Completed Event: Women's Cross Country versus Friar Invitational on September 5, 2025 ,
Women's Cross Country
vs Friar Invitational
Final
Providence College Athletics
Women's and Men's Cross Country Ranked 3rd and 6th Nationally
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
September 29, 1998
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College women's cross country team is ranked No. 3 in the country, according to the NCAA Women's Cross Country Poll released on Monday, Sept. 28. PC's men's team is ranked sixth, according to the latest NCAA Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 29.
The women's team, which was ranked sixth in Preseason Poll released on Aug. 31, returns to action on Oct. 16 at the New England Championship at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. The Friars have won seven New England Championships since 1988. In the squad's last race on September 26, the Friars defeated 17 teams to capture the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.
The PC men's team will try to win its 19th New England title and first since 1996 on Oct. 16. The men's squad, which was ranked 14th in the Preseason Poll released on Sept. 17, moved up to sixth in the latest poll after defeating 20 teams to win its first Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 26.
NCAA Women's Cross Country Poll
1. Brigham Young (9) 225
2. Stanford 216
3. PROVIDENCE 199
4. Colorado 197
5. Michigan 192
6. Wake Forest 166
7. Georgetown 161
8. Arizona 145
9. Wisconsin 144
10. North Carolina State 135
11. Dartmouth 132
12. Arkansas 127
13. Northern Arizona 126
14. Washington 116
15. Missouri 112
16. Oregon 88
17. Minnesota 73.5
18. William & Mary 67
19. Florida 65
20. UCLA 46.5
21. West Virginia 39
22. Baylor 30
23. Utah State 24
24. Cornell 22
25. Bowling Green 18
( ) = first-place votes
NCAA Men's Cross Country Poll
1. Stanford (14) 397
2. Arkansas (2) 385
3. Colorado 367
4. North Carolina State 311
5. Arizona 300
6. PROVIDENCE 297
7. Michigan 280
8. Oklahoma State 269
9. Oregon 244
10. Michigan State 241
11. Northern Arizona 240
12. Wisconsin 193
13. William & Mary 192
14. Montana 191
15. Notre Dame 190
16. Iona College 152
17. Portland 144
18. Washington State 111
19. Brigham Young 101
20. Georgetown 100
21. Minnesota 89
22. Illinois State 53
23. Washington 50
24. Utah 48
25. Princeton 44
( ) = first-place votes
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