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 remained in the front of the group at No. 5, while Southern Oregon University moved up to No. 11. The College of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College are neck-and-neck at No. 14 and No. 15, respectively, while Oregon Tech rounds out the ranked teams at No. 22. Northwest University continued to receive votes.
2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 27, 2022
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [17] |
557 |
| 2 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) [2] |
536 |
| 3 |
3 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
506 |
| 4 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan [1] |
493 |
| 5 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
489 |
| 6 |
22 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
485 |
| 7 |
10 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
475 |
| 8 |
17 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
432 |
| 9 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
407 |
| 10 |
6 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
405 |
| 11 |
16 |
Southern Oregon |
375 |
| 12 |
12 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
368 |
| 13 |
8 |
Grace (Ind.) |
344 |
| 14 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
336 |
| 15 |
11 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
301 |
| 16 |
20 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
295 |
| 17 |
13 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
273 |
| 18 |
15 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
255 |
| 19 |
23 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
232 |
| 20 |
21 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
215 |
| 21 |
19 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
177 |
| 22 |
18 |
Oregon Tech |
164 |
| 23 |
NR |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
162 |
| 24 |
14 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
125 |
| 25 |
NR |
Carroll (Mont.) |
119 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Shawnee State (Ohio)
Receiving Votes: SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 93, Vanguard (Calif.) 85, IU East (Ind.) 77, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 58, Montana Tech 27, Concordia (Neb.) 25, Benedictine (Kan.) 23,
Northwest (Wash.) 15, Kansas Wesleyan 14, Montana Western 7, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5, Marian (Ind.) 4
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.”