Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships were held and completed yesterday. Here are the results with the Bubas Cup points then the Bubas Cup rankings:

Men's Cross Country
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. Appalachian State (9)
2. Arkansas State (8)
3. Marshall (7)
4. Coastal Carolina (6)
5. ULM (5)
6. Troy (4)
7. Louisiana (3)
8. South Alabama (2)
9. Louisiana Tech (1)

Women's Cross Country
Rank/Team/ Bubas Cup points
1. Louisiana (13)
2. Southern Mississippi (12)
3. James Madison (11)
4. Appalachian State (10)
5. Marshall (9)
6. Arkansas State (7.5)
Coastal Carolina (7.5)
8. ULM (6)
9. South Alabama (5)
10. Georgia Southern (4)
11. Troy (3)
12. Georgia State (2)
13. Louisiana Tech (1)

Bubas Cup Standings
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. Appalachian State (19)
2. Louisiana (16)
Marshall (16)
4. Arkansas State (15.5)
5. Coastal Carolina (13.5)
6. Southern Mississippi (12)
7. James Madison (11)
ULM (11)
9. South Alabama (7)
Troy (7)
11. Georgia Southern (4)
12. Georgia State (2)
Louisiana Tech (2)

Women's soccer regular season concludes tomorrow and I will post the results and update tomorrow.

James Madison and Old Dominion tied for the regular season championship in women's soccer.

Women's soccer
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. James Madison (13.5)
Old Dominion (13.5)
3. Appalachian State (12)
4. Georgia State (10)
Louisiana (10)
South Alabama (10)
7. Marshall (8)
8. Southern Mississippi (7)
9. Georgia Southern (6)
10. Troy (5)
11. Coastal Carolina (4)
12. ULM (2.5)
Louisiana Tech (2.5)
14. Arkansas State (1)

Bubas Cup standings
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. Appalachian State (31)
2. Louisiana (26)
3. James Madison (24.5)
4. Marshall (24)
5. Southern Mississippi (19)
6. Coastal Carolina (17.5)
7. South Alabama (17)
8. Arkansas State (16.5)
9. ULM (13.5)
Old Dominion (13.5)
11. Georgia State (12)
Troy (12)
13. Georgia State (10)
14. Louisiana Tech (4.5)

The women's soccer championship tournament begins on Monday, November 9.

The men's soccer regular season ends this Tuesday, November 3.

Marshall and West Virginia tie for the men's soccer regular season championship.

Men's soccer
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. Marshall (9.5)
West Virginia (9.5)
3. Central Florida (8)
4. James Madison (7)
5. Coastal Carolina (6)
6. Kentucky (4.5)
South Carolina (4.5)
8. Georgia Southern (3)
9. Old Dominion (2)
10. Georgia State (1)

Notes of interest: South Carolina is ranked #9 in the RPI and ties for 6th in the Sun Belt Conference. Sun Belt is the 4th ranked rpi conference.

Bubas Cup standings
Rank/Team/Bubas Cup points
1. Marshall (33.5)
2. James Madison (31.5)
3. Appalachian State (31)
4. Louisiana (26)
5. Coastal Carolina (23.5)
6. Southern Mississippi (19)
7. South Alabama (17)
8. Arkansas State (16.5)
9. Old Dominion (15.5)
10. ULM (13.5)
11. Georgia Southern (13)
Georgia State (13)
13. Troy (12)
14. Louisiana Tech (4.5)

Men's soccer championship tournament begins this Sunday, November 8. Volleyball regular season ends Saturday, November 14.

Look at ULM. They have a long way until the end of the athletic season, but to be beating four teams is nice. I hope they grab a few more surprises as 2026/27 progresses.