The USTFCCCA releases their 2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Since its introduction in 1995, the Gators women’s team has been ranked in the preseason poll a total of nine times, the most recent occurring in 2013 when they were ranked twenty-third. This year’s ninth place ranking is the team’s highest in the preseason since 2010 when it was ranked eighth.
PRESEASON RANKINGS OVER THE YEARS
| Year | Ranking |
| 2013 | 23 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1997 | 17 |
| 1996 | 17 |
| 1995 | 17 |
Despite not competing at the NCAAA Championships as a team in 2022, with the existing experience within the program as well as the addition of transfers, the Gators look ahead to a strong 2023 campaign.
The only Gator to compete at NCAA Championships in 2022 was Parker Valby. The 2022 SEC Cross Country Women’s Runner of the Year finished second out of 253 runners. The Gators added three additional top-40 NCAA Championships runners via the transfer portal in Flomena Asekol, Amelia Mazza-Downie and Elise Thorner.
Asekol finished 14th at the meet, Mazza-Downie finished 22nd and Thorner finished 40th. Asekol contributed to a third-place finish by Alabama while Mazza-Downie and Thorner were part of a second place New Mexico finish.
2023 USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL
| Rank | Team | Points | Region | Conference | 2022 Final |
| 1 | NC State | 329 | Southeast (1) | ACC | 1 |
| 2 | Northern Arizona | 315 | Mountain (1) | Big Sky | 6 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 300 | Midwest (1) | Big 12 | 4 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 273 | Great lakes (1) | ACC | 7 |
| 5 | Colorado | 269 | Mountain (2) | Pac-12 | 11 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 266 | Southeast (2) | ACC | 5 |
| 7 | BYU | 257 | Mountain (3) | Big 12 | 8 |
| 8 | Stanford | 242 | West (1) | Pac-12 | 13 |
| 9 | Florida | 235 | South (2) | SEC | — |
| 10 | Oregon | 233 |
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