KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference continued to see five teams rank and another receive votes on the latest NAIA 2022 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University continues to lead the pack, moving up another spot to No. 4. The rest of the ranked squads held their rankings from last week: No. 9 College of Idaho, No. 11 Lewis-Clark State College, No. 16 Southern Oregon University and No. 18 Oregon Tech. Northwest University continued to receive votes on the poll, sitting outside the top 25.
2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 13, 2022
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [12] |
583 |
| 2 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) [9] |
574 |
| 3 |
3 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
554 |
| 4 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
519 |
| 5 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
517 |
| 6 |
6 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
491 |
| 7 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
473 |
| 8 |
8 |
Grace (Ind.) |
452 |
| 9 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
445 |
| 10 |
10 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
415 |
| 11 |
11 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
389 |
| 12 |
12 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
380 |
| 13 |
13 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
379 |
| 14 |
14 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
344 |
| 15 |
15 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
323 |
| 16 |
16 |
Southern Oregon |
314 |
| 17 |
17 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
285 |
| 18 |
18 |
Oregon Tech |
260 |
| 19 |
18 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
258 |
| 20 |
20 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
221 |
| 21 |
21 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
206 |
| 22 |
22 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
180 |
| 23 |
24 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
145 |
| 24 |
25 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
138 |
| 25 |
23 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
111 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 101, Benedictine (Kan.) 71,
Northwest (Wash.) 61, Carroll (Mont.) 59, Marian (Ind.) 58, Concordia (Neb.) 53, Doane (Neb.) 13, Southwestern (Kan.) 10, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 6, Montana Western 6, Montana Tech 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.”