Oct. 1, 2002

Chapel Hill, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina women's cross-country team finished fourth at the Great American Festival, on September 27th, with nine ranking teams competing in the event. The Tar Heels jumped back into the poll this week after knocking off six of those nine ranked teams, including two top 10 schools. UNC grabs a No. 13 ranking in the FinishLynx Cross Country Poll this week.

The voting panel consists of nine regional representatives of the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association plus three at-large voters.

Four ACC teams are still ranked in the September 30th poll. Last year's ACC champion North Carolina State sits at No. 10, while Duke is No. 11. Virginia moves to No. 15 from 16 a week ago, while Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are just sitting out of the poll.

2002 Regular Season Poll #3
September 30, 2002

Ranking	Team (first place votes)	Points	Prev
1.	Brigham Young (13)	390	1
2.	Stanford	372	3
3.	Notre Dame	352	5
4.	Colorado	346	4
5.	Michigan State	333	9
6.	Boston College	321	10
7.	Arizona State	304	19
8.	Providence	283	13
9.	Columbia	276	nr
10.	North Carolina State	268	6
11.	Duke	263	8
12.	Georgetown	259	2
13.	North Carolina	243	nr
14.	Arkansas	238	7
15.	Virginia	187	26
16.	(tie) UCLA	174	12
16.	(tie) Northern Arizona	174	11
18.	Wisconsin	171	18
19.	Villanova	157	16
20.	Missouri	134	nr
21.	William & Mary	131	15
22.	Michigan	104	25
23.	Marquette	101	14
24.	Colorado State	99	17
25.	Penn State	91	20
26.	Wake Forest	75	22
27.	Indiana	48	nr
28.	Dartmouth	36	nr
29.	Southwest Missouri State	33	23
30.	Toledo	23	29

Dropping out: Cornell (21), Yale (24), Arizona (27), Minnesota (28), Weber State
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Yale 18, James Madison 13, Texas A&M 11, Weber State 9, Florida State 7, Cornell 1.

THE THIRD REGULAR SEASON POLL WILL BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 8