KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw 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 one spot to No. 5. The College of Idaho and Oregon Tech made the biggest jumps, each climbing seven spots to No. 9 and No. 18, respectively. Lewis-Clark State College slipped to No. 11, while Southern Oregon University rounds out the ranked squads at No. 16. Northwest University is just on the cusp of the top 25, receiving votes on the poll.
2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 6, 2022
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [11] |
582 |
| 2 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan [9] |
577 |
| 3 |
4 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
537 |
| 4 |
5 |
The Master's (Calif.) [1] |
534 |
| 5 |
6 |
Eastern Oregon |
526 |
| 6 |
3 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
481 |
| 7 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
475 |
| 8 |
10 |
Grace (Ind.) |
453 |
| 9 |
16 |
College of Idaho |
451 |
| 10 |
14 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
414 |
| 11 |
9 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
405 |
| 12 |
23 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
384 |
| 13 |
17 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
341 |
| 14 |
NR |
Goshen (Ind.) |
330 |
| 15 |
8 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
320 |
| 16 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
315 |
| 17 |
14 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
288 |
| 18 |
13 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
264 |
| 18 |
25 |
Oregon Tech |
264 |
| 20 |
19 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
226 |
| 21 |
18 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
200 |
| 22 |
24 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
192 |
| 23 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
142 |
| 24 |
NR |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
131 |
| 25 |
21 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
130 |
Dropped from the Poll: Northwest (Wash.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Receiving Votes: Northwest (Wash.) 93, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 90, Benedictine (Kan.) 87. Marian (Ind.) 68, Carroll (Mont.) 56, Cumberland (Tenn.) 25, Doane (Neb.) 18, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 18, Southwestern (Kan.) 14, Montana Tech 5, IU East (Ind.) 3, Concordia (Neb.) 2
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.”