Women's Cross Country team ranked No. 25 in third weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA.org |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team is ranked No. 25 in the third weekly poll in voting conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The Polar Bears (26-11) were ranked No. 19 in last week's poll, were No. 20 in the first and second polls and were No. 16 in the preseason poll.
Northern received 88 points, 44 less than the 132 points it received in the second weekly poll on Sept. 19.
Williams (Mass.) moved up six spots to No. 1, MIT dropped to No. 2, and Washington (Mo.) moved down one spot to No. 3.
The Polar Bears will return to action Sat. at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.
USTFCCCA Division III Women's Poll - #3
Sept. 26, 2012
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Williams (Mass.) (8) | 280 | 7 |
| 2. | MIT | 267 | 1 |
| 3. | Washington (Mo.) | 262 | 2 |
| 4. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 253 | 3 |
| 5. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 249 | 5 |
| 6. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 247 | 4 |
| 7. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 232 | 6 |
| 8. | Calvin (Mich.) |
222 | 8 |
| 9. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) |
215 | 9 |
| 10. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 213 | 10 |
| 11. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 192 | 11 |
| 12. |
Dickinson (Pa.) | 190 | 13 |
| 13. |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 188 | 14 |
| 14. | Case Western Reserve | 175 | 15 |
| 15. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 164 | 16 |
| 16. | Tufts (Mass.) | 155 | 18 |
| 17. | Hope (Mich.) | 153 | 17 |
| 18. | Oberlin | 151 | 35 |
| 19. | Amherst (Mass.) | 125 | 11 |
| 20. | Carleton (Minn.) | 124 | 21 |
| 21. | Chicago (Ill.) | 121 | 20 |
| 22. | New York U. | 103 | 27 |
| 23. | Haverford (Pa.) | 101 | 22 |
| 24. | Emory (Ga.) | 91 | 23 |
| 25. | Ohio Northern | 88 | 19 |
| 26. |
Lewis & Clark (Ore.) | 85 | 24 |
| 27. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 81 | 25 |
| 28. | Rowan (N.J.) | 58 | 26 |
| 29. | Luther (Iowa) | 54 | 28 |
| 30. | Illinois Wesleyan | 47 | 31 |
| 31. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 39 | 33 |
| 32. | Bates (Mass.) |
37 | NR |
| 33. | Willamette (Ore.) | 33 | 30 |
| 34. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 17 | 32 |
| 35. | Gettysburg (Va.) | 14 | 29 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wesleyan (Conn.) 5, TCNJ 4, John Carroll 3, Elizabethtown 1, Wellesley 1.