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Arkansas Cross Country Team Picked Second In SEC

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The University of Arkansas mens and womens cross country teams have been picked to finish second in the Southeastern Conference in a poll of the league's coaches.

Alabama topped the men's poll, picking up seven first place votes. The Razorbacks were a close second and received four first place votes.

Florida is a distant third with Georgia fourth. Auburn and Tennessee tied for fifth and Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, LSU and Vanderbilt complete the poll.

Alabama has won two straight mens league titles.

Defending SEC champion Florida received all eleven first place votes in the womens poll. Arkansas is second, followed by Georgia. Alabama, Tennessee and Vanderbilt are tied for fourth with Auburn seventh and Kentucky eighth.

Mississippi State, South Carolina, LSU and Ole Miss round out the poll.