Men's Cross Country ranked No. 23 in first weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA poll |
ADA – The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 23 nationally in the first weekly United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll.
The Polar Bears (31-1 overall) received 103 points in the voting after posting a second place finish at the 29-team Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational last week.
North Central (Ill.) is ranked first with 280 points and all eight first place votes, St. Olaf (Minn.) is second with 268 points and Amherst (Mass.) is third with 266 points.
Ohio Northern will return to action Saturday at the Rochester (N.Y.) Yellowjacket Invitational.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 1
Sept. 16, 2015
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) (8) |
280 | 1 |
| 2. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 268 | 2 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) |
266 | 4 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
256 | 3 |
| 5. | MIT |
246 | 7 |
| 6. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 238 | 6 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 235 | 5 |
| 8. | Williams (Mass.) |
226 | 9 |
| 9. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 218 | 8 |
| 10. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 201 | 12 |
| 11. | Tufts (Conn.) |
194 | 10 |
| 12. | Wabash (Ind.) |
192 | 11 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
186 | 12 |
| 14. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) |
173 | 15 |
| 15. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 167 | 22 |
| 16. | Carleton (Wis.) | 156 | 14 |
| 17. | Colby (Maine) |
153 | 21 |
| 18. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) |
148 | 18 |
| 19. | Calvin (Mich.) | 142 | 16 |
| 20. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
134 | 20 |
| 21. | Haverford (Conn.) |
120 | 23 |
| 22. | Dickenson (Pa.) |
105 | 25 |
| 23. | Ohio Northern |
103 | NR |
| 24. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 96 | 16 |
| 25. |
Rose-Hulman (Ind.) |
83 | 26 |
| 26. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 79 | 27 |
| 27. | Loras (Iowa) | 67 | 28 |
| 28. | RPI (N.Y.) | 55 | 29 |
| 29. | Widener (Pa.) | 52 | 19 |
| 30. | Central (Iowa) | 42 | 24 |
| 31. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 41 | NR |
| 32. | Bates (Maine) | 39 | RV |
| 33. | Emory (Ga.) | 28 | 30 |
| 34. | Chicago (Ill.) | 25 | 32 |
| 35. | New York U. | 13 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Messiah 7, SUNY Oneonta 4, Saint John's (Minn.) 3.