Four BYU Teams Among Best Nationally In Rankings

PROVO, Utah – It’s a golden era for BYU sports in the fall. Every one of the fall sports in Provo except BYU football is ranked in the top 10.

The four teams consist of men’s cross country, soccer, women’s cross country, and women’s volleyball, the first time four BYU athletic teams have been in the top 10 at the same time since the end of the 2016 season.

Soccer

BYU women’s soccer has been dominant through the first eight games of the 2019 season. The Cougars are currently ranked No. 5 in the latest Top 25 poll with an 8-0 record. Head Coach Jen Rockwood is in her 25th season with the team and they are off to the best start since 2005. Soccer will be on the road tomorrow night at Long Beach State.

BYU Athletics has four teams ranked in the top 10 of their respective polls with men’s @BYUTFXC at #️⃣2️⃣, @byusoccer_w at #️⃣5️⃣, women’s @BYUTFXC at #️⃣6️⃣ and @BYUwvolleyball at #️⃣9️⃣.

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— BYU Cougars (@BYUCougars) September 26, 2019

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country

BYU men’s cross country is currently ranked No. 2 and women’s cross country is ranked No. 6 nationally in the preseason coaches poll from the USTFCCCA.

Women’s Volleyball

After a pair of big wins on the road at No. 1 Stanford and at rival Utah, BYU women’s volleyball is riding high with a 9-2 overall record. BYU opens up West Coast Conference play on Thursday on the road against Gonzaga.

Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.