KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw more than half its teams ranked on the NAIA 2022 Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
The College of Idaho leads the pack at No. 6, followed by Southern Oregon University sitting in the No. 10 spot. Eastern Oregon University begins the year at No. 13, while Lewis-Clark State College enters at No. 17. Northwest University and Oregon Tech round out the six CCC teams at No. 21 and No. 25, respectively.
2022 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [16] |
527 |
| 2 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan [3] |
511 |
| 3 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
473 |
| 4 |
4 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
462 |
| 5 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
452 |
| 6 |
7 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
439 |
| 6 |
5 |
College of Idaho |
439 |
| 8 |
10 |
Oklahoma City |
415 |
| 9 |
9 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
393 |
| 10 |
14 |
Southern Oregon |
374 |
| 11 |
15 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
367 |
| 12 |
13 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
349 |
| 13 |
20 |
Eastern Oregon |
318 |
| 14 |
18 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
287 |
| 15 |
19 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
284 |
| 16 |
22 |
Grace (Ind.) |
277 |
| 17 |
6 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
270 |
| 18 |
16 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
251 |
| 19 |
17 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
224 |
| 20 |
11 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
213 |
| 21 |
21 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
192 |
| 22 |
25 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
159 |
| 23 |
24 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
154 |
| 24 |
23 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
146 |
| 25 |
12 |
Oregon Tech |
136 |
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 95, Marian (Ind.) 79, William Carey (Miss.) 48, Benedictine (Kan.) 33, Montana Tech 32, Campbellsville (Ky.) 22, Concordia (Neb.) 16, Dakota State (S.D.) 7, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 6, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 6, John Brown (Ark.) 5
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.”