1. Oklahoma State
Waiting for stars to come out for a meet - happens this weekend
2. Wisconsin
Loaded - First Big meet at Bill Dellinger
3. Iona
Should know more soon about this team
3b. Stanford
Sophomore Eric Olson helping to creat next top-three for Stanford
5. Colorado
Waiting for them to run
6. Princeton
Stellar freshman class (Owens top so far) already helping strong team
7. Indiana
Should they be ranked higher, waiting to see
8. Oklahoma
See Indiana, Colorado, Oona, Wisconsin and Oklahoma State
9. Syracuse
Four returning seniors from 2010 14th place team are joined by two strong freshmen
10. Oregon
Dellinger will tell us a lot even if Puskedra and Verbizcas don't run.
11. Northern Arizona
Loss of Senior Osman hurts trophy chances
12. Portland
Would have won if Osoro had run at Griak
13. NC State
Would have ranked here if there had been no rumor that senior Ryan Hill was hurt
14. Florida State
Four returners from runner-up
15. Villanova
Addition of Senior Transfer Ryan Sheridan (14th in '09) makes huge difference
16. BYU
Four of last year's top five return plus rSo Curtis Carr returns from mission
17. Arkansas
Duncan Phillips has more eligibility, will see more at Chili Pepper
18. Providence
All-American David McCarthy returns and two British Islanders could contribute
19. Arizona
Lawi Lalang has dominated this season but Sambu yet to race and lack of depth
20. Texas
Recruited themselves into the NCAA championships