KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five Cascade Collegiate Conference teams continue to receive votes in the final edition of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Monday by the national office.
After winning its third CCC Women’s Cross Country Championship, presented by US Bank, College of Idaho continues to lead the five CCC teams receiving votes in the poll. The Coyotes held at No. 6, while Southern Oregon University stayed at No. 13. Oregon Tech moved into the rankings at No. 23, while Lewis-Clark State College and Northwest University are receiving votes.
2021 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
St. Francis (Ill.) [21] |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
568 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
556 |
| 4 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
528 |
| 5 |
5 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
507 |
| 6 |
6 |
College of Idaho |
505 |
| 7 |
7 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
481 |
| 8 |
9 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
451 |
| 9 |
10 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
439 |
| 10 |
8 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
424 |
| 11 |
11 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
396 |
| 12 |
12 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
366 |
| 13 |
13 |
Southern Oregon |
364 |
| 14 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
351 |
| 15 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
313 |
| 16 |
20 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
297 |
| 17 |
15 |
Grace (Ind.) |
277 |
| 18 |
19 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
232 |
| 19 |
18 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
230 |
| 19 |
22 |
Indiana Tech |
230 |
| 21 |
16 |
Montana Tech |
207 |
| 22 |
17 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
188 |
| 23 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
182 |
| 24 |
NR |
Hastings (Neb.) |
156 |
| 25 |
NR |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
139 |
Dropped from the Poll: Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Northwest (Wash.), Concordia (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 102, Dalton State (Ga.) 99,
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 45, William Woods (Mo.) 41, Benedictine (Kan.) 41, Oklahoma City 36, Cumberlands (Ky.) 15, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 15, Morningside (Iowa) 13, Friends (Kan.) 10, Baker (Kan.) 7, William Carey (Miss.) 7,
Northwest (Wash.) 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.”