NCAA Division III Pre-Season Cross Country Rankings

The US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association(USTFCCA) regional and national pre-season polls for Division III are out. There are five teams from the MIAC in the top ten in the men's and women's Central Region Polls(below). Only St. Olaf is ranked in the top 35 teams in the men's National Poll. St. Olaf is ranked 14th in the US. Hamline was 37th, and Bethel 47th

Two women's teams from the MIAC are in the top 20 in the national rankings. St. Olaf is 12th, and St. Thomas 19th.


Men's USTFCCCA Central Region
Rank Institution Location
1 St. Olaf Northfield, Minn.
2 Loras Dubuque, Iowa
3 Luther Decorah, Iowa
4 Bethel Arden Hills, Minn.
5 Nebraska Wesleyan Lincoln, Neb.
6 Central (Iowa) Pella, Iowa
7 Hamline Saint Paul, Minn.
8 Saint John’s Collegeville, Minn.
9 Carleton Northfield, Minn.
10 Grinnell Grinnell, Iowa

Women's USTCCA Central Region
Rank Institution Location
1 Wartburg Waverly, Iowa
2 St. Olaf Northfield, Minn.
3 St. Thomas Saint Paul, Minn.
4 Luther Decorah, Iowa
5 Carleton Northfield, Minn.
6 Nebraska Wesleyan Lincoln, Neb.
7 Gustavus Adolphus St. Peter, Minn.
8 Grinnell Grinnell, Iowa
9 St. Benedict St. Joseph, Minn.
10 Loras Dubuque, Iowa