SAN MATEO, Calif.--- The 16-ranked Portland Pilots men's cross country team has been picked to finish second in the 2021 WCC Men's Cross Country Coaches Poll, the conference announced on Wednesday. The Pilots were placed to finish only behind current No. 3 BYU.
The preseason poll and the All-WCC team were selected solely by a vote of the conference's nine head coaches. Coaches cannot vote for their own teams and student-athletes.
BYU was the unanimous choice to win the program's ninth West Coast Conference Men's Cross Country Championship and seventh consecutive in the annual preseason poll.