Women's Cross Country remains No. 25 in third weekly USTFCCCA poll
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team remained No. 25 in the third weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association weekly poll.
The Polar Bears (19-4) were ranked No. 25 last week, were No. 35 in the first weekly poll and were No. 33 in the USTFCCCA Preseason poll.
Northern received 92 points in voting conducted by the eight-member voting panel, seven more than the 85 it received in last week's poll.
The Polar Bears posted their 19th consecutive winning season, won their fifth OAC crown and was ranked as high as No. 14 in 2010.
Defending national champion Middlebury (Vt.) is ranked first, Washington (Mo.), MIT is third and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) is ranked fourth.
Ohio Northern will return to action Friday at 2:45 pm at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.
USTFCCCA 2011 Poll - Week 3
Sept. 28, 2011
| Rank | School |
Points | Last |
| 1. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 280 | 1 |
| 2. | Washington (Mo.) | 269 | 2 |
| 3. | MIT | 258 | 3 |
| 4. | Claremont-MS (Calif.) | 255 | 4 |
| 5. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 247 | t5 |
| Williams (Mass.) | 247 | t5 | |
| 7. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 235 | 7 |
| 8. | Calvin (Mich.) | 219 | 9 |
| 9. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 217 | 12 |
| 10. | Amherst (Mass.) | 212 | 8 |
| 11. | New York U. | 190 | 10 |
| 12. | Hope (Mich.) | 187 | 13 |
| 13. | Saint Olaf (Minn.) | 186 | 15 |
| 14. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 181 | 11 |
| 15. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 164 | 14 |
| 16. | Emory (Ga.) | 161 | 20 |
| 17. | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) | 148 | 18 |
| 18. | Luther (Iowa) | 138 | 16 |
| 19. | Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 133 | 17 |
| 20. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 129 | 19 |
| 21. | Haverford (Pa.) | 112 | t22 |
| 22. | Carleton (Minn.) | 103 | t22 |
| 23. | Rowan (N.J.) | 99 | 21 |
| 24. | Tufts (Mass.) | 95 | 24 |
| 25. | Ohio Northern | 92 | 25 |
| 26. | Whittier (Calif.) | 78 | 30 |
| 27. | Case Western Reserve | 63 | 32 |
| 28. | Cortland State (N.Y.) | 59 | 26 |
| 29. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 58 | 29 |
| 30. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 48 | 28 |
| 31. | Oberlin | 42 | NR |
| 32. | Colby (Me.) | 325 | 27 |
| 33. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 26 | RV |
| 34. | Chicago (Ill.) | 23 | 35 |
| 35. | Whitman (Wash.) | 22 | 33 |
Others Receiving Votes: North Central (Ill.) 10, Rhodes 6, St. Benedict 6, Keene State 5, Wartburg 3, Marywood 2, UW-Stevens Point 5, St. Thomas (Minn.) 4.