KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A new team leads six Cascade Collegiate Conference ranked in the latest edition of the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
Southern Oregon University catapulted up to the No. 8 spot, while Lewis-Clark State College moved up two spots to No. 12. The College of Idaho slipped to No. 14 with Oregon Tech right on its tail at No. 15. Eastern Oregon University and Northwest University round out the ranked teams at No. 20 and No. 24, respectively.
2021 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – 10.28.21
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
St. Francis (Ill.) [17] |
528 |
| 2 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
511 |
| 3 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan [1] |
489 |
| 4 |
4 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [1] |
483 |
| 5 |
5 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
437 |
| 6 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
435 |
| 7 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
415 |
| 8 |
16 |
Southern Oregon |
412 |
| 9 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
411 |
| 10 |
11 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
391 |
| 11 |
10 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
353 |
| 12 |
14 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
344 |
| 13 |
13 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
327 |
| 14 |
12 |
College of Idaho |
312 |
| 15 |
9 |
Oregon Tech |
279 |
| 16 |
18 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
268 |
| 17 |
17 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
265 |
| 18 |
25 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
242 |
| 19 |
15 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
209 |
| 20 |
21 |
Eastern Oregon |
199 |
| 21 |
NR |
Westmont (Calif.) |
195 |
| 22 |
22 |
Grace (Ind.) |
184 |
| 23 |
23 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
156 |
| 24 |
19 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
130 |
| 25 |
NR |
Marian (Ind.) |
128 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Carroll (Mont.), Michigan-Dearborn
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 106, Carroll (Mont.) 84, William Carey (Miss.) 75, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 48, Michigan-Dearborn 30, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 13, Campbellsville (Ky.) 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.”