TOLEDO, OH - Just days after the University of Toledo women's cross country team learned that they had earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Div. I Women's Cross Country Championships, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released their national coaches' poll, moving the Rockets up to No. 27.

The No. 27 ranking marks the second-highest position in the national poll in program history. The only Rocket team to surpass that mark was the 2002 MAC Championship team that ranked as high as No. 26. This is the third-straight week for Toledo in the national Top-30 after receiving votes in six of the seven previous weeks.

Toledo will compete in the program's first NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship as a team on Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind. The women's race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. Eastern time. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, November 22, on NCAA.com.  In addition, highlights from the championships will be included as part of the CBS NCAA Fall Seasonal Show scheduled to air on Saturday, December 18 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on CBS HD.

USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll
Division I, Pre-NCAA Championships, Nov. 16

Rank	Institution	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last
1	Villanova (12)	360	Mid-Atlantic	BIG EAST	Villanova, Pa.	1
2	Florida State	343	South	ACC	Tallahassee, Fla.	2
3	Georgetown	329	Mid-Atlantic	BIG EAST	Washington, D.C.	5
4	Washington	313	West	Pac-10	Seattle, Wash.	11
5	New Mexico	293	Mountain	Mountain West	Albuquerque, N.M.	10
6	Oregon	292	West	Pac-10	Eugene, Ore.	7
7	Stanford	279	West	Pac-10	Palo Alto, Calif.	4
8	Colorado	271	Mountain	Big 12	Boulder, Colo.	8
9	Arizona	264	West	Pac-10	Tucson, Ariz.	6
10	Texas Tech	258	Mountain	Big 12	Lubbock, Texas	3
11	Syracuse	252	Northeast	BIG EAST	Syracuse, N.Y.	9
12	Iowa State	224	Midwest	Big 12	Ames, Iowa	13
13	Virginia	218	Southeast	ACC	Charlottesville, Va.	12
14	Stony Brook	206	Northeast	America East	Stony Brook, N.Y.	15
15	Providence	190	Northeast	BIG EAST	Providence, R.I.	14
16	Michigan State	187	Great Lakes	Big Ten	East Lansing, Mich.	16
17	Michigan	162	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ann Arbor, Mich.	18
18	North Carolina	138	Southeast	ACC	Chapel Hill, N.C.	21
19	Oklahoma State	122	Midwest	Big 12	Stillwater, Okla.	23
20	Boston College	118	Northeast	ACC	Chestnut Hill, Mass.	22
21	Duke	117	Southeast	ACC	Durham, N.C.	17
22	Minnesota	111	Midwest	Big Ten	Minneapolis, Minn.	20
23	Penn State	108	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	State College, Pa.	28
24	Texas	98	South Central	Big 12	Austin, Texas	25
25	Princeton	83	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy League	Princeton, N.J.	19
26	Tulsa	64	Midwest	Conference USA	Tulsa, Okla.	24
27	Toledo	43	Great Lakes	Mid-American	Toledo, Ohio	30
28	NC State	38	Southeast	ACC	Raleigh, N.C.	29
29	Florida	26	South	SEC	Gainesville, Fla.	RV
30	California	24	West	Pac-10	Berkeley, Calif.	26
Others Receiving Votes: Rice 23, UC Santa Barbara 12, Kansas State 10, Arkansas 2, San Francisco 1, BYU 1.
Dropped Out: none