2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 4 ::: USTFCCCA

By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA
October 8, 2025  &nbsp

NEW ORLEANS – This season went zero to 100 real quick.

Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, released on Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Three different teams received first-place votes and only two of the top-30 teams didn’t budge since the previous release.

Welcome back to the top, NYU. The Violets, who hauled in six first-place votes, ascend to the No. 1 ranking for the first time since Week 1 in 2024. NYU annihilated the deepest field of the season in the College White 6k at the Paul Short Run. The Violets, led by Ashlyn Pallota and Josephine Dziedzic, routed 13 other nationally ranked teams by 102 points. NYU put its entire scoring lineup in the top 17 with Pallota and Dziedzic paving the way in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Williams held its ground at No. 2 and snagged three first-place votes from the electorate. The Ephs starred at the Keene State College Invitational with a resounding 18-60 victory over No. 18 Tufts. Williams put seven runners in the top ten with Tamar Byl-Brann winning by exactly 15 seconds over teammate Morgan Eigel.

Johns Hopkins jumped three spots from No. 6 to No. 3 after its effort in the College Gold 6k at the Paul Short Run. The Blue Jays posted a decisive head-to-head win over former No. 1 MIT, which also earned an invitation to the premier race. Storrie Kulynych-Irvin and Natalie Boquist provided JHU with a spark as they moved up a combined 89 places from 2 miles to 6k.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps captured the lone remaining first-place vote, but fell two spots to no fault of its own since room had to be made for Johns Hopkins. The fourth-ranked Athenas, who now sit ahead of former No. 1 MIT in the top five, aren’t far removed from excellent displays at the UCR Invitational as well as the DIII Pre-Nats.

Two of the biggest movers were UW-La Crosse and Middlebury. The Eagles soared from No. 16 to No. 6, while the Panthers climbed 12 spots from No. 25 to No. 13. UW-La Crosse impressed with two performances this past weekend, most notably a head-to-head victory over UChicago at the Joe Piane Invitational. Middlebury placed fourth in the College White 6k at the Paul Short Run, beating top-15 teams Washington and Lee, Emory, and Connecticut College.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 22, because that’s when the 2025 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships will be held at the Roger Millikin Cross Country Course in Spartanburg, South Carolina.