Lost in the run-up to Friday’s Mountain Regional cross country meet in Provo, Utah, is this: Between the UNM women’s overwhelming home victory in the Mountain West Conference meet two weeks ago and now, the Lobos lost their grasp of the No. 1 ranking.
It was a case of perfect apparently wasn’t good enough. After taking the top seven spots in the league meet, UNM slipped to No. 2 in the Nov. 2 coaches’ poll behind North Carolina State, which was nearly as dominant (20 points, a perfect score like UNM’s is 15) in winning the ACC meet.