2026 Cross Country Rankings

The 2026 Week 1 CRC Cross Country Coaches Poll is here!

We are so excited for the 2026 Cross Country Season

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 9th
Week 1	Sep 16th
Week 2	Sep 23rd
Week 3	Sep 30th
Week 4	Oct 7th
Pre-Regionals - Round 1	Oct 14th
Pre-Regionals - Round 2	Oct 21st
Pre-Nationals	Nov 4th

Votes due Tuesday 11:59pm EST; rankings publish Wednesday morning.

Team links resolve via the shared NRCD CRC team lookup.

Voting Members: Jonathan Karr (Founder, University of Notre Dame), Ben Habeski (Purdue University), Joshua Duffy (West Virginia University), Max Zangan (Vanderbilt University), Analeise Shact (University of Michigan), Sebastian Nowicki (University of Virginia), and Beall Roberts (University of Virginia).

Google Sheet: 2026 Week 1 CRC Cross Country Coaches Poll Rankings

2026 Cross Country Coaches Poll Information & Dates

Info on Joining

Join via Google Form

Instagram - Run by Nicholas Pell (University of North Carolina) and Owen Christou (Penn State University)

Email: crccoachespoll@gmail.com

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

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