Men's Cross Country ranked No. 26 in Week 3 USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| USTFCCCA NCAA Division III National Coaches' Poll - Week 3 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 26 in the Week 3 USTFCCCA NCAA Division III National Coaches' Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears received 102 points and moved up one spot from their No. 27 ranking a week ago when they received 93 points.
ONU is ranked No. 2 in the Great Lakes Region this week, trailing only Mount Union.
Northern last competed at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Challenge on Sept. 15 and won the Division III title for the first time since 2017 and the sixth time in program history.
Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) is the top team in this week's national poll, earning 349 points and nine first-place votes.
North Central (Ill.) is second with 339 points and the remaining first-place vote.
Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Williams (Mass.) round out the top five.
The Polar Bears (26-2 overall) return to action on Friday at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational at 6 p.m.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III National Coaches' Poll — Week 3
Sept. 27, 2023
| Rank | School (First-place votes) | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) (9) | 349 | 1 |
| 2. | North Central (Ill.) | 339 | 2 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 332 | 3 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 313 | 6 |
| 5. | Williams (Mass.) | 309 | 11 |
| 6. | SUNY Geneseo | 296 | 5 |
| 7. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 291 | 7 |
| 8. | MIT (Mass.) | 282 | 3 |
| 9. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 270 | 8 |
| 10. | RPI (N.Y.) | 264 | 9 |
| 11. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 248 | 12 |
| 12. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 245 | 10 |
| 13. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 231 | 13 |
| 14. | Mount Union | 215 | 14 |
| 15. | George Fox (Ore.) | 211 | 15 |
| 16. | Haverford (Pa.) | 195 | 16 |
| 17. | Loras (Iowa) | 190 | 17 |
| 18. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 174 | 18 |
| 19. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 168 | 19 |
| 20. | Tufts (Mass.) | 165 | 20 |
| 21. | Emory (Ga.) | 148 | 21 |
| 22. | Calif. Santa Cruz | 146 | 22 |
| 23. | Chicago (Ill.) | 134 | 24 |
| 24. | Washington (Mo.) | 121 | 26 |
| 25. | Bates (Maine) | 105 | 25 |
| 26. | Ohio Northern | 102 | 27 |
| 27. | Amherst (Mass.) | 84 | 28 |
| 28. | Calvin (Mich.) | 70 | 33 |
| La Verne (Calif.) | 70 | 30 | |
| 30. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 66 | 29 |
| 31. | NYU | 44 | 32 |
| 32. | Central (Iowa) | 37 | 23 |
| 33. | Carleton (Minn.) | 28 | NR |
| 34. | Hope (Mich.) | 23 | 31 |
| 35. | SUNY Brockport | 13 | 34 |
Others receiving votes: Berry 11, Colorado College 4, Rowan 4, Bowdoin 2, Washington and Lee 1.