By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA
October 7, 2025  
NEW ORLEANS – Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DI Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, as released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The top-11 remained unchanged from the previous week, but the same couldn’t be said for the rest of the top-30, as all but two teams held their spots.
USTFCCCA Polls and Rankings are presented by AthleticNET.
NCAA Division I — Men’s Cross Country
This Week’s National Top Five
1
Iowa State
2
Oklahoma State
3
New Mexico
4
Virginia
5
Colorado
Cross Country Polls & Rankings
No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 9 Notre Dame were the only top-ten teams to race this past weekend. Both the Badgers and the Irish posted convincing victories – the former at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational and the latter at their own Joe Piane Invitational. (Look for considerably more action next weekend, as nine of the top-ten teams will compete at either the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational or the Pre-National Invitational.)
Elsewhere in the National Coaches’ Poll, marked improvement befell Paul Short Run champion Georgetown, Boise State, and Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational runner-up Loyola-Chicago. The Hoyas jumped four spots from No. 28 to No. 24, the Broncos joined the top 30 for the first time since 2023 at No. 29, and the Ramblers are ranked for the first time in program history at No. 30.
Don’t look now, but the 2025 NCAA DI Cross Country
Championships are next month. The nation’s best teams will descend upon the
Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri, on Saturday, November
22.
Also Receiving Votes: Middle Tennessee 12, Michigan 7, Oklahoma 6, Minnesota 5, Utah State 4, Villanova 4, Louisville 3, North Carolina 3, Wyoming 3
Dropped Out: No. 16 North Carolina, No. 24 Washington
Week-by-Week Ranking
USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Cross Country
2025 Rankings
& Polls Calendar
| Weeks | Regional Rankings | National Coaches’ Poll | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preseason | Mon 8/25 MEN | WOMEN | Tue 8/26 MEN | WOMEN | |
| Week 1 | Mon 9/15 MEN | WOMEN | Tue 9/16 MEN | WOMEN | |
| Week 2 | Mon 9/29 MEN | WOMEN | Tue 9/30 MEN | WOMEN | |
| Week 3 | Mon 10/6 MEN | WOMEN | Tue 10/7 MEN | WOMEN | |
| Week 4 | Mon 10/20 | Tue 10/21 | |
| Week 5 | Mon 11/3 | Tue 11/4 | |
| Week 6 | Mon 11/17 | Tue 11/18 | |
| FINAL Results (official final ranking) | Sat 11/22 | Sun 11/23 |
