KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference had five teams remain ranked and two received votes in the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
Eastern Oregon University and College of Idaho continued to hold its No. 5 and No. 9 spots, respectively. Southern Oregon University moved down one to land at No. 15 while Northwest University held its No. 21 rank. Corban University dropped one to round out the CCC teams at No. 24. Lewis-Clark State College and Oregon Tech continued to receive votes.
2023-24 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan [18] |
589 |
| 2 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) [2] |
563 |
| 3 |
3 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [1] |
558 |
| 4 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
540 |
| 5 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
503 |
| 6 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
498 |
| 7 |
7 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
477 |
| 8 |
8 |
Oklahoma City |
462 |
| 9 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
436 |
| 10 |
10 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
424 |
| 11 |
11 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
403 |
| 12 |
12 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
373 |
| 13 |
13 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
361 |
| 14 |
14 |
Grace (Ind.) |
327 |
| 15 |
14 |
Southern Oregon |
322 |
| 16 |
16 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
320 |
| 17 |
17 |
Montana Tech |
289 |
| 18 |
18 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
254 |
| 19 |
19 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
227 |
| 20 |
20 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
220 |
| 21 |
21 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
210 |
| 22 |
24 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
182 |
| 23 |
22 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
179 |
| 24 |
23 |
Corban (Ore.) |
168 |
| 25 |
RV |
Doane (Neb.) |
149 |
Dropped from Top 25: Huntington (Ind.)
Others Receiving Votes: Huntington (Ind.) 106, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 78,
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 63, UC Merced (Calif.) 53, Texas Wesleyan 36, Marian (Ind.) 21, Indiana East 16, Cornerstone (Mich.) 13, Benedictine (Kan.) 12, William Penn (Iowa) 7,
Oregon Tech 3.
Rating Methodology:
- The Top 25 was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, and Unaffiliated Groupings.
- 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 ratings) 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.