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NCAA D1 Men's XC Rankings - 10/11Published by
Pre-Nationals Loaded With Top Contenders By Adam Schneider of DyeStat Top-ranked Northern Arizona was very impressive at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational. The Lumberjacks put four in the top 10 and look like they are ready to three-peat even without using their top runner, Matthew Baxter. In the Cardinal race at Pre-Nationals, NAU will race No. 5 Stanford, No. 10 Colorado and No. 13 Oregon. The White race will feature second-ranked BYU against third-ranked Portland. It is likely that Northern Arizona and BYU will prove that they are the strongest favorites for the NCAA championships like they did last year after this same weekend. Big meets this weekend include: Oct. 12 Alabama at Florida State Oct. 12 Arkansas, Arkansas, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Eastern Kentucky, Iona, and Georgetown at Penn State National Oct. 13 Middle Tennessee State and Oklahoma State at Arturo Barrios Invitational Oct. 13 Northern Arizona, BYU, Portland, Wisconsin, Stanford, Syracuse, Colorado, Colorado State, Southern Utah, Washington, Arkansas, Air Force, Oregon, Mississippi, Washington State, Purdue, UCLA, Michigan, Campbell, Illinois, and Furman at NCAA D1 Pre-Nationals Oct. 13 Colorado State and Air Force at FHSU Tiger Open Top 20 (September 26 ranking) 1. Northern Arizona (1) at Pre-Nationals 2. BYU (2) at Pre-Nationals 3. Portland (3) at Pre-Nationals and Warner Pacific 4. Wisconsin (9) hosts Pre-Nationals 5. Stanford (4) at Pre-Nationals 6. Iowa State (5) at Bradley Pink 7. Syracuse (10) at Pre-Nationals 8. Boise State (8) at Inland Empire 9. Colorado (6) at Pre-Nationals 10. Colorado State (11) at Pre-Nationals and FHSU Tiger Open 11. Washington (14) at Pre-Nationals (Friday) 12. Arkansas (15) at Penn State 13. Air Force (NR) at Pre-Nationals and FHSU Tiger Open 14. Oregon (12) at Pre-Nationals 15. Southern Utah (13) at Pre-Nationals 16. Mississippi (17) at Pre-Nationals 17. Alabama (7) at Florida State 18. Virginia (16) at Penn State 19. Washington State (19) at Pre-Nationals and Inland Empire 20. Purdue (NR) at Pre-Nationals Watch List - UCLA, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Campbell, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois, Middle Tennessee State (18), Furman, Georgetown, Oklahoma State (20) |