The Florida Gators Cross Country team earns nods in National and Regional Preseason Rankings.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The USTFCCCA and SEC both announced their cross country preseason polls on Monday and Tuesday, as the Gators gear up for their season opener on Friday, Aug. 29.
The Florida women’s cross country team enters the season ranked 11th in the USTFCCCA Preseason National Rankings and is projected to finish second in the South Region and the SEC, earning nine first-place votes in the SEC preseason poll. The women are coming off a strong 2024 season that included a third-place finish at the SEC Championships, highlighted by Hilda Olemomoi’s runner-up performance. Florida went on to place second at the NCAA South Regional, earning a spot at the NCAA Championships, where they finished 12th to close out their season.
The men’s team looks to build off their 2024 season, as they are projected to finish seventh in the South Region and 11th in the SEC.
The 2025 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, November 22, in Columbia, Missouri.
USTFCCCA Rankings
The USTFCCCA Regional Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning teams’ strength with current season results (if applicable) in determining a rank-order of squad potential. Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible to receive a ranking. Teams with provisional status within the region may be ranked.
USTFCCCA Regional Rankings:
Men
Women
Rank
Team
2024 Finish
Rank
Team
2024 Finish
1
Alabama
1
1
Alabama
1
2
Ole Miss
2
2
Florida
2
3
Tennessee
3
3
Lipscomb
5
4
Georgia
12
4
Florida State
3
5
Lipscomb
7
5
Tennessee
4
6
Middle Tennessee
10
6
Ole Miss
6
7
Florida
9
7
Georgia Tech
7
8
Florida State
4
8
Auburn
8
9
Auburn
5
9
Vanderbilt
9
10
Georgia Tech
8
10
Mississippi State
10
11
North Florida
6
11
Samford
11
12
Belmont
11
12
Middle Tennessee
12
13
Jacksonville State
13
13
Kennesaw State
13
14
Kennesaw State
14
14
Belmont
14
15
North Alabama
15
15
Georgia
15
USTFCCCA National Rankings (Top 15 only)
Women
Rank
Team
Points
1
BYU
330
2
Oregon
305
3
NC State
292
4
New Mexico
290
5
West Virginia
277
6
Stanford
268
7
Providence
259
8
Washington
244
9
Alabama
242
10
Northern Arizona
230
11
Florida
229
12
Georgetown
228
13
North Carolina
178
14
Oklahoma State
176
15
Penn State
173
SEC Cross Country Preseason Poll
Points for the men’s poll were awarded on a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13 basis, while points for the women’s poll were awarded on a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15 basis, where the fewest combined points determined the final ranking. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own teams.
The SEC rankings for both the men and women are below. First-place votes in ().
Men
Women
Rank
Team
Points
Rank
Team
Points
1
Alabama (10)
16
1
Alabama (7)
23
2
Arkansas (2)
29
2
Florida (9)
26
3
Ole Miss (1)
58
3
Arkansas
57
4
Missouri
61
4
Oklahoma
85
5
Oklahoma (1)
63
5
Texas A&M
97
6
Tennessee
65
6
Mississippi State
105
7
Texas A&M
86
7
Missouri
111
8
Georgia
101
8
LSU
122
T-9
Kentucky
118
9
South Carolina
123
T-9
Texas
118
10
Tennessee
125
11
Florida
120
11
Texas
142
12
Auburn
126
12
Ole Miss
150
13
Vanderbilt
155
13
Vanderbilt
180
14
LSU
158
14
Auburn
186
15
Kentucky
189
16
Georgia
199
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