KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Taylor Trojans are No. 1 in the second consecutive poll in the latest edition of the Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top-25 Poll, released Thursday by the NAIA office.
College of Idaho is back in the rankings and leads two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams appearing on the top-25 poll. The Coyotes sit in the No. 11 spot after winning a head-to-head race at Eastern Oregon University with one of the most dominant finishes in program history, as the Yotes recorded eight of the top-nine finishes in the meet.
Oregon Tech also sits in the top-25, picking up the No. 20 ranking. The Owls took first out of five teams at the Bushnell Open to start the season.
2020 Women's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – 11/19/20
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Taylor (Ind.) [20] |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
534 |
| 3 |
3 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
529 |
| 4 |
5 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
494 |
| 5 |
4 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
493 |
| 6 |
6 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
450 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
433 |
| 8 |
8 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
417 |
| 9 |
9 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
406 |
| 10 |
10 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
394 |
| 11 |
NR |
College of Idaho |
364 |
| 12 |
11 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
354 |
| 13 |
12 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
334 |
| 14 |
13 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
331 |
| 15 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
300 |
| 16 |
14 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
295 |
| 17 |
17 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
256 |
| 18 |
16 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
251 |
| 19 |
18 |
Montana Western |
230 |
| 20 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
226 |
| 21 |
19 |
Friends (Kan.) |
195 |
| 22 |
20 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
191 |
| 23 |
NR |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
163 |
| 24 |
NR |
Westmont (Calif.) |
150 |
| 25 |
23 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
139 |
Dropped from the Top 25: St. Ambrose (Iowa), Baker (Kan.), Concordia (Neb.), Vanguard (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: St. Ambrose (Iowa) 111, Baker (Kan.) 93, Concordia (Neb.) 77, Dalton State (Ga.) 59, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 43, Vanguard (Calif.) 38, Siena Heights (Mich.) 19, Hastings (Neb.) 12, Missouri Baptist 9, Grace (Ind.) 7
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.”