New Mexico Moves Up To 29th In National Country Poll

Lobos ranked No. 6 in Mountain Region Poll.

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Sept. 17, 2002

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico men's cross country team joined the national top-30 rankings for the first time in 13 years, earning 44 votes to move into a tie for 29th place with the University of Michigan in this morning's Mondo Men's Cross Country Rankings. New Mexico, which received 11 votes in the Aug. 27 preseason poll, is unbeaten this season after cruising to its second-straight victory on Sept. 14 at home in the UNM Lobo Invitational.

UNM's last appearance in the national top-30 was in 1989, when it was ranked as high as 14th in the country. New Mexico is also ranked No. 6 in the Mountain Region Poll, behind Mountain West Conference rivals Colorado State (5th) and Brigham Young (3rd).

The Lobos have the week off, but will get their biggest test of the young season on Sept. 28 when the men's and women¹s teams travel to Palo Alto, Calif. for the elite Stanford Cross Country Invitational.

MONDO MEN'S NCAA-I CROSS COUNTRY POLL
Poll #2: Sept. 17, 2002
Conducted by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association

Rk  Team (first place votes)   Points   Prev.
 1  Stanford (10)                 444      2
 2  Colorado (3)                  427      1
 3  Arkansas (2)                  424      3
 4  Wisconsin                     406      4
 5  Northern Arizona              393      5
 6  Villanova                     373      6
 7  North Carolina State          355      7
 8  Georgetown                    318      9-tie
 9  Providence                    298      8
10  Oregon                        296      9-tie
11  BYU                           294     11
12  Eastern Michigan              286     12
13  Weber State                   253     18
14  Michigan State                249     14
15  Dartmouth                     215     19
16  Colorado State                208     16-tie
17  Arizona State                 184     13
18  Portland                      167     15
19  Duke                          160     20
20  Notre Dame                    150     25
21  William & Mary                138     16-tie
22  Iona                          137     21
23  Butler                        112     24
24  Indiana                        94     23
25  Minnesota                      77     26
    Oklahoma State                 77     29-tie
27  Washington                     72     27
28  Alabama                        69     22
29  Michigan                       44     28
    NEW MEXICO                     44     N/R

Dropped Out: Texas - 29th

Also receiving votes: Princeton 27, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 24, SMU 23, Texas 18, Nebraska 16, LaSalle 14, Tennessee 14, Utah State 13, Wake Forest 10, Air Force 9, Montana State 7, UC Santa Barbara 4, Bucknell 2, Kansas 2, Florida State 1, Penn State 1.