KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw its three ranked teams hold their spots on the latest NAIA 2022 Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
The College of Idaho remained No. 6, while Southern Oregon University held its top-10 spot at No. 10. Lewis-Clark State College rounds out the trio at No. 21.
2022 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 6, 2022
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [14] |
585 |
| 2 |
2 |
Taylor (Ind.) [7] |
578 |
| 3 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
543 |
| 4 |
3 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
541 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
517 |
| 6 |
6 |
College of Idaho |
496 |
| 7 |
7 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
474 |
| 8 |
8 |
Grace (Ind.) |
446 |
| 9 |
11 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
441 |
| 10 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
424 |
| 11 |
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
389 |
| 12 |
15 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
374 |
| 13 |
19 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
365 |
| 14 |
12 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
343 |
| 15 |
13 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
324 |
| 16 |
NR |
Huntington (Ind.) |
287 |
| 17 |
18 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
282 |
| 18 |
14 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
277 |
| 19 |
16 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
259 |
| 20 |
20 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
232 |
| 21 |
21 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
195 |
| 22 |
17 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
160 |
| 23 |
NR |
Goshen (Ind.) |
159 |
| 24 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
142 |
| 25 |
22 |
Oklahoma City |
125 |
Dropped from the Poll: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Tabor (Kan.), Saint Francis (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Ind.) 83, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 81, William Woods (Mo.) 77, Arizona Christian 61, Marian (Ind.) 49, Olivet Nazarene (Illl.) 49, Campbellsville (Ky.) 41, Southeastern (Fla.) 13, Tabor (Kan.) 8, Hastings (Neb.) 7, Truett McConnell (5), Mount Mercy (Iowa) 4, Thomas More (Ky.) 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.”