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New Mexico Holds Firm at No. 1 in Men’s Cross Country Poll
New Mexico is a unanimous No. 1 for another week in the USTFCCCA men’s poll, while Wichita State cracks the rankings for the first time in program history.
New Mexico’s grip on the top of men’s college cross country is not loosening. The Lobos are a unanimous No. 1 in the Week 5 USTFCCCA national poll released Tuesday, holding the top spot for the third straight week.
The top five stayed the same: New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Alabama and BYU, with Oregon sixth. Syracuse sits eighth after its Pre-Nationals team title in Terre Haute, and Villanova climbed to 12th after nearly running the Orange down. Wichita State made history, entering the poll at No. 24 — the first national ranking in program history — behind Elkana Kipruto and Nicholas Kipchirchir, who finished second and third at Pre-Nationals.
New Mexico reached No. 1 for the first time in program history in the Week 2 poll and has backed it up on the course. The Lobos routed a loaded field at the Nuttycombe Invitational with 59 points, placing five runners in the top 22, and freshman Pasanjo Kitonga was second individually.
Coach Darren Gauson’s team is chasing the first men’s NCAA team title in school history after finishing second at nationals last year. The next poll comes Nov. 2, after conference championship weekend, and the NCAA Championships are set for Nov. 21 in Terre Haute.
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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936
College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.
The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.
The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.
The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.
Week 8 has a lot to live up to.
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