KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Six Cascade Collegiate Conference bettered their rankings at the 2021 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Championship to move up in the postseason edition of the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
College of Idaho led the group with a fifth-place finish after coming into the meet as the No. 10-ranked team. Lewis-Clark State College climbed six spots after taking sixth at the championship and Oregon Tech moved up two spots with a 12
th-place finish. Southern Oregon University took 14
th to move up three spots, while Eastern Oregon University took 20
th (up one spot) and Northwest University was right behind in 21
st (up four spots).
2021 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Postseason
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL |
| 1 |
3 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
| 2 |
2 |
St. Mary (Kan.) |
| 3 |
5 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
| 4 |
1 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
| 5 |
10 |
College of Idaho |
| 6 |
12 |
Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho) |
| 7 |
7 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
| 8 |
13 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
| 9 |
9 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
| 10 |
6 |
Oklahoma City |
| 11 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
| 12 |
14 |
Oregon Tech |
| 13 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| 14 |
17 |
Southern Oregon |
| 15 |
11 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
| 16 |
18 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
| 17 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
| 18 |
16 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
| 19 |
15 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
| 20 |
21 |
Eastern Oregon |
| 21 |
25 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
| 22 |
20 |
Grace (Ind.) |
| 23 |
19 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
| 24 |
RV |
Goshen (Ind.) |
| 25 |
23 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
Poll Methodology
The postseason poll is based on the final results at the national championship.