Sept. 18, 2002

Chapel Hill, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina women's cross-country team dropped out of the latest poll from No. 6 to receiving votes after finishing second at the UNC Challenge this past weekend. The Tar Heels fell by three points to Coastal Carolina on the Finley Cross Country Course.

The voting panel consists of nine regional representatives of the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association plus three at-large voters.

Four ACC teams are still ranked in the September 17th poll. Last year's ACC champion North Carolina State sits at No. 6, while Duke is No. 8. Wake Forest is ranked at No. 24 and Virginia is the final ACC team ranked as they sit at No. 26. Georgia Tech fell out of the polls this week as they dropped from No. 24.

Rank Team (first place votes) Points Previous
1. Brigham Young (13) 390 1
2. Georgetown 375 2
3. Stanford 359 4
4. Colorado 345 5
5. Notre Dame 333 10
6. North Carolina State 321 3
7. Arkansas 311 9
8. Duke 291 11
9. Michigan State 261 12
10. Northern Arizona 246 13
11. UCLA 236 15
12. Villanova 221 22
13. William & Mary 195 NR
14. Marquette 187 20
15. Penn State 187 NR
16. Yale 182 7
17. Boston College 178 8
18. Providence 173 14
19. Arizona State 165 19
20. Colorado State 160 18
21. Wisconsin 138 NR
22. Texas A&M 121 21
23. Columbia 97 26
24. Wake Forest 89 NR
25. Minnesota 81 17
26. Virginia 71 16
27. Arizona 61 25
28. Cornell 53 23
29. Weber State 46 30
30. Coastal Carolina 31 NR

Other Teams Receiving Votes: South Florida (23), Michigan (21), Toledo (19), North Carolina (17), Southwest Missouri State (17), Washington (14), Georgia Tech (11), Dartmouth (6), James Madison (5), Boston University (3), Tennessee (3), Rhode Island (2).