Four Big Ten men's cross country teams have earned top-30 rankings in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll, released on Tuesday. Defending national and Big Ten Champion Wisconsin holds the top spot, while Indiana jumps a spot to No. 11. Minnesota claims No. 16 and Michigan clocks in at No. 26. Ohio State is receiving votes.
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IOWA at Toledo Bubble Buster Invitational - Toledo, Ohio
September 22
# 21 MICHIGAN at Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational - Earlysville, Va.
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September 14
ILLINOIS at Illinois Intercollegiates - Normal, Ill.
# 13 INDIANA at Indiana Intercollegiates - Terre Haute, Ind.
# 20 MICHIGAN at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
MICHIGAN STATE at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
# 17 MINNESOTA at Autumn Classic - Provo, Utah
OHIO STATE at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
PURDUE at Indiana Intercollegiates - Terre Haute, Ind.
September 15
NEBRASKA at Woody Greeno Nebraska Invitational - Lincoln, Neb.
# 1 WISCONSIN at Stony Brook Invitational - Stony Brook, N.Y.
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IOWA at Bradley Open - Peoria, Ill.
# 18 MINNESOTA at Oz Memorial - Minneapolis, Minn.
PURDUE at Bradley Open - Peoria, Ill.
# 1 WISCONSIN at Badger Open - Madison, Wis.
September 8
# 13 INDIANA at Indiana Open - Bloomington, Ind.
PENN STATE at Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational - University Park, Pa.
August 31
ILLINOIS at Illini Challenge - Urbana, Ill.
IOWA at Western Illinois Early Bird Open - Macomb, Ill.
# 19 MICHIGAN at Michigan Open - Ann Arbor, Mich.
MICHIGAN STATE at Jeff Drenth Memorial - Mount Pleasant, Mich.
PENN STATE at Lock Haven Dolan Duals - Lock Haven, Pa.
PURDUE at Valparaiso Crusader Invitational - Valparaiso, Ind.
September 1
NEBRASKA at Creighton/UNO Classic - Omaha, Neb.
OHIO STATE at Flyer 5K Challenge - Dayton, Ohio
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The USTFCCCA released its Division I men;s cross country regional rankings on Monday. The entire list of the Big Ten teams' regional rankings can be found below, while the complete rankings can be found here.
GREAT LAKES
1. Wisconsin
2. Indiana
3. Michigan
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
13. Purdue
MID-ATLANTIC
4. Penn State
MIDWEST
4. Minnesota
8. Illinois
9. Iowa
Ten Big Ten student-athletes have been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as announced on Thursday. To be eligible for All-America recognition, student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a 3.30 GPA, and have reached sophomore academic and athletic standings at his or her institution. The complete list of Big Ten recipients is below:
Andy Bayer, Indiana
Chelsea Blanchard, Indiana
Erik Sowinski, Iowa
Rebecca Addison, Michigan
Rebecca Buchholtz, Michigan State
Quentin Mege, Minnesota
Bjorn Barrefors, Nebraska*
Brett Grieb, Nebraska
Nate Polacek, Nebraska*
Elliot Krause, Wisconsin
*First-team honoree




