KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked and two received votes in the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
Big moves were made as College of Idaho jumped six spots to No. 3, surpassing Eastern Oregon University who dropped one to sit at No. 6. Corban University continued to make positive movement as the Warriors shot up an impressive 10 spots to secure the No. 14 position. Lewis-Clark State College found itself on the poll again, ranked at No. 18. Southern Oregon University and Northwest University received votes. The next rating will be the final one of the 2023 season.
2023-24 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan [18] |
559 |
| 2 |
3 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [2] |
531 |
| 3 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
515 |
| 3 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
515 |
| 5 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
493 |
| 6 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
467 |
| 7 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
458 |
| 8 |
7 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
439 |
| 9 |
10 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
409 |
| 10 |
14 |
Grace (Ind.) |
401 |
| 11 |
13 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
381 |
| 12 |
23 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
346 |
| 13 |
19 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
325 |
| 14 |
24 |
Corban (Ore.) |
312 |
| 15 |
11 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
299 |
| 16 |
17 |
Montana Tech |
265 |
| 17 |
25 |
Doane (Neb.) |
249 |
| 18 |
RV |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
243 |
| 19 |
RV |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
223 |
| 20 |
22 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
218 |
| 21 |
8 |
Oklahoma City |
205 |
| 22 |
12 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
195 |
| 23 |
RV |
Huntington (Ind.) |
174 |
| 24 |
RV |
Indiana East (Ind.) |
159 |
| 25 |
16 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
134 |
Dropped from Top 25: Southern Oregon, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Northwest (Wash.)
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 114, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 109, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 87,
Northwest (Wash.) 45, Marian (Ind.) 28, Benedictine (Kan.) 23, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, Texas Wesleyan 5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5, UC Merced (Calif.) 3, Tabor (Kan.) 3, Rio Grande (Ohio) 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.