Women's Cross Country to open season ranked No. 33 in USTFCCCA preseason poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA NCAA III Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team will open its 2022 season ranked No. 33 nationally in the USTFCCCA preseason poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears received 28 points in the poll.
ONU went 95-31 overall and was third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2021 under head coach Jason Maus.
SUNY-Geneseo is ranked No. 1 with 347 points and seven first-place votes. Wartburg (Iowa) is second with 336 points and two-time defending national champion Johns Hopkins (Md.) is third with 331 points and three first-place votes.
The Polar Bears will open their 2022 season Sept. 3 when they host their annual Polar Bear Invitational.
USTFCCCA Coaches Poll - Preseason
Aug. 24, 2022
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Total Points |
2021 Final |
| 1. | SUNY-Geneseo (7) | 347 | 3 |
| 2. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 336 | 4 |
| 3. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) (3) | 331 | 1 |
| 4. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 326 | 2 |
| 5. | Williams (Mass.) | 305 | 7 |
| 6. | Chicago (Ill.) | 298 | 6 |
| 7. | Mass. Inst. of Technology | 292 | 12 |
| 8. | Hope (Mich.) | 282 | 9 |
| 9. | Washington (Mo.) | 269 | 5 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 256 | 11 |
| 11. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 240 | 10 |
| 12. | Tufts (Mass.) | 239 | 8 |
| 13. | Amherst (Mass.) | 227 | 31 |
| 14. | Carleton (Minn.) | 215 | 21 |
| 15. | Bates (Maine) | 208 | 16 |
| 16. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 197 | 13 |
| 17. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 194 | 14 |
| 18. | John Carroll | 190 | 23 |
| 19. | Loras (Iowa) | 181 | NR |
| 20. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 156 | 18 |
| 21. | Calvin (Mich.) | 154 | 17 |
| 22. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 143 | 22 |
| 23. | Colorado College | 132 | 27 |
| 24. | Trine (Ind.) | 108 | 28 |
| 25. | Dickenson (Pa.) | 106 | 26 |
| 26. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 93 | 82 |
| 27. | George Fox (Ore.) | 89 | NR |
| 28. | Connecticut College | 76 | NR |
| 29. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 68 | NR |
| 30. | Emory (Ga.) | 67 | 19 |
| 31. | WPI (N.Y.) | 43 | NR |
| 32. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 33 | NR |
| 33. | Ohio Northern | 28 | NR |
| 34. | Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 22 | NR |
| 35. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes : RPI 11, UC Santa Cruz 11, UW-Stevens Point 11, Brandeis 1.