2018 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – No. 1 ranked Wayland Baptist (Texas) honored with their fifth-straight Top 25 spot, while a few new teams add first-place votes to the poll, the national office announced on Wednesday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
• Top-ranked Wayland Baptist took first place at the NAIA Mid-States Classic. The team captured the first place finish over 24 other teams.
• Simon Fraser (B.C.) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 41 all time.
• College of Idaho holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school, appearing in 79-straight polls.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.” For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2018 Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 4
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Wayland Baptist [12] |
578 |
| 2 |
2 |
Taylor (Ind.) [1] |
563 |
| 3 |
3 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) [4] |
559 |
| 4 |
4 |
Oregon Tech [4] |
550 |
| 5 |
6 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
515 |
| 6 |
5 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
496 |
| 7 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
468 |
| 8 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
448 |
| 9 |
9 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
423 |
| 10 |
19 |
SCAD Savanna (Ga.) |
405 |
| 11 |
11 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
394 |
| 12 |
12 |
Oklahoma City |
382 |
| 13 |
14 |
College of Idaho |
346 |
| 13 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
346 |
| 15 |
7 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
338 |
| 16 |
15 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
331 |
| 17 |
17 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
274 |
| 18 |
16 |
Point Park (Pa.) |
273 |
| 19 |
20 |
Northwest Christian (Ore.) |
268 |
| 20 |
18 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
244 |
| 21 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
194 |
| 22 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
165 |
| 23 |
NR |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
151 |
| 24 |
24 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
134 |
| 25 |
21 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
132 |
|
Others Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 101, Westmont (Calif.) 81, Southwestern (Kan.) 68, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 63, St. Thomas (Fla.) 47, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 24, Columbia (Mo.) 20, Dickinson State (N.D.) 18, Hastings (Neb.) 8, Mount Vernon Nazarene 5, Benedictine (Kan.) 5.