Cross Country Coaches Polls, October 8-12, 2012, compiled by Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

Here are the cross country coaches polls for the week of October 8-12, 2012. They were compiled by Walt Murphy of X-Country X-Press.

Cross Country, 1993, Ed Eyestone, Pat Porter, Todd Williams, photo by PhotoRun.net

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COACHES POLLS 1st place votes in ( )
Div.I(M, a/o 10-3)
1.     Wisconsin(8)     352
2.     Oklahoma St.(2)     347
3.     BYU(2)     343
4.     Oklahoma     315
5.     Iona     301
     Portland     301
7.     Colorado     286
8.     Stanford     263
9.     Tulsa     258
10.     Syracuse     242
11.     Princeton     235
12.     Villanova     212
13.     Notre Dame     196
14.     Florida St.     193
15.     Oregon     184
16.     Minnesota     156
17.     Columbia     148
18.     No.Arizona     147
19.     Arkansas     136
20.     Georgetown     125
     East.Kentucky     125
22.     Texas     124
23.     Will.&Mary     121
24.     Georgia     68
     Michigan     68
26.     Indiana     57
27.     UCLA     54
28.     New Mexico     52
29.     Virginia     27
30.     Missouri     35
     Others:Kansas 28, Texas A&M 27,No.Car.St. 13, Iowa St. 7, Arizona 6, Dartmouth 3, Florida 3, Virginia Tech 2, Wsh.St. 2     .

Div.I(W, a/o 10-3))
1.     Florida St.(11)     359
2.     Arizona     336
3.     Washington     332
4.     Oregon(1)     327
5.     Iowa State     308
6.     Georgetown
294
7.     Stanford     275
8.     Michigan     267
9.     Cornell     246
10.     Michigan St.     237
11.     Arkansas     229
12.     Vanderbilt     202
13.     Weber State     188
14.     Penn State     177
15.     Toledo     168
16.     Notre Dame     163
17.     Will.&Mary     157
18.     Colorado     153
19.     New Mexico     152
20.     San Francisco     142
21.     Boston Coll.     137
22.     Oklahoma St.     120
23.     Columbia     105
24.     Villanova     98
25.     Butler     83
26.     No.Car.St.     74
27.     Minnesota     59
28.     Providence     58
29.     Wisconsin     29
30.     Yale     23
     Others:Syracuse 21, Virginia 19, Texas 18, Florida 9, Dartmouth 6, Princeton 4, Kentucky 3, No.Carolina 2

Div.II(M)
1.     Adams St-CO
2.     Colo-Mines
3.     Cal.St.-Chico
4.     Western St-CO
5.     Augustana-SD
6.     Grand Valley-MI
7.     AlaskaAnchor.
8.     So.Indiana
9.     Col.-Colo.Spgs
10.     Western Wash.
11.     Missouri Southern
12.     Stonehill-MA
13.     Lock Haven-PA
14.     Cedarville-OH
15.     Lewis-IL
16.     Minn.St.-Mankato
17.     Edinboro-PA
18.     U.Mass-Lowell
19.     Ferris St.-MI
20.     W. Oregon
21.     East.New Mex.
22.     SW Baptist
23.     Humboldt St.-CA
24.     UW-Parkside
25.     Ft.Hays-KS
26.     E.Stroudsburg-PA
27.     Wayne St.-MI
28.     San Francisco St.
29.     NW Missouri
30.     N.Mex.Highlands

Div.II(W)
1.     Augustana-SD
2.     Adams State
3.     Grand Valley-MI
4.     Western St.-CO
5.     Alaska-Anch.
6.     Cal.St.-Chico
7.     Ferris St
8.     Shippensburg
9.     Simon Fraser-CAN
10.     Midwestern-TX
11.     Edinboro-PA
12.     Stonehill-MA
13.     Tampa-FL
14.     CS-Mines
15.     Colo.ColSpgs
16.     Univ. Mary-ND
17.     Winona St.-MN
18.     Indiana-Pa
19.     Bloomsburg-PA
20.     Minnesota St.
21.     Wayne St.-MI
22.     SW Baptist-MO
23.     So.Indiana
24.     Seattle Pac.-WA
25.     Humboldt St.-CA
26.     Missouri Southrn
27.     Saginaw Vly-MI
28.     Minn.-Duluth
29.     Pittsburg St.-KS
30.     UC-San Diego
     31.West.Wash., 32.Hillsdale-MI, 33.Adelphi-MY, 34.Nova S’en, 35.Bentley,Ma

Div.III(M)
1.     No.CntrlIL(8)     280
2.     Haverford-Pa     272
3.     Washngtn-Mo     263
4.     Bates-ME     253
5.    &
nbsp;Geneseo-NY     252
6.     Calvin-MI     239
7.     Wisc.-LaCrs     232
8.     Tufts-MA     217
9.     Wheaton-IL     216
10.     ClrmntMS-CA     205
11.     Bowdoin     198
12.     Cortland-NY     185
13.     Williams-MA     178
     Augustana-IL     178
15.     Wisc-StvnsPt     163
16.     Carnegie Mln-Pa     158
17.     NYU     147
     Middlebury     147
19.     U.Chicago-IL     138
20.     Alleghny.PA     127
21.     Rochester-NY     121
22.     UW-Plattvl     99
23.     Wabash-IN     97
24.     JohnsHpkns-Md     89
25.     Wisc.-EauClr     84
26.     Dickinson-PA     78
27.     St.LwrnceNY     74
28.     PomonaPtzr-CA     67
29.     UW-Oshkosh     64
30.     Central-IA     48
     Amherst-MA     48
     32.Case Western-OH 33, 33.Loras-IA 28, 34.RPI-NY 20, 35.Wartburg-IA 19; Others:Willamette-OR 9, Coll-NJ 6, M.I.T.-3, Ohio Northern-2, Emory-Ga 2, St.Olaf-MN 1

Div.III(W)
1.     M.I.T.-MA(5)     277
2.     J.Hopkins-MD(3)     273
3.     Williams-MA(8)     263
4.     ClrmntMS-CA     254
5.     Mdlbry-VT     247
6.     Washingtn-MO     246
7.     St.LawrnceNY     230
8.     Calvin-MI     226
9.     Geneseo-NY     211
10.     Wisc.EauClr     210
11.     Wartburg-IA     203
12.     St.Olaf-MN     190
13.     Dickinson-PA     181
14.     Oberlin-OH     178
15.     U.Chicago-IL     161
16.     Haverford-PA     158
17.     Tufts-MA     154
18.     CaseWest.-OH     146
19.     Carleton-MN     127
20.     Hope-MI     118
21.     Amherst-Ma     113
22.     LewisClark-OR     103
23.     Trinity-TX     102
24.     Rowan-NJ     100
25.     NYU     74
26.     Kenyon-OH     70
27.     Bates-Me     62
28.     Wesleyan-CT     56
29.     OhioNorthrn     48
30.     CarnegieMln-Pa     46
     31.Rochester-NY 44, 31.Illinois Wesleyan 44, 33.St.Thomas-MN 39, 34.Willamette-OR 31, 35.Emory-Ga 18; Others:Gettysburg-Pa 11, UW-LaCrosse 11, Luther-IA 7, UW-StvnsPt 4, Elizebethtown-Pa 2, Plattsburgh-NY 2

NAIA(M)
1.     So.Oregon(12)     579
2.     CS-SanMarcos(5)     574
3.     St.Francis-IL(4)     558
4.     Okla.Baptist     539
5.     U.Brit.Col.-CN     508
6.     Shawnee-OH     480
7.     SouthwstnKS     473
8.     Concordia-OR     468
9.     Lewis-ClarkID     449
10.     The Master’s-CA     414
11.     Aquinas-MI     388
12.     Coll. of Idaho     382
13.     Spring Arbor-MI     332
14.     E.Oregon     325
15.     Bryan-TN     308
16.     Morningside-IA     288
17.     Wayland Bap.-TX     265
18.     Embry-Rdl-FL     262
19.     Ind.Wesl.     245
20.     Concordia-NE     238
21.     WestmontCA     199
22.     Cumbrlnd-KY     175
23.     Cornerstone-MI     159
24.     St.Mary-KS     144
25.     Oregon Tech     136
     Others:Olivet Nazarene-IL 114, Bker-KS 100, Lubbock Chr.-TX 81, Goshen-IN 78, NW Christian-OR 43, Emmanuel-Ga 27, Friends-KS 21, Vanguard-Ca 16, Dickinson St.-ND 13, Dordt-IA 12, Berea-KY 9, Indiana Tech 8, Doane-NE 6, Siena Hights-MI 6, Ariz.Chr. 5, St.Ambrose-IA 4, St.Xavier-IL 3

NAIA(W)
1.     CS-SanMarcos(19)     650
2.     U.BritColCN     624
3.     Coll. of Idaho(4)     606
     Olivet Naz.-IL(1)     606
5.     Biola-CA     570
6.     Carroll-MT     545
7.     NW Christian-OR     517
8.     Westmont-CA     505
9.     Cornerstone-MI     463
10.     Dordt-IA     446
11.     LewisClark ID     434
12.     Okla.Baptist     419
13.     The Master’s-CA     418
14.     Aquinas-MI     395
15.     Rocky Mt.-MT     369
16.     Concordia-CA     348
17.     IllinoisTech     313
18.     Doane-NE     262
     Milligan-TN     262
20.     St.Francis-IL     244
21.     So.Oregon     237
22.     Embry Rdl-FL     214
23.     Concordia-NE     197
24.     Taylor-IN     191
25.     Huntington-IN     142
     Others:Eastern Ore. 121, Shawnee St. 62, Indiana Weslyan. 59, Baker-KS 47, St.Xavier-IL 43, Texas Wesleyan 39, Oregon Tech 32, Trinity Chr-IL 18, Xavier-LA 11, Spring Arbor-MI 11, Rogers St.-OK 4, Central Meth.-Mo 3, Brenau-Ga 3

JUCO
Div.I(M)
1.     Central Ariz.(8)     197
2.     Iowa Central(1)     179
     Parad,VlyAZ     179
4.     Allen County-KS(1)     176
5.     Spartanburg-SC     159
6.     El Paso-TX     140
7.     Lansing-MI     138
8.     Lincoln-IL     108
9.     Colby-KS     107
10.     Mesa-AZ     94

DIV.I(W)
1.     Iowa Central(6)     195
2.     Centrl Ariz.(4)     194
3.     El Paso-TX     178
4.     Lansing-MI     163
5.     JohnsonCo.-KS     157
6.     SouthPlains-TX     154
7.
Allen Co.KS     133
8.     Macomb-MI     127
9.     Mesa-AZ     115
10.     Pima-AZ     101
DIV.III(M)
1.     Harper-IL
2.     Gloucester-NJ
3.     Delhi-NY
4.     MohawkVly-NY
5.     Alfred-NY

DIV.III(W)
1.     Mohawk Vly-NY
2.     Gloucester-NJ
3.     Alfred-NY
     Delhi-NY
5.     Ocean-NJ

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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