Buffaloes Move Up In Men’s & Women’s National Polls

NEW ORLEANS — Although they did not race last weekend, the University of Colorado cross country teams saw improvement in the USTFCCCA Polls. The women moved up to fifth-place this week, while the men improved to seventh.

CU's women had been ranked eighth but recorded 264 points in this week's rankings to jump up three positions. BYU and NC State remained tied for first as each picked up 323 points. BYU has the edge in first-place votes with seven, while NC State received four. New Mexico remained third in this week's poll (301). Pac-12 Conference foe Stanford also saw a three-position jump this week as the Cardinal moved into fourth with 269 points, just five more than the Buffaloes.

On the men's side, the top three teams stayed the same. Northern Arizona (329) was first and Notre Dame (311) remained second. Stanford's men are third with 293 points. Oklahoma State moved up a spot into fourth (290) while BYU dropped two spots to fifth (286). Iowa State sits between BYU and CU with 270 points after jumping four spots this week.

There was change for the Buffaloes in the regional rankings as well. The men moved up to second, passing BYU, and are behind NAU, in the Mountain Region standings this week, while on the women's side the women also moved up one spot to third behind BYU and NAU.

Colorado's next race is the NCAA Pre-National Invitational, October 15, in Tallahassee, Fla., which is the site of the 2021 NCAA Championships.

USTFCCCA Women's Poll – Week #3 – Sept. 28

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points
1	BYU (7)	323
1	NC State (4)	323
3	New Mexico	301
4	Stanford	269
5	Colorado	264
6	Alabama	259
7	Minnesota	253
8	Michigan	226
8	Washington	226
10	Arkansas	208
11	Utah	206
12	North Carolina	191
12	Northern Arizona	191
14	Oklahoma State	182
15	Georgetown	164
15	Ole Miss	164
17	Michigan State	126
18	Florida State	123
19	Notre Dame	116
20	Portland	104
21	Indiana	102
22	Colorado State	100
23	Illinois	99
24	Providence	95
25	Iowa State	85
26	Wisconsin	63
27	Connecticut	55
28	Boise State	52
29	Furman	42
29	Princeton	42

USTFCCCA Men's Poll – Week #3 – Sept. 28

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points
1	Northern Arizona	329
2	Notre Dame	311
3	Stanford	293
4	Oklahoma State	290
5	BYU	286
6	Iowa State	270
7	Colorado	259
8	Arkansas	252
9	Oregon	243
10	Butler	230
11	Tulsa	206
12	Iona	201
13	Washington	199
14	Wisconsin	169
15	Alabama	161
16	Utah State	153
17	Wake Forest	145
18	Ole Miss	126
19	Furman	121
20	Gonzaga	105
21	Texas	92
22	Portland	90
23	North Carolina	81
23	Villanova	81
25	Michigan	66
26	Indiana	59
27	Syracuse	45
28	Weber State	39
29	Florida State	37
30	Purdue	36
30	Michigan State	36

Buffaloes Move Up In Men’s & Women’s National Polls

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