The 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships are here. It’s been a long time coming. I can think back upon opening Excel in the summer to start up on crunching the numbers for this but it’s finally real. In the very first rankings, I left out BYU because I didn’t want to show any bias and didn’t want it to have an impact on the team seeing the numbers and then we included them last year. Things didn’t go as hoped so we removed them from all Wood Report projections in 2018.

For those curious on the method to the madness, here is the introductory post on how I’ve devised my rankings and ratings from back in September. We’ll see how right and how wrong I am on Saturday. Regardless of my personal results, we are in for a thrilling race and one of the best in years on both the individual and team levels.

You’ll hear from me again after the NCAA cross country championships when we wrap up all the action but if this is one of the last things that you read from me, thank you for following along all season. You can reach me at @Wood_Report on Twitter. If you’re in Madison, say what’s up. I’ll be the tall guy in BYU apparel.

Catch me on the CITIUS MAG Podcast for a full preview of this weekend’s events.

Here are the official Wood Report pre-NCAA National Championship Individual Rankings:

Low and behold.

#	First	Last	School	Year
248	Jerald	Taylor	Wyoming	SO
247	Jonah	Henry	Wyoming	SR-4
246	Nick	Steele	Villanova	SO
245	Theo	Burgwald	Purdue	SO
244	Zach	Black	Iowa State	JR
243	Ben	Barrett	North Carolina St.	JR
242	Koy	Moore	Southern Utah	SR
241	Matthew	Newland	Florida State	FR
240	Alec	Hartman	Bradley	SO
239	Christian	Alberico	Iona	JR
238	Zach	Swenson	Villanova	SR
237	Kyle	Griffith	Purdue	FR
236	Paxton	Smith	Colorado	JR
235	Liam	Kennell	Southern Utah	SR
234	Sean	Newcomb	Southern Utah	JR
233	Patrick	Sheehan	North Carolina St.	SR
232	Tyson	Murray	Florida State	JR
231	Gus	Newcomb	Colorado	FR
230	Jake	Johnson	Texas	SO
229	Jordan	Brannan	Iona	SO
228	Jack	Franklin	Bradley	FR-1
227	George	Espino	Southern Utah	SR
226	Felix	Kosgei	Oklahoma State	JR
225	Mahmoud	Moussa	Washington	SR
224	Patrick	Sullivan	Air Force	JR
223	Forrest	Barton	Colorado St.	JR
222	Maximilano	Martinez	Colorado St.	SO
221	Matthew	Courtenay	Iona	FR
220	Reese	Jordan	Indiana	FR
219	Jacob	Branch	Michigan	SO
218	Satchel	Caldwell	Colorado St.	JR
217	Tyler	Keslin	Notre Dame	SO
216	Michael	Downey	Wyoming	JR
215	Bradley	Wattleworth	Notre Dame	SR
214	Pedro	Nasta	Texas	SR
213	Alec	Schrank	Air Force	SO-2
212	Jacob	Bilvado	Air Force	SR
211	Martin	Barr	Villanova	SO
210	Daniel	Michalski	Indiana	SR-4
209	Ryan	Riddle	Tulsa	FR
208	Daniel	Hintz	Wyoming	JR
207	Zach	Stewart	Eastern Kentucky	JR
206	Jacob	Lee	Michigan	SO
205	Paul	Stafford	Florida State	FR
204	Graham	Brown	Arkansas	JR
203	Ryan	Smeeton	Oklahoma State	JR
202	Bailey	McIntire	Purdue	FR
201	Scott	Johnson	Air Force	SO-2
200	Ed	Trippas	Princeton	SO

Here are the official Wood Report pre-NCAA National Championship Individual Rankings:

199	Jake	Hanawalt	Purdue	SR
198	Jack	Yearian	Oregon	SO
197	Viraj	Deokar	Princeton	JR
196	David	Krahn	Princeton	SO
195	Arjun	Jha	Indiana	FR
194	Michael	Vernau	Stanford	SO
193	Nathan	Henderson	Syracuse	FR-1
192	Matt	Young	Arkansas	SO
191	Will	Anderson	Bradley	SR
190	Colin	O’Mara	Arkansas	SR-4
189	Istvan	Szogi	Florida State	SR
188	Levi	Thomet	Oregon	JR
187	Josh	Phillips	Villanova	FR-1
186	Iliass	Aouani	Syracuse	SR
185	James	West	Oregon	SR
184	Austin	Del Rosso	Tulsa	SR
183	Garek	Bielaczyc	Texas	SO
182	Adam	Breaux	Tulsa	JR
181	Trent	Powell	Colorado St.	JR
180	Jeff	Lautenslager	Boise State	SR
179	Joseph	Murphy	Indiana	SR
178	Noah	Horsburgh	Boise State	SO-2
177	Charlie	O’Donovan	Villanova	FR
176	Alec	Haines	Oklahoma State	SO
175	Kevin	Salvano	Notre Dame	SO
174	Ethan	Gonzales	Colorado	SR
173	Jack	O’Leary	Iona	SO
172	Ben	Savino	Ole Miss	SO
171	Derick	Peters	Wisconsin	FR
170	Jeremy	Spiezio	Princeton	SR
169	Charles	Mills	Texas	SR
168	Ben	Hill	Michigan	JR
167	Charlie	Hunter	Oregon	FR
166	Kevin	James	Syracuse	JR
165	Samuel	Abascal	Eastern Kentucky	JR-3
164	Ethan	Moehn	Arkansas	SR
163	Antoine	Senard	Eastern Kentucky	FR-1
162	Bryce	Millar	Indiana	JR
161	Jorge	Perez	Oklahoma State	JR
160	John	Tatter	Michigan	FR
159	Cameron	Field	Tulsa	JR
158	Sam	Webb	Penn	SR
157	Yusuke	Uchikoshi	Boise State	SR
156	Jordan	Rowe	Lamar	JR
155	Nate	Osterstock	Southern Utah	SO
154	Steven	Cross	Florida State	JR
153	Isaac	Akers	Tulsa	FR-1
152	John	Nownes	Iowa State	JR
151	Toby	Hardwick	Florida State	SR
150	Simon	Smith	Syracuse	JR
149	Gavin	Parpart	Washington	SO
148	DJ	Principe	Stanford	FR
147	Jake	Hoffert	Bradley	JR
146	Anthony	Russo	Penn	SO-2
145	Michael	Coccia	Ole Miss	SO
144	Justin	Domangue	UT-Arlington	JR
143	Gavin	Gaynor	North Carolina St.	SO
142	Joe	Bistritz	North Carolina St.	SO
141	Ty	Mogan	Montana State	SR
140	Luke	Hoffert	Bradley	JR
139	Andy	Snyder	Washington	JR
138	Gannon	Willcuts	Princeton	JR
137	Tyson	Miehe	Wisconsin	SR
136	John	Rice	Texas	JR
135	Jordy	Hewitt	Michigan	JR
134	Haran	Dunderdale	Bradley	SR
133	David	Corrales	Eastern Kentucky	SR
132	Matt	Grossman	Princeton	SO
131	Isaac	Harding	Michigan	SO
130	Brody	Smith	Purdue	SO
129	Blake	Haney	Oregon	SR
128	Ryan	Raff	Northern Arizona	FR
127	Elijah	Moskowitz	North Carolina St.	SR
126	Michael	Ward	Bradley	SR
125	Shuaib	Aljabaly	Wisconsin	FR
124	Akis	Medrano	Indiana State	JR
123	Abraham	Chirchir	UT-Rio Grande Valley	FR
122	Harry	Ewing	Wyoming	JR
121	Conor	Lundy	Princeton	JR
120	Koby	Pederson	Loyola Marymount	SR
119	Florian	Lussy	North Texas	SO
118	Dustin	Horter	Indiana	FR
117	Elijah	Armstrong	Boise State	SO
116	Kaleb	McLeod	Belmont	SR
115	Sam	Worley	Texas	SO
114	Tai	Dinger	Stanford	SR
113	Andrew	Marston	Villanova	JR
112	Ahmed	Muhamed	Boise State	SO
111	Jack	Van Scoter	Georgetown	JR-3
110	Liam	Dee	Iona	SR
109	Euan	Makepeace	Butler	JR
108	Anthony	Williams	Notre Dame	JR
107	Erick	Rotich	Eastern Kentucky	SR
106	Roman	Ollar	Army West Point	JR
105	Mickey	Davey	Air Force	SR
104	John	Aho	Michigan	SO
103	Cole	Rockhold	Colorado St.	SR
102	Aaron	Bienenfeld	Cincinnati	SR
101	Nathan	Thomas	Air Force	SR
100	Trevor	Siniscalchi	Air Force	SR
99	Alex	Rogers	Texas	SR
98	Andrew	Alexander	Notre Dame	SO
97	Mark	Robertson	Ole Miss	SR
96	Jack	Rowe	San Francisco	SR
95	Edwin	Rutto	North Carolina St.	SO
94	Emmanuel	Rotich	Tulane	SR
93	Jamie	Crowe	Lamar	JR
92	Mark	Freyhof	Nebraska	SO
91	Ben	Varghese	East Tenn. St.	SO
90	Jackson	Mestler	Oregon	SO
89	Scott	Beattie	Tulsa	SO
88	Eduardo	Herrera	Colorado	SO
87	Cade	Bethmann	Ole Miss	FR
86	Fred	Huxham	Washington	SR-4
85	Mario	Garcia Romo	Ole Miss	FR
84	Dominic	Hockenbury	Syracuse	SO
83	Noah	Schutte	Portland	SR-4
82	Nicholas	Wareham	Georgetown	SO-2
81	Ryan	Murphy	Arkansas	FR
80	Casey	Comber	Villanova	JR
79	Christopher	Henry	Wyoming	SO
78	Milo	Greder	Iowa State	SO
77	Peter	Lynch	Tulsa	SO
76	Kyle	Mattes	Illinois State	SR
75	Joe	Dragon	Syracuse	SO-2
74	Ben	Kendell	Detroit Mercy	SR-4
73	Miler	Haller	Boise State	JR
72	Caleb	Pottorff	Florida State	FR
71	Hugo	Milner	Harvard	SO
70	Callum	Bolger	Stanford	SO
69	Tibebu	Proctor	Washington	SO
68	Chad	Johnson	Iowa State	FR
67	Christian	Ricketts	Southern Utah	SO
66	Kieran	Tuntivate	Harvard	SR
65	Caleb	Webb	Portland	JR
64	Zach	Long	Tennessee	SR
63	Jamie	Dee	Iona	FR
62	Garrett	Corcoran	California	SR
61	Danny	Kilrea	Notre Dame	FR
60	Jacob	McLeod	Belmont	FR
59	Ehab	El-Sandali	Iona	SO
58	Aidan	Reed	Southern Utah	JR
57	Ben	Eidenschink	Wisconsin	JR
56	Ian	Shanklin	North Carolina St.	SO
55	Olin	Hacker	Wisconsin	JR
54	Luis	Martinez	Oklahoma State	SR-4
53	Gabe	Arias-Sheridan	Portland	SR
52	Alek	Parsons	Stanford	SO
51	Nathan	Mylenek	Iowa	JR
50	Cooper	Teare	Oregon	SO
49	Jaime	Romo	Eastern Kentucky	SR
48	Logan	Orndorf	Portland	JR
47	Paul	Hogan	UMass Lowell	SR
46	Carson	Hume	Colorado St.	SR
45	Curt	Eckstein	Purdue	SO
44	Carlos	Villarreal	Arizona	JR
43	Waleed	Suliman	Ole Miss	SO
42	Addison	DeHaven	Boise State	SR
41	Farah	Abdulkarim	Ole Miss	JR

The All-Americans

40	Blaise	Ferro	Northern Arizona	SO
39	Azaria	Kirwa	Liberty	SR
38	Michael	Somers	Portland	SR-4
37	Aidan	Tooker	Syracuse	SO
36	Luis	Grijalva	Northern Arizona	SO
35	Talon	Hull	Washington	SO-2
34	Geordie	Beamish	Northern Arizona	JR
33	Ryan	Forsyth	Colorado	SR
32	Alex	Ostberg	Stanford	SR
31	Dan	Curts	Iowa State	SR
30	John	Dressel	Colorado	JR
29	Kyle	Mau	Indiana	JR
28	Tanner	Anderson	Washington	SR
27	George	Kusche	Nebraska	FR
26	Yared	Nuguse	Notre Dame	SO
25	Cameron	Griffith	Arkansas	SR
24	Andrew	Jordan	Iowa State	JR
23	Eric	Hamer	Colorado St.	SR
22	Ashenafi	Hatte	Oklahoma State	JR
21	Gilbert	Boit	Arkansas	JR
20	Emmanuel	Roudolff-Levisse	Portland	JR
19	Brent	Demarest	Virginia	SR-4
18	Isai	Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	FR
17	Aaron	Templeton	Furman	SR
16	Jaret	Carpenter	Purdue	JR
15	Paul	Roberts	Wyoming	JR
14	Oliver	Hoare	Wisconsin	JR
13	Lawrence	Kipkoech	Campbell	SR
12	Amon	Kemboi	Campbell	SO
11	Alfred	Chelanga	Alabama	SR
10	Peter	Seufer	Virginia Tech	JR
9	Joe	Klecker	Colorado	SR
8	Nick	Hauger	Portland	SR
7	Peter	Lomong	Northern Arizona	SR
6	Edwin	Kurgat	Iowa State	JR
5	James	Sugira	Eastern Kentucky	FR-1
4	Tyler	Day	Northern Arizona	SR
3	Matthew	Baxter	Northern Arizona	SR
2	Grant	Fisher	Stanford	SR
1	Morgan	McDonald	Wisconsin	SR

Check out the next page for the team projections.

TEAM STANDINGS – WOOD REPORT PROJECTIONS

Place	Team	Points
1	Northern Arizona	76
2	Portland	149
3	Iowa State	179
4	Wisconsin	211
5	Stanford	230
6	Colorado	283
7	Ole Miss	300
8	Washington	301
9	Oklahoma State	358
10	Eastern Kentucky	375
11	Notre Dame	390
12	Arkansas	401
13	Boise State	413
14	Syracuse	424
15	NC State	460
16	Colorado St.	482
17	Purdue	498
18	Oregon	515
19	Iona	530
20	Wyoming	541
21	Tulsa	544
22	Indiana	564
23	Michigan	565
24	Texas	575
25	Bradley	600
26	Air Force	602
27	Princeton	619
28	Southern Utah	635
29	Florida State	641
30	Villanova	642

 

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