KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five Cascade Collegiate Conference’s teams rank, while another earned votes, on the final NAIA 2022 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Monday by the national office.
After winning the 2022 CCC Men’s Cross Country Championship, presented by U.S. Bank, Southern Oregon University climbed five spots to sit in the No. 6 spot. College of Idaho also moved into the top 10 at No. 10, while Eastern Oregon University slipped to No. 13. Oregon Tech moved up to No. 18 and Lewis-Clark State College dropped to No. 20 to round out the ranked squads. Northwest University is on the outside of the poll, earning votes.
2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – FINAL
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [15] |
495 |
| 2 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) [2] |
483 |
| 3 |
3 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
458 |
| 4 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan [1] |
451 |
| 5 |
9 |
Oklahoma City |
432 |
| 6 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
420 |
| 7 |
7 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
402 |
| 8 |
6 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
378 |
| 9 |
10 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
359 |
| 10 |
14 |
College of Idaho |
351 |
| 11 |
8 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
344 |
| 12 |
12 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
331 |
| 13 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
325 |
| 14 |
16 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
284 |
| 15 |
18 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
258 |
| 16 |
17 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
242 |
| 17 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
241 |
| 18 |
22 |
Oregon Tech |
224 |
| 19 |
21 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
203 |
| 20 |
15 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
196 |
| 21 |
20 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
176 |
| 21 |
23 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
176 |
| 23 |
25 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
111 |
| 24 |
19 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
106 |
| 25 |
NR |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
102 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Goshen (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 97, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 79,
Northwest (Wash.) 76, IU East (Ind.) 59, Montana Western 30, Kansas Wesleyan 19, Southeastern (Fla.) 17, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 8, Concordia (Neb.) 6, Shawnee State (Ohio) 6, Arizona Christian 3, Benedictine (Kan.) 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.”