CRC Coaches Poll

Collegiate Running Club (CRC) Coaches Poll

The 2025 Preseason CRC Cross Country Coaches Poll is here!

We are so excited for the 2025 Cross Country Season

Meet of the Week for Week 1 is the Cavalier Invitational

Each university can have a voting member. If there are no voting members from your university, consider becoming one by reviewing the doc at the bottom of the page.

Poll Releases
Poll	Release Dates (Wednesdays)
Preseason	Sep 3rd
Week 1	Sep 17th
Week 2	Sep 24th
Week 3	Oct 1st
Week 4	Oct 8th
Pre-Regionals - Round 1	Oct 15th
Pre-Regionals - Round 2	Oct 22nd
Pre-Nationals	Nov 6th

Men - Preseason Rankings
Ranking	University Name	Total Points
1	Virginia Tech(4)	172
2	California Polytechnic State University(3)	171
3	University of Michigan	160
4	University of Virginia	153
5	University of Wisconsin	147
6	Georgia Tech	140
7	University of Illinois	130
8	Ohio State University	122
9	Penn State University	121
10	University of Maryland	109
11	Purdue University	98
12	Cornell University	97
13	University of California, Davis	80
14	University of North Carolina	79
15	NC State University	77
T-16	Michigan State University	71
T-16	Stanford University	71
18	University of Notre Dame	58
19	West Virginia University	49
20	Northwestern University	44
21	Northeastern University	42
22	University of Central Florida	19
23	Boston College	18
24	University of Delaware	15
25	University of Connecticut	12

Other Receiving Votes: University of Pittsburgh (7), University of Kentucky (5), Iowa State University (4), Boston University (2), University of Georgia (2)

Women - Preseason Rankings
Ranking	University Name	Total Points
1	University of Michigan(6)	173
2	University of Wisconsin(1)	168
3	University of Virginia	161
4	Cornell University	153
5	Virginia Tech	147
6	California Polytechnic State University	141
7	Northeastern University	132
8	Ohio State University	127
9	Boston College	105
T-10	University of Tennessee	93
T-10	University of Maryland	93
T-12	Brown University	86
T-12	Michigan State University	86
14	Northwestern University	71
15	University of Notre Dame	68
16	Georgetown University	65
17	University of Illinois	63
18	University of Central Florida	61
T-19	University of North Carolina	56
T-19	Stanford University	56
21	University of California, Davis	44
T-22	Penn State University	34
T-22	University of Connecticut	34
24	Princeton University	14
25	University of Delaware	13

Other receiving votes: Purdue University (10), Georgia Tech (9), University of Georgia (4), Villanova University (2), American University (2), University of Vermont (2), Miami University of Ohio (1), University of Florida (1)

Voting Members: Jonathan Karr (University of Notre Dame), Ben Darden (Virginia Tech), Nicholas Pell (University of North Carolina), Calvin Davis (Northwestern), Caleb West (Georgia), Daniel Berg (University of Michigan), and Jacob Alejandro (University of Wisconsin).

Google Sheet: 2025 Preseason CRC Cross Country Coaches Poll Cross Country Rankings

Info on Joining

Instagram - Run by Ben Darden (Virginia Tech)

Email: nircacoachespoll@gmail.com

Poll Founded By: Jonathan Karr (University of Notre Dame)