Four CCC Teams Ranked in Latest NAIA Women’s Cross Country Top-25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) claims the No. 1 spot in the third edition of the 2019 Women’s Cross Country Top 25 Poll, released Thursday morning by the NAIA office.
Last week, the Cascade Collegiate Conference had three teams in the rankings, with one receiving votes. This week, all four teams found a spot in the top-25, led by College of Idaho at No. 3. Oregon Tech also sits in the top-10 at No. 10, while Southern Oregon University held right behind the Lady Owls at No. 11. Eastern Oregon University broke into the rankings this week at No. 23.
2019 Women's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) [19[ |
590 |
| 2 |
1 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
571 |
| 3 |
3 |
College of Idaho [2] |
554 |
| 4 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
525 |
| 5 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
524 |
| 6 |
8 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
483 |
| 7 |
6 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
475 |
| 8 |
7 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
468 |
| 9 |
10 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
434 |
| 10 |
9 |
Oregon Tech |
433 |
| 11 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
396 |
| 12 |
14 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
349 |
| 13 |
21 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
346 |
| 14 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
324 |
| 15 |
12 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
319 |
| 16 |
17 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
303 |
| 17 |
16 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
294 |
| 18 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
292 |
| 19 |
17 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
241 |
| 20 |
19 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
239 |
| 21 |
20 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
198 |
| 22 |
22 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
181 |
| 23 |
NR |
Eastern Oregon |
169 |
| 24 |
NR |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
139 |
| 25 |
23 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
102 |
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Receiving Votes: Friends (Kan.) 96, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 87, Oklahoma City 82, Westmont (Calif.) 79, Bethel (Ind.) 29, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 26, Indiana Tech 25, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 19, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 14, Montreat (N.C.) 13, Menlo (Calif.) 5, Montana Western 4, Saint Mary (Kan.) 3, Northwestern (Iowa) 3
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
- After beating Madonna (Mich.) in a head-to-head since the last ratings period, SCAD Atlanta found their way to the top of the poll.
- There are two new teams in the Top 25: No. 23 Eastern Oregon and No. 24 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
- The same teams are in the Top 5 from the last poll, but College of Idaho is the only team to remain at the same rank.
- Every team except for College of Idaho and Southern Oregon moved from the rank they were last week.
- Simon Fraser (B.C.) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 38 all-time.
- College of Idaho actively holds the longest consecutive streak in the poll at 84. The team and remain at No. 3 in this weeks poll.
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.”