Men's Cross Country remains ranked No. 19 in third weekly USTFCCCA Division III poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA poll |
ADA – The Ohio Northern men's cross country team remained ranked No. 19 in the third weekly United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (52-1 overall) received 131 points in the voting for the second consecutive week after not competing last week.
ONU was ranked No. 23 with 103 points in the first weekly poll.
North Central (Ill.) remains ranked first with 280 points and all eight first place votes, St. Olaf (Minn.) is second with 271 points and Amherst (Mass.) is third with 265 points.
Ohio Northern will compete again on Friday at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 3
Sept. 30, 2015
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) (8) |
280 | 1 |
| 2. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 271 | 2 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) |
265 | 3 |
| 4. | Washington (Mo.) | 254 | 4 |
| 5. | Williams (Mass.) | 246 | 8 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 238 | 5 |
| St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 238 | 6 | |
| 8. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 215 | 9 |
| Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 215 | 16 | |
| 10. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
207 | 11 |
| 11. | Wabash (Ind.) | 206 | 10 |
| 12. | MIT | 186 | 6 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 184 | 12 |
| 14. |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 178 | t13 |
| 15. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 170 | t13 |
| 16. | Haverford (Conn.) | 158 | 17 |
| Calvin (Mich.) | 158 | 15 | |
| 18. | Bates (Maine) | 140 | 18 |
| 19. | Ohio Northern | 131 | 19 |
| 20. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
123 | 20 |
| 21. | Colby (Maine) | 118 | 24 |
| 22. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 116 | NR |
| 23. | Dickenson (Pa.) | 107 | 23 |
| 24. | Augustana (Ill.) | 93 | NR |
| 25. |
Tufts (Conn.) | 89 | 21 |
| 26. | Loras (Iowa) | 76 | 22 |
| 27. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 70 | 27 |
| 28. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 67 | 25 |
| 29. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 61 | 28 |
| 30. | RPI (N.Y.) | 55 | 29 |
| 31. | Central (Iowa) | 32 | 30 |
| 32. | Widener (Pa.) | 26 | 31 |
| 33. |
Middlebury (Vt.) | 20 | 26 |
| 34. | New York U. |
16 | RV |
| Emory (Ga.) | 16 | 32 |
Others Receiving Votes: Messiah 6, Carleton 5, Chicago 4.