Men's Cross Country ranked No. 28 in fourth weekly USTFCCCA Coaches Poll
October 5, 2016
By Caleb Scott
| USTFCCCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team moved back into the top-35 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association coaches poll released Oct. 4, coming it at No. 28.
The Polar Bears move back into the top-35 after receiving votes in the third weekly poll.
Northern (22-1 overall) is coming off a second place finish at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.
ONU was ranked as high as No. 19 last season, when the squad won the OAC Championships title and finished with a 138-9 record.
SUNY Geneseo (N.Y.) and North Central (Ill.) are tied for the No. 1 spot with 276 points and four first place votes each, while Williams (Mass.) ranks third with 264 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday, Oct. 15 as they travel to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to compete in the Oshkosh Invitational.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 4
Oct. 5, 2016
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) (4) |
276 | 1 |
| North Central (Ill.) (4) |
276 | 2 | |
| 3. | Williams (Mass.) | 264 | 3 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
256 | 4 |
| 5. | MIT |
242 | 6 |
| 6. | Wisc.-LaCrosse | 234 | 8 |
| 7. |
Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) |
227 | 5 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) |
219 | 10 |
| 9. | Loras (Iowa) |
218 | 11 |
| 10. | RPI | 204 | 12 |
| 11. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 194 | 9 |
| 12. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
191 | 13 |
| 13. |
St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 178 | 21 |
| 14. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 173 | 7 |
| 15. | Washington (Mo.) |
166 | 16 |
| 16. | Colby (Maine) |
160 | 19 |
| 17. | New York U. |
155 | 29 |
| 18. | Calvin (Mich.) | 154 | 14 |
| 19. | Christopher Newport (Va.) |
144 | 30 |
| 20. | Haverford (Conn.) | 138 | 15 |
| 21. | Middlebury (Vt.) |
114 | t33 |
| 22. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 113 | 18 |
| 23. | Mount Union | 103 | 17 |
| 24. | Wartburg (Iowa) |
94 | 25 |
| 25. | Emory (Ga.) |
89 | RV |
| 26. | SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.) |
84 | 35 |
| 27. | Augustana (Ill.) | 72 | 26 |
| 28. | Ohio Northern | 66 | RV |
| 29. | Wabash (Ind.) | 47 | 20 |
| 30. | Tufts (Conn.) |
43 | 31 |
| 31. | Chicago (Ill.) | 34 | t22 |
| 32. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 32 | 28 |
| 33. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 29 | 27 |
| 34 | Williamette (Ore.) | 16 | RV |
| Allegheny (Pa.) | 16 | 22 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wisc.-Platteville 9, Washington & Lee 5, Widener 3, TCNJ 1, Bates 1