Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Rated Fourth in Preseason Poll
September 14, 2006 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
“It's a great honor to be rated so high, but I feel that we have to improve a lot more to establish a top-five ranking,” Cowgirl head coach Rene Sepulveda said.
OSU is coming off an impressive 10th-place showing at last year's NCAA Championships, its highest finish since the 1989 season when the Cowgirls finished fifth. The No. 4 ranking is the highest OSU has been rated in the program's 26 seasons.
A board of Division I coaches votes in the USTFCCCA poll, as the rankings will be released weekly on Tuesdays.
Stanford, who returns five All-Americans, earned the top spot followed by
Along with the Cowgirls, the
USTFCCCA Preseason Poll
1) Stanford (390)
2) Colorado (363)
3) Michigan (361)
4) Oklahoma State (333)
5) BYU (323)
6) Illinois (320)
7) Duke (312)
8) Arkansas (269)
9) Arizona State (263)
10) Wisconsin (261)
11) Princeton (258)
12) North Carolina State (236)
13) Baylor (233)
14) Tennessee (196)
15) Iowa (184)
16) Minnesota (171)
17) Boston University (167)
18) Marquette (142)
19) Florida State (131)
20) Providence (127)
21) Washington (119)
22) North Carolina (105)
23) Michigan State (101)
24) Georgetown (95)
25) William & Mary (92)
26) Virginia (87)
27) Colorado State (72)
28) Wake Forest (51)
29) Indiana (43)
30) Oregon (40)
