Men's Cross Country moves up nine spots to No. 19 in sixth weekly USTFCCCA poll
October 19, 2016
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team moved up nine spots to No. 19 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association coaches poll released on Wednesday.
Northern (54-5 overall) garnered 134 points in the poll after posting a fifth palce finish at the 37-team Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational last Saturday.
Northern defeated four nationally-ranked teams in the strong field at Oshkosh.
ONU was also ranked as high as No. 19 last season, when the squad won the OAC Championships title and finished with a 138-9 record.
North Central (Ill.) moved into the No. 1 spot after winning the OShkosh meet with 277 points and five first place votes, Geneseo State (N.Y.) is second with 275 points and the other three first place votes and Williams (Mass.) is third with 264 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday, as they travel to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to compete in the Oshkosh Invitational.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 6
Oct. 19, 2016
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) (5) |
277 | 2 |
| 2. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) (3) |
275 | 1 |
| 3. | Williams (Mass.) | 264 | 3 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
252 | 4 |
| 5. | MIT |
249 | 5 |
| 6. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 240 | 7 |
| 7. |
Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 231 | 6 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) |
222 | 8 |
| 9. | Loras (Iowa) |
214 | 9 |
| 10. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
211 | 10 |
| 11. | RIT (N.Y.) |
198 | 11 |
| 12. | Calvin (Mich.) | 197 | 17 |
| 13. |
Washington (Mo.) | 177 | 15 |
| 14. | Colby (Maine) | 169 | 16 |
| 15. | Haverford (Conn.) | 166 | 20 |
| 16. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 162 | 12 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 162 | 14 | |
| 18. | New York U. |
143 | 18 |
| 19. | Ohio Northern | 134 | 28 |
| 20. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 126 | 13 |
| 21. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 117 | 22 |
| 22. | Emory (Ga.) | 112 | 25 |
| 23. | Mount Union | 97 | 23 |
| 24. | Rowan (N.J.) |
94 | NR |
| 25. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 93 | 136 |
| 26. | Augustana (Ill.) |
91 | 26 |
| 27. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) |
60 | 27 |
| 28. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 57 | 24 |
| 29. | Wabash (Ind.) | 56 | 32 |
| 30. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 41 | 21 |
| 31. | Connecticut College |
39 | NR |
| 32. | Whittier (Calif.) |
34 | NR |
| 33. |
Nebraska Wesleyan | 22 | NR |
| 34. | Washington & Lee (Va.) |
20 | NR |
| 35. | Occidental (Calif.) |
16 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Dickinson 11, Allegheny (Pa.) 5, Chicago 4, Bates 1, Rhodes 1