Stanford Aims To Fend Off Colorado at Pac-12s

By Adam Schneider of DyeStat

Top-ranked teams Northern Arizona and BYU dominated at the NCAA Division 1 Pre-Nationals meet in Wisconsin two weeks ago and now they head to their conference meets this weekend along with the rest of the country’s top teams. 

Four of the top 11 teams, and five of the top 13 teams, meet in Palo Alto for the Pac-12 Championships. Since Colorado joined the Pac-12 the Buffaloes had won every Pac-12 title until last year. This year No. 4 Stanford is hosting the meet and will try to repeat as champion. Second-ranked BYU and No. 3 Portland will battle in Provo, Utah for the West Coast Conference Championship.

Big conference meets this weekend: 

Oct. 26 Iowa State and Oklahoma State at Big 12 at Ames, IA

Oct. 26 Syracuse, Virginia, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech at ACC at Boston, MA

Oct. 26 Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama at SEC at Auburn, AL

Oct. 26 Boise State, Colorado State, Air Force and Wyoming at Mountain West at San Diego, CA

Oct. 26 Stanford, Colorado. Washington, Oregon, UCLA and Washington State at Pac-12 at Palo Alto, CA

Oct. 27 BYU, Portland, and Gonzaga at WCC at Provo, UT

Oct. 27 Northern Arizona and Southern Utah at Big Sky at Sacramento, CA

Oct. 28 Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan at Big Ten at Lincoln, NE

Top 20 (Oct. 11 ranking)

1. Northern Arizona (1) at Big Sky

2. BYU (2) at WCC

3. Portland (3) at WCC

4. Stanford (5) at Pac-12

5. Wisconsin (4) at Big 10

6. Colorado (9) at Pac-12

7. Washington (11) at Pac-12

8. Iowa State (6) at Big 12

9. Syracuse (7) at ACC

10. Boise State (8) at Mountain West

11. Oregon (14) at Pac-12

12. Colorado State (10) at Mountain West

13. UCLA (NR) at Pac-12

14. Air Force (13) at Mountain West

15. Wyoming (NR) at Mountain West

16. Southern Utah (15) at Big Sky

17. Mississippi (16) at SEC

18. Furman (NR) at Southern

19. Virginia (18) at ACC

20. Purdue (20) at Big Ten

Watch List - Notre Dame, Eastern Kentucky, Arkansas (12), Washington State (19), Indiana, Alabama (17), Michigan, Gonzaga, Virginia Tech, Middle Tennessee State (18)