Men's Cross Country ranked No. 35 in second weekly USTFCCCA Coaches Poll
By Caleb Scott
| USTFCCCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 35 in the second weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll, released Sept. 21.
The Polar Bears (7-0 Overall) recieved 14 points in the voting after being ranked No. 32 in the first weekly USTFCCCA DIII poll.
ONU was ranked as high as No. 19 last season, when the squad won the OAC Championships title and finished with a 138-9 record.
North Central (Ill.) remains in the top spot with 279 points and seven first place votes, Geneseo State (N.Y.) is second with 273 points and the final first place vote and Williams (Mass.) is third with 261 points.
Ohio Northern will return to action Sept. 30 as they travel to Cedarville to compete in the All-Ohio Championships at 2 pm.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 2
Sept. 21, 2016
| Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
| 1. | North Central (Ill.) (7) |
279 | 1 |
| 2. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) (1) |
273 | 2 |
| 3. | Williams (Mass.) | 261 | 3 |
| 4. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
255 | 4 |
| 5. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) |
250 | 6 |
| 6. | MIT | 242 | 5 |
| 7. |
Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
225 | 8 |
| 8. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
224 | 8 |
| 9. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 219 | 7 |
| 10. | Amherst (Mass.) | 212 | 10 |
| 11. | Loras (Iowa) | 196 | 11 |
| 12. |
Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 188 | 12 |
| 13. | Mount Union | 186 | NR |
| 14. | Haverford (Conn.) | 171 | 16 |
| 15. | Calvin (Mich.) | 167 | 17 |
| 16. | Colby (Maine) | 153 | 22 |
| 17. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 141 | 19 |
| 18. | Chicago (Ill.) | 138 | 15 |
| 19. | RPI (N.Y.) | 135 | 24 |
| 20. | Wabash (Ind.) | 129 | 12 |
| 21. | Bates (Maine) | 116 | NR |
| 22. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 104 | 20 |
| 23. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 101 | 21 |
| Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 101 | RV | |
| 25. | New York U. | 88 | 29 |
| 26. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 83 | 23 |
| 27. | Augustana (Ill.) | 76 | 25 |
| 28. | Tufts (Conn.) | 62 | 18 |
| 29. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 54 | 30 |
| 30. | Widener (Pa.) | 53 | 28 |
| 31. | SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.) | 36 | NR |
| 32. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 28 | 31 |
|
Washington (Mo.) |
28 | NR | |
| 34. |
Emory (Ga.) |
25 | 33 |
| 35. |
Ohio Northern |
14 | 32 |
Others Receiving Votes: Rowan 13, Willamette 8, Central (Iowa) 3, Rhodes 1, St. Lawrence 1, UW-Oshkosh 1