“This ranking shows the stature and the respect the team has, but we also know there’s a lot of hard work to do for this season,” Mountaineer coach Jon Hammond said. “There are a lot of good teams that are right up there with us that finished last season well.”
Murray State, the third-place finisher at the 2016 NCAA Championships, is ranked No. 2. TCU, the 2016 championship runner-up, comes in at No. 3. Kentucky sits at No. 4, followed by Ohio State at No. 5.
Alaska-Fairbanks, Nebraska, Air Force, NC State and Memphis round out the top 10.