KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four teams represented the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Poll, released Thursday by the NAIA office.
College of Idaho catapulted up eight spots to break into the top-10, sitting in the No. 8 spot. Lewis-Clark State College dropped to No. 11, while Oregon Tech climbed three spots to No. 17. After receiving votes last time, Northwest University broke into the top-25 with a No. 20 ranking.
2020 Men's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Huntington (Ind.) [10] |
519 |
| 2 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) [5] |
512 |
| 3 |
3 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
487 |
| 4 |
4 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
465 |
| 5 |
12 |
Oklahoma City [4] |
460 |
| 6 |
5 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
445 |
| 7 |
7 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
420 |
| 8 |
16 |
College of Idaho |
414 |
| 9 |
8 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
380 |
| 10 |
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
371 |
| 11 |
6 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
368 |
| 12 |
10 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
360 |
| 13 |
11 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
347 |
| 14 |
13 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
308 |
| 15 |
14 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
287 |
| 16 |
15 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
263 |
| 17 |
20 |
Oregon Tech |
246 |
| 18 |
18 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
237 |
| 19 |
19 |
Baker (Kan.) |
228 |
| 20 |
NR |
Northwest (Wash.) |
190 |
| 21 |
23 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
169 |
| 22 |
17 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
168 |
| 23 |
21 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
156 |
| 24 |
22 |
Doane (Neb.) |
137 |
| 25 |
24 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
126 |
Dropped from the poll: Westmont (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Westmont (Calif.) 110, Grace (Ind.) 79, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 62, Aquinas (Mich.) 51, Montana State-Northern 32, Goshen (Ind.) 29, Loyola (La.) 27, Dakota State (S.D.) 26, Friends (Kan.) 5, Michigan-Dearborn 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.”