COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs cross country programs sustained their national ranking in the Week 5 edition of the 2020 Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country National Coaches rankings.
 
The Mountain Lions men's team stayed at No. 9 with 47 points and are tied with West Texas A&M in the top 15 national ranking.  Colorado School of Mines continues to be the favorite in the national poll, receiving all eight first-place votes.
 
The women's program keeps their No. 10 ranking after receiving 43 points this week.  Western Colorado University is on top of the women's poll with seven first-place votes and 105 points.
 
Both UCCS programs are ranked No. 5 in this week's conference rankings.
 
The Mountain Lions, who last competed on Oct. 24 at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships, will close out the 2020 season on Nov. 14 at the Division II Cross Country National Invitational meet, held in Lubbock, Texas.

The committee consists of coaches that volunteered to represent their conference. Division II conferences with teams competing in 2020 are the SAC, 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.