Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirls Move Up to No. 23
September 25, 2012 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track
Sept. 25, 2012
STILLWATER - The Oklahoma State women's cross country team moved up one spot and the men's team remained at No. 2, according to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national poll, released this morning.
The Cowgirls moved up to No. 23 this week after dropping to No. 24 last week. Washington still leads the pack at No. 1, with Florida State. at No. 2 and Oregon third. There were three new additions to this week's poll. Butler entered at No. 21, Columbia at No. 24 and Wisconsin at No. 29. West Virginia, Princeton and Minnesota all dropped out.
The Cowboys held steady in the No. 2 spot behind Wisconsin and ahead of BYU. There were no major changes to the top 15 teams. This week's poll did see the addition of Virginia at No. 27. The only team to drop out of this week's poll was Georgia.
Both OSU teams will be back in action Saturday when they host the annual Cowboy Jamboree at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater.
Men's National Poll
Rank Institution(FPV) Conference Last Week 1 Wisconsin (9) Big Ten 1 2 Oklahoma State (2) Big 12 2 3 BYU (1) West Coast 3 4 Oklahoma Big 12 4 5 Portland West Coast 5 6 Texas Big 12 7 7 Colorado Pac-12 6 8 Iona Metro Atlantic 8 9 Stanford Pac-12 9 10 Florida State ACC 10 11 NC State ACC 11 11 Indiana Big Ten 12 11 Syracuse Big East 13 14 Texas A&M SEC 15 15 Georgetown Big East 16 16 Minnesota Big Ten 17 17 Princeton Ivy 14 17 Arkansas SEC 22 19 Northern Arizona Big Sky 18 20 Tulsa Conference USA 19 21 New Mexico Mountain West 24 22 Villanova Big East 20 23 Oregon Pac-12 25 24 Notre Dame Big East 23 25 Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley 26 26 Michigan Big Ten 21 27 Virginia ACC RV 28 Columbia Ivy 29 29 Washington State Pac-12 28 30 UCLA Pac-12 27Women's National Poll
Rank Institution (FPV) Conference Last Week 1 Washington (10) Pac-12 1 2 Florida State (1) ACC 2 3 Oregon (1) Pac-12 3 4 Georgetown Big East 4 5 Iowa State Big 12 5 6 Stanford Pac-12 6 7 Providence Big East 8 8 Vanderbilt SEC 7 9 Villanova Big East 10 10 Arkansas SEC 9 11 Michigan Big Ten 11 12 Arizona Pac-12 12 13 Northeast ACC 14 14 Michigan State Big Ten 13 15 Colorado Pac-12 17 16 Weber State Big Sky 16 17 Penn State Big Ten 19 18 San Francisco West Coast 23 19 New Mexico Mountain West 20 20 Notre Dame Big East 21 21 Butler Atlantic 10 NR 22 Toledo Mid-American 18 23 Oklahoma State Big 12 24 24 Columbia Ivy NR 25 NC State ACC 26 26 Virginia ACC 15 27 Syracuse Big East 22 28 Florida SEC 28 29 Wisconsin Big Ten RV 30 Texas Big 12 27
