The UTEP men’s cross country team moved up to 13th in the Mondo Men’s Cross Country Poll as released on Wednesday.
The Miners received 272 votes to improve on their ranking of 14th in last week's poll. UTEP is currently third in the NCAA Mountain Region behind Colorado (third overall, 458 points) and BYU (fourth overall, 429 points).
Wisconsin remained the national leader with 467 votes.
UTEP will run next at the Chile Pepper Invitational on Oct. 15 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Mondo Men's NCAA I Cross Country
Poll
|
Ranking
|
Team
|
Region
|
Points
|
|
1.
|
Wisconsin (8)
|
GL
|
467
|
|
2.
|
Arkansas (4)
|
SC
|
465
|
|
3
|
Colorado (4)
|
M
|
458
|
|
4.
|
BYU
|
M
|
429
|
|
5.
|
Stanford
|
W
|
412
|
|
6.
|
Notre Dame
|
GL
|
394
|
|
7.
|
Arizona
|
W
|
384
|
|
8.
|
Iona
|
W
|
357
|
|
9.
|
Texas
|
SC
|
348
|
|
10.
|
Iowa
|
MW
|
335
|
|
11.
|
Cal Poly
|
W
|
313
|
|
12.
|
Georgetown
|
MA
|
286
|
|
13.
|
UTEP
|
M
|
272
|
|
14.
|
Michigan
|
GL
|
263
|
|
15.
|
William & Mary
|
MA
|
246
|
|
16.
|
Ohio State
|
GL
|
239
|
|
17.
|
North Carolina State
|
SE
|
201
|
|
18.
|
Florida State
|
S
|
198
|
|
19.
|
Indiana
|
GL
|
21
|
|
20.
|
Minnesota
|
MW
|
164
|
|
21.
|
Air Force
|
M
|
154
|
|
22.
|
Portland
|
W
|
142
|
|
23.
|
Arizona State
|
W
|
130
|
|
24.
|
Kansas
|
MW
|
101
|
|
25.
|
America
|
MA
|
86
|
|
26.
|
Colorado State
|
M
|
74
|
|
27.
|
Virginia
|
MA
|
61
|
|
28.
|
Providence
|
NE
|
58
|
|
29.
|
Northern Arizona
|
M
|
49
|
|
30.
|
Butler
|
GL
|
43
|
|
Also Receiving Votes: Oregon, 33, Oklahoma
State, 30; Washington, 25; Florida, 19; Alabama,
16; Dartmouth, 5; Weber State, 4; California, 3;
Miami (Ohio), 3; Michigan State, 3; Georgia, 2;
Villanova, 2; Columbia, 1.
|
|
Regions: NE-Northeast; MA-Mid Atlantic; SE-Southeast; S-South;
GL-Great Lakes; MW-Midwest; SC-South Central; M-Mountain; W-West.
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