KANSAS CITY, Mo. – St. Francis (Ill.) lands at No. 1 in the 2020-21 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Postseason Top-25 Poll after winning the 2020 national title.
After four Cascade Collegiate Conference teams competed at the national championship, all four finished in the top-25. As national runner-up College of Idaho ends the year at No. 2, while Lewis-Clark State College ends at No. 13. Oregon Tech took 15
th to rank No. 15 and Northwest University sits at No. 21.
2020 Women's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
TEAM |
| 1 |
1 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
| 2 |
2 |
College of Idaho |
| 3 |
3 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
| 4 |
14 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
| 5 |
8 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
| 6 |
23 |
Oklahoma City |
| 7 |
4 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
| 8 |
5 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
| 9 |
6 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
| 10 |
13 |
St. Mary (Kan.) |
| 11 |
20 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
| 12 |
7 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
| 13 |
9 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
| 14 |
16 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
| 15 |
12 |
Oregon Tech |
| 16 |
10 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
| 17 |
11 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
| 18 |
RV |
Dalton State (N.D.) |
| 19 |
17 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
| 20 |
RV |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| 21 |
22 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
| 22 |
18 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
| 23 |
15 |
St. Francis (Ind.) |
| 24 |
NR |
William Woods (Mo.) |
| 25 |
19 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
Poll Methodology
The postseason poll is based on the final finish of the championship.