Coaches poll has Lobos at No. 1 again

New Mexico leads Oregon, Boise State in rankings

In news both old and fresh, the University of New Mexico women’s cross country team is No. 1 in the nation.

After two weeks ranked No. 3 and a victorious weekend at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships, the Lobos are back at the top of the USTFCCCA coaches poll, which was released on Tuesday.

The No. 1 ranking marks the fifth time this season that UNM, national champion

in 2015 and 2017, has been ranked first. The Lobos previously were ranked atop the first four polls of the season.

After capturing their 11th consecutive Mountain West Conference championship last weekend in San Diego behind individual winner Weini Kelati, a sophomore from Leesburg, Va., the Lobos received 319 votes and six first-place votes in the 11-voter poll.

Oregon moved up two spots in the ranking into the No. 2 spot with 312 points and two first-place votes after winning the Pac12 Championships.

Boise State, a narrow 33-35 runner-up to UNM in the league meet, fell one place in the poll to third, receiving 308 points and

two first-place votes.

Receiving the final first-place vote in the week six poll was previously ranked No. 1 Colorado, dropping three spots and tallying 305 points, following a second-place team finish at the Pac-12 Championships.

Rounding out the top five in the ranking and holding steady at No. 5 was Arkansas, receiving 288 votes.

Stanford remained at No. 6 and Big Ten champion Michigan held at No. 7, as did No. 8 Villanova and No. 9 BYU. Michigan State climbed four spots to rank 10th.

Up next for the UNM men and women is the NCAA Mountain Region Championships on Friday, Nov. 9 in Provo, Utah.