DIII Week 2 Poll: Case Moves Big

via this article from USTFCCCA.org:

For the second consecutive week, the Cortland State Red Dragons have been named the top team in Division III men's cross country, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.

Cortland State begins their quest for an NCAA Championship on September 13th when they travel to Oswego, New York for the Oswego Laker Invitational. The Red Dragons finished third a year ago at the national championships and return all seven runners from that team.

Calvin College moved up two spots coming in at No. 2 this week followed by Wisconsin's La Crosse and Stevens Point at Nos. 3 and 4 respectively. Carnegie Mellon is ranked fifth to complete the top five, which remained unchanged. Spots six through 11 (Williams, North Central, Amherst, Ohio Northern, Augustana (IL), and Haverford) also stayed true to form in this week's poll.

Case Western Reserve made the biggest move in the nation, improving eight spots from 24th to 16th after defeating last week's #14 team Allegheny head-to-head. Case jumped Heidelberg to become the new 3rd seed out of the Great Lakes.

Like ONU, #31 Mount Union remained idle this week.

Both Emory University Whitworth University made debuts this week in the poll; Emory at No. 32 and Whitworth at No. 33.

Complete DIII national rankings may be found here.