NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The Atlantic Coast Conference released its preseason cross country poll Tuesday, with both University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s programs predicted to finish at or near the top of the conference by a vote of the league’s coaches.
The poll placed the Irish men’s team at the top of the conference after a second place finish in the meet last season and the Irish women were slated to place third in the conference this season, having finished third at last year’s conference meet.
ACC CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL
MEN’S POLL
1. Notre Dame
2. Syracuse
3. Virginia
4. NC State
5. Wake Forest
6. Florida State
7. Virginia Tech
8. Duke
9. North Carolina
10. Georgia Tech
11. Louisville
12. Pitt
13. Boston College
14. Clemson
15. Miami
WOMEN’S POLL
1. NC State
2. Florida State
3. Notre Dame
4. Syracuse
5. North Carolina
6. Wake Forest
7. Boston College
8. Duke
9. Virginia Tech
10. Virginia
11. Georgia Tech
12. Louisville
13. Pitt
14. Clemson
15. Miami
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