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USTFCCCA National Rankings
USTFCCCA Regional Rankings
 
NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 5, 2026) – Following a dominant performance at the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championships last weekend, the North Central College men's cross country team has climbed to No. 3 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national rankings, marking its highest ranking of the season. The Cardinals secured their 52nd consecutive conference title with the victory.
 
North Central scored 16 points to win the CCIW team title while the Cardinals put six runners in the top seven led by BJ Sorg's individual title after finishing in a time of 24:05.3. Daniel Kasperan was right on his heels in second at 24:05.7.
 
Wartburg College maintained its hold at No. 1 after winning its ninth straight American Rivers Conference title while Johns Hopkins landed the No. 2 rank with their fifth straight Centennial Conference title. North Central sits third after being fourth a week ago. SUNY Geneseo dropped into the fourth rank while University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was steady at No. 5. Much of the movement in the national top 10 came in the latter half, with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute climbing two spots into sixth, UW-Stevens Point fell to seventh, New York University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology each climbed one spot into eighth and ninth, respectively, while Carnegie Mellon University rounded out the top-10 after moving up two spots in the rankings.
 
In the Midwest region, Wartburg owns the top spot while North Central ranks second. University of Chicago came in third, while Washington University in St. Louis was fourth and Central College was fifth.
 
North Central competes a squad tonight (Nov. 5) at the Red & White Invitational in a combined three-mile race at St. James Farm in Warrenville, Ill.