Four CCC Ranked On Final NAIA Men’s Cross Country Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City remains at No. 1 in the final edition of the men’s cross country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced by the NAIA office Monday.
Four teams represented the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the poll, with all four finding spots in the top-25. No. 2 College of Idaho, No. 5 Southern Oregon University and No. 17 Oregon Tech all held at their spots from last time. Eastern Oregon University rounded out the quartet with a No. 25 ranking.
2019 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Oklahoma City [20] |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
College of Idaho |
541 |
| 3 |
3 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
517 |
| 4 |
6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
505 |
| 5 |
5 |
Southern Oregon |
491 |
| 6 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
473 |
| 7 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
448 |
| 8 |
8 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
427 |
| 9 |
9 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
405 |
| 10 |
10 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
390 |
| 11 |
13 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
387 |
| 12 |
11 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
351 |
| 13 |
14 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
346 |
| 14 |
12 |
Baker (Kan.) |
335 |
| 15 |
15 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
306 |
| 16 |
19 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
285 |
| 17 |
17 |
Oregon Tech |
273 |
| 18 |
16 |
Doane (Neb.) |
248 |
| 19 |
18 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
231 |
| 20 |
21 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
178 |
| 21 |
24 |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
169 |
| 22 |
20 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
156 |
| 23 |
25 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
150 |
| 23 |
22 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
150 |
| 25 |
23 |
Eastern Oregon |
147 |
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 138, Columbia (Mo.) 121, Cornerstone (Mich.) 84, Hope International (Calif.) 27, UC Merced (Calif.) 20, Aquinas (Mich.) 19, Evangel (Mo.) 16, Menlo (Calif.) 10, Loyola (La.) 6, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 5, William Carey (Miss.) 3
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
- Oklahoma City notches its 32nd No. 1 rank.
- The Stars have been ranked consecutively for the last 16 polls.
- There are no new teams that moved into the Top 25 this week
- Indiana Wesleyan is the only team that is new to the Top 5 this week after being just outside of it at No. 6.
- Southern Oregon holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 43 all time.
- Southern Oregon actively holds the longest consecutive streak in the Top 25 poll with 105 consecutive appearances. This week the team is at No. 5.
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.”