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