COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Both University of Colorado Colorado Springs cross country programs maintained their national ranking in the third edition of the 2020 Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country National Coaches polls.
 
After a week off from competition, the Mountain Lions women's team received 59 points to stay at No. 8 in the country, while the men's program stayed at No. 9 with 51 points. 
 
Colorado School of Mines leads both national polls.  The Orediggers' men's team received all seven first place votes while their counterpart received five first place votes.

Both Mountain Lions teams will return to competition on this Saturday, Oct. 24 for the conference championship meet.
 
The committee consists of coaches that volunteered to represent their conference. Division II conferences with teams competing in 2020 are the LSC, RMAC, MIAA, PBC, GSC, GMAC and GVLC.   

Each Monday by 5 p.m. the conference representative submits a ranking of the top six men's and top six women's teams in their conference. A team cannot be ranked in their conference or nationally until they have competed this season.

Each Tuesday by 5 p.m. the conference representative submits a national ranking of all of the teams (from the conference rankings) in order from 1-15 for the men's and women's teams.