KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four teams represented the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the final NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Poll, released by the NAIA office.
Lewis-Clark State College jumped up to No. 8 in the rankings after winning its first CCC Championship, presented by U.S. Bank. Oregon Tech climbed four spots to No. 13 after taking second at the race, while College of Idaho dropped to No. 15 and Northwest University moved up to No. 18.
2020 Men's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Huntington (Ind.) [13] |
554 |
| 2 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) [6] |
547 |
| 3 |
3 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
524 |
| 4 |
4 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
501 |
| 5 |
6 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
472 |
| 6 |
5 |
Oklahoma City [1] |
466 |
| 7 |
7 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
438 |
| 8 |
11 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
428 |
| 9 |
13 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
413 |
| 10 |
9 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
406 |
| 11 |
12 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
382 |
| 12 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
378 |
| 13 |
17 |
Oregon Tech |
353 |
| 14 |
14 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
320 |
| 15 |
8 |
College of Idaho |
315 |
| 16 |
15 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
295 |
| 17 |
18 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
239 |
| 18 |
20 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
234 |
| 19 |
23 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
232 |
| 20 |
16 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
228 |
| 21 |
21 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
180 |
| 22 |
19 |
Baker (Kan.) |
166 |
| 23 |
25 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
134 |
| 24 |
24 |
Doane (Neb.) |
126 |
| 25 |
NR |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
119 |
Dropped from the poll: William Carey (Miss.)
Receiving votes: Grace (Ind.) 99, Goshen (Ind.) 98, William Carey (Miss.) 92, Aquinas (Mich.) 76, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 71, Westmont (Calif.) 42, Dakota State (S.D.) 7, Southeastern (Fla.) 6, Montana State-Northern 5, Loyola (La.) 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.”