Turns out I was a little behind in putting out the Week 1 XC rankings. So, only a day after you have seen the week 1 rankings, you get to see the week 2 rankings. Good news for the Cats as well… even without competing. The Lady XC Cats moved up to #7 in the Southeast Region from their previous perch at #10 while the Men stayed steady at #15 in the Southeast Region. Not racing and moving up 3 spots for the women? That’s the life.

 

Women’s SOUTHEAST Region Rankings as of 9-18

1 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC

 

2 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC

 

3 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC

 

4 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC

 

5 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC

 

6 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial

 

7 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC

 

8 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC

 

9 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Conference USA

 

10 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley

 

11 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern

 

12 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10

 

13 Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. Atlantic 10

 

14 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. Southern

 

15 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South

 

Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia, 2007: NC State

 

Men’s SOUTHEAST Region Rankings as of 9-18

 

1 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC

 

2 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley

 

3 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC

 

4 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC

 

5 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC

 

6 Louisville Louisville, Ky. Big East

 

7 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial

 

8 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC

 

9 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Colonial

 

10 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC

 

11 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10

 

12 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. Southern

 

13 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South

 

14 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC

 

15 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC

 

Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2011: NC State, 2010: William and Mary, 2009: William and Mary, 2008: William and Mary, 2007: NC State

 

 

And we now have the National Top 30… again with no sign of the Cats, but, there are still 3 SEC teams in the top 30 on the women’s side of things:

 

Women’s National Rankings as of 9-18: First place votes in parenthesis

 

1-Washington (10) 357 West Pac-12 Greg Metcalf (11th)

 

2 -Florida State (1) 341 South ACC Karen Harvey (6th)

 

3 -Oregon (1) 336 West Pac-12 Robert Johnson (1st)

 

4 -Georgetown 330 Mid-Atlantic Big East Michael Smith (1st)

 

5 -Iowa State 301 Midwest Big 12 Corey Ihmels (6th)

 

6 -Stanford 290 West Pac-12 Chris Miltenberg (1st)

 

7- Vanderbilt 287 South SEC Steve Keith (7th)

 

8 -Providence 285 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (29th)

 

9 -Arkansas 251 South Central SEC Lance Harter (23rd)

 

10 -Villanova 246 Mid-Atlantic Big East Gina Procaccio (13th)

 

11- Michigan 235 Great Lakes Big Ten Mike McGuire (21st)

 

12 -Arizona 232 West Pac-12 James Li (11th)

 

13 -Michigan State 196 Great Lakes Big Ten Walt Drenth (9th)

 

14- Boston College 189 Northeast ACC Randy Thomas (21st)

 

15- Virginia 182 Southeast ACC Todd Morgan (1st)

 

16- Weber State 168 Mountain Big Sky Paul Pilkington (6th)

 

17- Colorado 162 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (18th)

 

18- Toledo 144 Great Lakes Mid-American Kevin Hadsell (15th)

 

19- Penn State 131 Mid-Atlantic Big Ten Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)

 

20- New Mexico 128 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (6th)

 

21- Notre Dame 125 Great Lakes Big East Tim Connelly (25th)

 

22- Syracuse 115 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (8th)

 

23- San Francisco 100 West West Coast Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)

 

24- Oklahoma State 98 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (4th)

 

25- West Virginia 70 Mid-Atlantic Big 12 Sean Cleary (6th)

 

26- NC State 65 Southeast ACC Laurie Henes (7th)

 

27- Texas 52 South Central Big 12 Steve Sisson (7th)

 

28- Florida 48 South SEC Mike Holloway (6th)

 

29 -Princeton 37 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Peter Farrell (35th)

 

30- Minnesota 25 Midwest Big Ten Gary Wilson (28th)

 

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 16, Dartmouth 14, BYU 10, Cornell 9, Portland 2, Iowa 2, Duke 1.
Dropped Out: none

 

The Men’s Top 30 also has no sign of the Cats, but like the women, the SEC found equal representation as 3 teams still are in the top 30:

 

Men’s National Rankings as of 9-18- First place votes in parenthesis

 

1 -Wisconsin (10) 357 Great Lakes Big Ten Mick Byrne (5th)

 

2- Oklahoma State (1) 346 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (7th)

 

3- BYU (1) 341 Mountain West Coast Ed Eyestone (13th)

 

4- Oklahoma 310 Midwest Big 12 Martin Smith (8th)

 

5- Portland 298 West West Coast Rob Conner (23rd)

 

6- Colorado 293 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (18th)

 

7- Texas 287 South Central Big 12 John Hayes (6th)

 

8- Iona 272 Northeast Metro Atlantic Ricardo Santos (5th)

 

9- Stanford 264 West Pac-12 Chris Miltenberg (1st)

 

10- Florida State 249 South ACC Bob Braman (13th)

 

11- NC State 242 Southeast ACC Rollie Geiger (35th)

 

12- Indiana 233 Great Lakes Big Ten Ron Helmer (6th)

 

13- Syracuse 224 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (8th)

 

14- Princeton 196 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Jason Vigilante (1st)

 

15- Texas A&M 183 South Central SEC Pat Henry (9th)

 

16- Georgetown 168 Mid-Atlantic Big East Patrick Henner (14th)

 

17- Minnesota 151 Midwest Big Ten Steve Plasencia (17th)

 

18- Northern Arizona 143 Mountain Big Sky Eric Heins (6th)

 

19- Tulsa 129 Midwest Conference USA Steve Gulley (11th)

 

20- Villanova 126 Mid-Atlantic Big East Marcus O’Sullivan (13th)

 

21- Michigan 101 Great Lakes Big Ten Alex Gibby (3rd)

 

22- Arkansas 98 South Central SEC Chris Bucknam (5th)

 

23- Notre Dame 93 Great Lakes Big East Joe Piane (38th)

 

24- New Mexico 91 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (6th)

 

25- Oregon 85 West Pac-12 Robert Johnson (1st)

 

26- Eastern Kentucky 70 Southeast Ohio Valley Rick Erdmann (34th)

 

27- UCLA 54 West Pac-12 Mike Maynard (4th)

 

28- Washington State 42 West Pac-12 Tim Riley (1st)

 

29- Columbia 40 Northeast Ivy Willy Wood (19th)

 

30- Georgia 26 South SEC Patrick Cunniff (1st)

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 12, Providence 11, Virginia Tech 10, North Carolina 9, Ohio State 7, Florida 5, Cal Poly 4, Iowa State 3, California 3, Weber State 3, Michigan State 1.

Dropped Out: none

 

No big shake ups of note but hopefully we’ll see the Cats make some moves after they compete this weekend…  Go Big Blue