’ll get ‘em at indoor and outdoor tack.

I don't know if UMass Amherst fits what you're looking for but I am always surprised at how bad they are, especially for cross country. I know that there are many other great schools in the area that can draw talent but Massachusetts and surrounding states produce many good runners and UMass is a good, popular school.

Very disappointing running though.

Had a high school teammate that went to UMass and never quite hit his potential. From his take, “it was because of OB.” From what I can gather on social media, it was more than likely the amount of time he spent party scene. A lot of his posts were him and his teammates drinking. I think that kills a lot of kids there.

Ohio State by far! They can't get top Ohio talent because everyone knows that's where running careers go to die...

Gorun1600 wrote:

Ohio State by far! They can't get top Ohio talent because everyone knows that's where running careers go to die...

Boston College men's is a joke.

University of Maryland has always been disappointing. They seem to get some decent talent and nothing comes from it.

I can’t believe Ohio State men are unranked in the GL region. That has to be a new low.

When is the last time Ohio State was relevant in XC?

Stanford and it's not even close number 1 recruiting classes every year every year hardly ever sniff the top 10 come NCAA's in Cross or Track for that matter. Stanford is where great runners go to get slower/injured.

Hopeful Runner wrote:

When is the last time Ohio State was relevant in XC?

~2008

they call me flopro wrote:

Stanford and it's not even close number 1 recruiting classes every year every year hardly ever sniff the top 10 come NCAA's in Cross or Track for that matter. Stanford is where great runners go to get slower/injured.

Tell that to Grant Fisher, Chris Derrick, Sean McGorty(yes he got injured, but he had a great collegiate career) and many others.

they call me flopro wrote:

Stanford and it's not even close number 1 recruiting classes every year every year hardly ever sniff the top 10 come NCAA's in Cross or Track for that matter. Stanford is where great runners go to get slower/injured.

No...they’ve been top 3 in XC for three or four years in a row.

boston college definitely takes the cake as a team. they didn't score one point at their conference track meets for indoor and outdoors last year...

B1G fan wrote:

they call me flopro wrote:

Stanford and it's not even close number 1 recruiting classes every year every year hardly ever sniff the top 10 come NCAA's in Cross or Track for that matter. Stanford is where great runners go to get slower/injured.

No...they’ve been top 3 in XC for three or four years in a row.

Also, I wouldn't really call Stanford a "big school." They have, what, 7,000 undergrads compared to ~45K for the other schools being discussed.

Milethon wrote:

University of Maryland has always been disappointing. They seem to get some decent talent and nothing comes from it.

+1 for the home state

Always depressing considering how big the school is