And since they have higher upside, I couldn't bring myself to give up on the Huskies' preseason top-10 I haven’t even mentioned Gonzaga yet, a team that hasn’t lived up to their preseason expectations this A 22nd place finish at one of the nation’s premiere meets doesn’t bode well for what the Paladins hope Gavin: My first instinct was to go with the group and say Georgetown over Princeton as the more likely Most likely, at least half of that smaller group will find themselves on the outside looking in.

Below, we assembled a Group Chat article that is one of the longer previews that we've had in a while Women's Preview Let’s just get this question out of the way: Katelyn Tuohy or Parker Valby? Why? Men's Preview Is there a true individual national title favorite on the men’s side? The winner will most likely come from that group of five. They’ve exceeded their dark horse preseason billing and have emerged as the team to beat.

What the Maroons have going in their favor is superior sixth and seventh scorers, which means that if What do both teams need to do to convince you that they belong in our top-10 rankings? In the Midwest region, I’m also curious to see what the women’s individual race looks like after Kassie For what it's worth, I predict the finish to be in that order, too. Hannah: I need to get into these group chats earlier so I am not just reiterating what Brett and Kevin

Seeing how they’ve performed through the previous season, while taking home last year's regional title All year long, we have seen this team move together as a collective group and it has paid dividends. And I think the Wildcats know what needs to happen for them to win: They need to form a pack around D The group of Adams State, Colorado Mines and UC-Colorado Springs are essentially locked-in as the top-three What individual battle do you think will be the most fun to watch?

But hey, maybe I’m just biased because I wrote their preview. Women’s Preview What percent chance would you give the NC State women to win this race on Friday? This group has unlocked much more upside thanks to the apparent emergence of new low-sticks in Elise This group is still very much a podium contender, but between Stanford, Northern Arizona and BYU, it The sophomore was the third-best Colorado runner in our preseason rankings for our preseason TSR #4 team

Additional commentary and edits by John Cusick & Garrett Zatlin NOTE: A separate RMAC XC Championship preview For that reason, the RMAC has not been highlighted in this Group Chat preview. Alexa Keiser and Arianna Wegienka are the leaders of that group and they give the Cardinals the bulk However, they pale in comparison to what we have seen from Graber and O’Malley. What about Simon Fraser? Are they destined to repeat?

Augustana Interregional Invitational, placing 4th overall behind some of the best in the nation in what Of the men's teams listed inside the top-10 portion of our rankings, which group has the most to prove Graham Tuohy-Gaydos (TSR #15), but it feels like they often lacked the necessary depth to match our preseason What are you expecting from this matchup? The Knights are a team that still have the potential to be one of the best distance groups in the country

Maura: In the preview article, I pointed out that Tuohy is the better tactician between her and Valby Don’t get me wrong, this team showed plenty of talent this fall and seemed to be a top-25 group in the Workman (65th) all ran exceptionally well with a minuscule eight-second time-spread separating that group What is one bold (or semi-bold) prediction that you made, either in the last week or during the preseason What is one prediction that you made, either in the last week or during the preseason, which completely

Brown and the fantastic scoring support offered by Riley Mayer, Shaelyn Hostager and Ellie Meyer, this group They also don’t have a big gap between their scoring group. What has to happen for Kassie Parker (TSR #1) to be upset on Saturday? While Smith did lose to Parker at the D3 National Preview, she’s come the closest out of anybody else Smith did get beat pretty handily by Parker at the D3 National Preview, but she has only gotten faster

The two components of this scoring group that may hurt the Lakers are freshman standout Koby Fraaza and They have proven time and time again that this group of women is the best in the NCAA. Natalie Graber, Klaudia O’Malley, Lauren Kiley, Abby VanderKooi and Taryn Chapko -- that's not an easy group Invitational ahead of Baker and Maskin in September, is expected to be back in the Orediggers’ varsity group right track this weekend, Brianna Robles and Precious Robinson need to step up as leaders for this group