Cross Country stays 7th in regional ranking

[ISUCC]

ISU stayed at 7th place this week in the Great Lakes regional poll.

Butler moved back ahead of ISU a spot (I still think ISU will beat Butler at the regional meet) and Purdue dropped some spots this week

http://www.ustfccca.org/featured/d-i-regional-cross-country-rankings-week-6-october-18

 

[king]

Not surprising. Even though ISU was down in the standings at Pre-Nats, there weren't that many Great Lakes teams ahead of them.

 

[ISUCC]

they'd have beaten Purdue if they would have been in Purdue's race, PU's 5th man was way back

 

[XTreeXC]

Interesting that Indiana is ranked ahead of Wisconsin in the regional pole, but Wisconsin is one place ahead of Indiana in the national pole.

 

[ISUCC]

that is interesting, here is the national poll, the top 5 teams from the Great Lakes region are all ranked (or receiving points), it seems the gap from Ohio State to #6 Butler and #7 Indiana State is pretty big. If ISU can run an outstanding race at the regional meet I think they could beat MSU and OSU, those 2 didn't have particularly good races at pre-nationals. Plus maybe ISU will be better over the longer distance? Hard telling?

poll (bold teams in the Great Lakes regional)

Oct. 19, 2010
Team (first place votes) Points
1. Stanford (6) 354
2. Oklahoma State (6) 353
3. Oregon 337
4. Iona 311
5. Oklahoma 292
6. Wisconsin 282
7. Indiana 276
8. Florida State 264
9. Colorado 248
10. Arkansas 245
11. Northern Arizona 241
12. New Mexico 234
13. BYU 233
14. Duke 230
15. Portland 213
16. NC State 176
17. Syracuse 171
18. Princeton 166
19. Virginia 142
20. Wiliam and Mary 138
21. Georgetown 106
22. California 96
23. Notre Dame 76
24. Penn State 73
25. North Carolina 68
26. Florida 60
27. Alabama 49
28. Louisville 35
29. Villanova 33
30. Texas 24
Others receiving votes: UCLA (19), Columbia (8), Michigan State (5), Dartmouth (4), Tulsa (2) and Ohio State (1).

 

[XTreeXC]

The NCAA championship should be pretty good in terms of who gets the team title. I'd probably pick Oklahoma State if somebody put a gun to my head, but I think there are teams currently ranked lower that could sneak into the mix by November 22.

As for our Trees, my first hope is that they score a convincing MVC win. That might go a long way towards putting them in the right frame for a great regional race.