KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The College of Idaho continues to lead five Cascade Collegiate Conference teams in the latest edition of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
The Coyotes moved up three spots to sit just outside the top five at No. 6. Southern Oregon University slipped to No. 13 and Northwest University held at No. 25. Lewis-Clark State College and Oregon Tech are receiving votes in the poll.
2021 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – 10.28.21
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
St. Francis (Ill.) [20] |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
537 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
529 |
| 4 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
501 |
| 5 |
5 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
478 |
| 6 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
472 |
| 7 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
454 |
| 8 |
7 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
435 |
| 9 |
8 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
426 |
| 10 |
22 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
380 |
| 11 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
368 |
| 12 |
13 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
354 |
| 13 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
348 |
| 14 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
339 |
| 15 |
NR |
Grace (Ind.) |
304 |
| 16 |
18 |
Montana Tech |
283 |
| 17 |
17 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
274 |
| 18 |
19 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
240 |
| 19 |
21 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
235 |
| 20 |
23 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
215 |
| 21 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
201 |
| 22 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
190 |
| 23 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
163 |
| 24 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
123 |
| 25 |
25 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
122 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Hastings (Neb.), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Oklahoma City
Receiving Votes: Vanguard (Calif.) 91, Hastings (Neb.) 83,
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 83, Dalton State (Ga.) 50, Doane (Neb.) 42,
Oregon Tech 23, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 19, Cumberlands (Ky.) 15, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 11, Friends (Kan.)
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.”