KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw its three ranked teams each move up on the latest NAIA 2022 Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
The College of Idaho moved up one spot to No. 6, while Southern Oregon University made a six-spot leap to also sit in the top 10 at No. 10. Lewis-Clark State College advanced two spots to No. 21 to round out the trio.
2022 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 22, 2022
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [16] |
557 |
| 2 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) [2] |
531 |
| 3 |
2 |
St. Francis (Ill.) [1] |
529 |
| 4 |
5 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) [1] |
511 |
| 5 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
476 |
| 6 |
7 |
College of Idaho |
460 |
| 7 |
3 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
456 |
| 8 |
9 |
Grace (Ind.) |
447 |
| 9 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
395 |
| 10 |
16 |
Southern Oregon |
388 |
| 11 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
381 |
| 12 |
11 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
364 |
| 13 |
13 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
341 |
| 14 |
17 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
292 |
| 15 |
12 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
291 |
| 16 |
14 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
284 |
| 17 |
NR |
Concordia (Neb.) |
264 |
| 18 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
251 |
| 19 |
25 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
219 |
| 20 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
218 |
| 21 |
23 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
210 |
| 22 |
15 |
Oklahoma City |
184 |
| 23 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
156 |
| 24 |
20 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
116 |
| 25 |
NR |
Tabor (Kan.) |
113 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Indiana Tech, Montana Tech, Huntington (Ind.), Hastings (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Campbellsville (Ky.) 107, Indiana Tech 97, Northwestern (Iowa) 69, Arizona Christian 64, Montana Tech 56, William Woods (Mo.) 43, Marian (Ind.) 23, Southeastern (Fla.) 13, Huntington (Ind.) 12, Hastings (Neb.) 9, Thomas More (Ky.) 3, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 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.”