Five CCC Teams Remain on Final NAIA Women’s Cross Country Top-25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) claims the No. 1 spot in the final edition of the 2019 Women’s Cross Country Top 25 Poll, released Monday by the NAIA office.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw half (5 of 10) of its teams represented in the poll, with four grabbing spots in the top-25 and another receiving votes. College of Idaho slipped to No. 6, while Southern Oregon University held at No. 9. Eastern Oregon University moved up again this week to No. 11, while Oregon Tech rounded out the teams ranked with a No. 17 ranking. Northwest Christian University continued to receive votes in the final poll.
2019 Women's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) [15] |
586 |
| 2 |
2 |
Madonna (Mich.) [6] |
577 |
| 3 |
4 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
543 |
| 4 |
6 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
521 |
| 5 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
518 |
| 6 |
3 |
College of Idaho |
509 |
| 7 |
7 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
483 |
| 8 |
8 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
448 |
| 9 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
444 |
| 10 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
424 |
| 11 |
12 |
Eastern Oregon |
374 |
| 11 |
11 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
374 |
| 13 |
14 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
362 |
| 14 |
13 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
325 |
| 15 |
15 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
322 |
| 16 |
21 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
306 |
| 17 |
18 |
Oregon Tech |
282 |
| 18 |
16 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
272 |
| 19 |
20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
239 |
| 20 |
NR |
Montana Western |
228 |
| 21 |
17 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
179 |
| 22 |
23 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
171 |
| 23 |
NR |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
156 |
| 24 |
22 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
147 |
| 25 |
24 |
Oklahoma City |
141 |
Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 117, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 106, Indiana Tech 65, Tennessee Wesleyan 43,
Northwest Christian (Ore.) 30, Saint Francis (Ind.) 28, Westmont (Calif.) 26, Friends (Kan.) 17, Northwestern (Iowa) 16, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 16, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 14, Montreat (N.C.) 8, Bethel (Ind.) 8, Dalton State (Ga.) 5
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
- For the third poll in a row, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) remains No. 1 in the country.
- There are two teams that joined the Top 25 this week: No. 20 Montana Western and No. 23 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
- Four of the five teams in the Top 5 remained. Milligan (Tenn.) is the newcomer to the Top 5 after being ranked at No. 6 last time.
- 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 86. The team sits at No. 6 in this week’s 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.”