Sept. 16, 2008
College Station - Pre-season cross country rankings were released this week on the national and regional levels and the Aggie men occupy the No. 26 spot in the USTFCCCA national rankings. In the South Central region rankings Texas A&M men are No. 2 while the Aggie women rank No. 4.
A dozen ranked teams from the South Central region will compete in the Texas A&M Invitational on Friday, Sept. 19. The University division will start at 6:30 p.m. on the Penberthy Intramural fields. High school action is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. on the course.
As of Tuesday afternoon the university division had the following college teams (with regional rankings) entered in the meet: Baylor (No. 5 men/No. 3 women), Rice (No. 7/No. 2), Sam Houston (No. 6 men), SMU women (No. 6), Stephen F. Austin (No. 12/No. 9), Texas women (No. 5), and Texas State (No. 11 women). Other teams entered include: Huston-Tillotson, Incarnate Word, Northwood, and St. Edward's.
USTFCCCA National Rankings - Preseason Sept. 16th, 2008
Ranking Team (first place votes) Totals 1. Oregon (12) 360 2. Oklahoma State 345 3. Colorado 306 4. Iona College 303 5. Alabama 301 6. Wisconsin 291 7. Portland 262 8. Michigan 260 9. Minnesota 257 10. Georgetown 255 11. Stanford 207 12. UTEP 196 13. Virginia 186 14. Texas 175 15. New Mexico 170 16. North Carolina State 166 17. Northern Arizona 157 18. Providence 152 19. California 150 20. Notre Dame 140 21. Cal Poly 120 22. Arkansas 106 23. William & Mary 97 24. Florida State 88 25. Auburn 85 26. Texas A&M 82 26. Villanova 82 28. Syracuse 50 29. Iowa State 42 30. BYU 35
Division I Regional Rankings - South Central
South Central Men 1. Texas 2. Texas A&M 3. Arkansas 4. Lamar 5. Baylor 6. Sam Houston 7. Rice 8. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 9. LSU 10. Texas-Arlington 11. Houston 12. Stephen F. Austin 13. Arkansas-Little Rock 14. McNeese State 15. Texas-Pan American
South Central Women 1. Arkansas 2. Rice 3. Baylor 4. Texas A&M 5. Texas 6. Southern Methodist 7. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8. UALR 9. Stephen F. Austin 10. Lamar 11. Texas State 12. Houston 13. LSU 14. Texas-Arlington 15. Texas-Pan American