Men's Cross Country receives votes in third weekly USTFCCCA poll
September 26, 2012
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA.org |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team received votes in the third weekly poll in voting conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
This marks the first appearance in the poll for the Polar Bears (26-11) this season.
Northern received five points, which is the 37th-most in the poll.
North Central (Ill.) remains the unanimous choice as No. 1, receiving 280 points and all eight first place votes, Haverford (pa.) is second with 272 points and Washington (Mo.) is ranked No. 3 with 264 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action Sat. at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.
USTFCCCA Division III Men's Poll - #3
Sept. 26, 2012
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | 1 |
| 2. | Haverford (Pa.) |
272 | 2 |
| 3. | Washington (Mo.) | 264 | 3 |
| 4. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) |
250 | 4 |
| Bates (Mass.) | 250 | 5 | |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 241 | 6 |
| 7. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 233 | 7 |
| 8. | Williams (Mass.) | 221 | 11 |
| 9. | Tufts (Mass.) | 211 | 8 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
209 | 10 |
| 11. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 203 | 12 |
| 12. |
Middlebury (Vt.) | 191 | 9 |
| 13. |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 181 | 13 |
| 14. | Cortland State (N.Y.) |
171 | 14 |
| 15. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 156 | 16 |
| 16. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 152 | 24 |
| 17. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 145 | 17 |
| 18. | Wabash (Ind.) |
139 | 18 |
| 19. | New York U. | 137 | 19 |
| 20. | Chicago (Ill.) | 128 | 15 |
| 21. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 125 | 20 |
| 22. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 110 | 23 |
| 23. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 103 | 26 |
| 24. | Central (Iowa) | 90 | 25 |
| 25. | Amherst (Mass.) | 88 | 22 |
| 26. |
Loras (Iowa) |
74 | 21 |
| 27. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 71 | 28 |
| 28. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 64 | 29 |
| 29. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 58 | 27 |
| 30. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
53 | 33 |
| 31. | Luther (Iowa) | 39 | 32 |
| 32. | RPI (N.Y.) |
37 | 30 |
| 33. | Willamette (Ore.) | 27 | 31 |
| 34. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 22 | RV |
| 35. | Case Western Reserve | 16 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: MIT 15, Ohio Northern 5, TCNJ 4, Wartburg 3, Manchester 2.