Men's Cross Country receives votes in fourth weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA.org |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team received votes in the fourth weekly poll in voting conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
This marks the second appearance in the poll for the Polar Bears (46-12) this season.
Northern received two points, which is the 41st-most in the poll. ONU received five points in last week's 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 are idle this weekend and will return to action Oct. 13 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
USTFCCCA Division III Men's Poll - #4
Oct. 3, 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.) |
252 | t4 |
| 5. | Bates (Mass.) | 251 | t4 |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 237 | 6 |
| 7. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 231 | 10 |
| 8. | Williams (Mass.) | 224 | 8 |
| 9. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 216 | 7 |
| 10. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 209 | 11 |
| 11. | Tufts (Mass.) | 203 | 9 |
| 12. |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 186 | 13 |
| 13. |
Middlebury (Vt.) | 182 | 12 |
| 14. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 172 | 21 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 160 | 16 |
| 16. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 145 | 15 |
| Cortland State (N.Y.) | 145 | 14 | |
| 18. | Chicago (Ill.) | 139 | 20 |
| 19. | New York U. | 138 | 19 |
| 20. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 115 | 29 |
| 21. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 110 | 22 |
| 22. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 97 | NR |
| 23. | Central (Iowa) | 93 | 24 |
| Bowdoin (Maine) | 93 | 23 | |
| 25. | Wabash (Ind.) | 91 | 18 |
| 26. |
St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 83 | 27 |
| 27. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 80 | 30 |
| 28. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 65 | 28 |
| 29. | Amherst (Mass.) | 61 | 25 |
| 30. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
58 | NR |
| 31. | Loras (Iowa) | 53 | 26 |
| 32. | Wartburg (Iowa) |
33 | RV |
| 33. | Case Western Reserve | 32 | 35 |
| 34. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 18 | 17 |
| 35. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 15 | 34 |
Others Receiving Votes: TCNJ 14, Willamette 7, RPI 5, MIT 5, Luther 3, Ohio Northern 2, Puget Sound 1.