University of Tennessee Athletics
TENNESSEE WOMEN REMAIN 24TH IN USTFCCCA NATIONAL POLL
October 09, 2006 | Women's Cross Country
Oct. 9, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The third regular-season USTFCCCA national poll finds the University of Tennessee women's cross country team still holding down the No. 24 spot, as the Lady Vols prepare to compete in the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., on Saturday.
The Lady Vols, who opened the season at 14th in the nation, collected 88 points to once again sit as the second of two Southeastern Conference schools in the poll. Arkansas stayed at No. 4. UT also maintained its No. 2. spot in the NCAA South Region rankings, falling in behind 12th-ranked Florida State.
Defending NCAA champion Stanford continued to clutch the number-one position in the poll, again garnering all 13 first-place votes. Colorado swapped places with Michigan for the No. 2 slot, dropping the Wolverines to third, followed by Arkansas and North Carolina State. Rounding out the top 10 were BYU, Princeton, UC-Santa Barbara, Wisconsin and Providence.
Thus far in 2006, Tennessee has finished second in the Belmont Opener, first in the Tennessee Invitational and third in the Paul Short Run, fashioning a 52-3 record.
| USTFCCCA Division I Women's Cross Country Poll | ||
| Oct. 9, 2006 | ||
| Rk. | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
| 1. | Stanford (13) | 390 |
| 2. | Colorado | 373 |
| 3. | Michigan | 368 |
| 4. | Arkansas | 344 |
| 5. | North Carolina State | 333 |
| 6. | BYU | 328 |
| 7. | Princeton | 307 |
| 8. | UC-Santa Barbara | 296 |
| 9. | Wisconsin | 282 |
| 10. | Providence | 272 |
| 11. | Iowa | 260 |
| 12. | Florida State | 239 |
| 13. | Wake Forest | 226 |
| 14. | Washington | 222 |
| 15. | Oklahoma State | 217 |
| 16. | Arizona State | 197 |
| 17. | Illinois | 185 |
| 18. | Minnesota | 173 |
| 19. | Baylor | 150 |
| 20. | Duke | 145 |
| 21. | Michigan State | 122 |
| 22. | Colorado State | 112 |
| 23. | Georgetown | 98 |
| 24. | Tennessee | 88 |
| 25. | Boston University | 80 |
| 26. | Virginia | 72 |
| 27. | Villanova | 48 |
| 28. | Texas Tech | 32 |
| 29. | Butler | 23 |
| 30. | Virginia Tech | 16 |
Additional Teams Receiving Votes: Weber State 12, Indiana 8, Washington State 8, UC-Riverside 5, Yale 5, Florida 4, Iona 3, LaSalle 1, William & Mary 1.
