KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four Cascade Collegiate Conference teams continued to rank, with another receiving votes, in the latest edition of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
The College of Idaho, Southern Oregon University, and Lewis-Clark State College all held at their respective rankings of No. 9, No. 10, and No. 16. Northwest University rounds out the four CCC teams ranked at No. 25, while Oregon Tech is receiving votes in the poll.
2021 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – 10.14.21
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
572 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
553 |
| 4 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
530 |
| 5 |
5 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
513 |
| 6 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
492 |
| 7 |
7 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
473 |
| 8 |
8 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
463 |
| 9 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
443 |
| 10 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
413 |
| 11 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
389 |
| 12 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
387 |
| 13 |
13 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
359 |
| 14 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
350 |
| 15 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
329 |
| 16 |
16 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
305 |
| 17 |
17 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
288 |
| 18 |
19 |
Montana Tech |
248 |
| 19 |
18 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
245 |
| 20 |
20 |
Oklahoma City |
227 |
| 21 |
21 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
201 |
| 22 |
22 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
198 |
| 23 |
25 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
178 |
| 24 |
23 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
150 |
| 25 |
24 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
132 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Vanguard (Calif.) 95, Grace (Ind.) 91, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 52, Benedictine (Kan.) 45, Marian (Ind.) 29, Missouri Baptist 20, Cumberlands (Ky.) 19,
Oregon Tech 7, Indiana Tech 6, Morningside (Iowa) 6, Southeastern (Fla.) 3, William Carey (Miss.) 3, Montana Western 3
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.”