Men's Cross Country ranked No. 20 in fourth weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA poll |
ADA – The Ohio Northern men's cross country team moved to No. 20 in the fourth weekly United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (70-1 overall) received 126 points in the voting after being ranked No. 19 with 131 points in the second and third weekly polls.
ONU was ranked No. 23 with 103 points in the first weekly poll.
Wisconsin-Eau Claire moved into the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, North Central (Ill.) was second with 267 points and St. Olaf (Minn.) is third with 265 points.
Ohio Northern won the All-Ohio Championships meet on Saturday and will compete again on Oct. 17 at the Oberlin Rumble.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 4
Oct. 7, 2015
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire (8) |
280 | t6 |
| 2. | North Central (Ill.) | 267 | 1 |
| 3. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 265 | 2 |
| 4. | Amherst (Mass.) | 260 | 3 |
| 5. | Washington (Mo.) | 247 | 4 |
| 6. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 236 | t8 |
| 7. |
Williams (Mass.) | 232 | 5 |
| 8. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 222 | t8 |
| 9. |
Haverford (Conn.) | 218 | 16 |
| 10. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
211 | 10 |
| 11. | Wabash (Ind.) | 192 | 11 |
| St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 192 | t6 | |
| 13. | MIT | 183 | 12 |
| 14. |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 173 | 14 |
| 15. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 171 | 13 |
| 16. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 164 | 15 |
| 17. |
Allegheny (Pa.) | 156 | 27 |
| 18. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 142 | 20 |
| 19. | Bates (Maine) | 134 | 18 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 126 | 19 |
| 21. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 121 | NR |
| 22. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 117 | 22 |
| 23. | Augustana (Ill.) | 97 | 24 |
| 24. | Loras (Iowa) | 93 | 26 |
| 25. |
Colby (Maine) | 92 | 21 |
| 26. | John Carroll | 64 | NR |
| 27. | RPI (N.Y.) | 63 | 30 |
| 28. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 62 | 29 |
| 29. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 57 | 28 |
| 30. | Tufts (Conn.) | 51 | 25 |
| 31. | Central (Iowa) | 38 | 31 |
| 32. | Willamette (Ore.) |
30 | NR |
| 33. |
New York U. | 24 | t34 |
| 34. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 12 | 33 |
| Emory (Ga.) | 12 | t34 |
Others Receiving Votes: Calvin 8, Elizabethtown 8, Dickinson 7, Puget Sound 5, Hamilton 5, SUNY Oneonta 4, Chicago 2, Rowan 1, Saint John's (Minn.) 1, Messiah 1.