KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho ranked first in the latest NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two other teams ranked and one received votes.
College of Idaho jumped two spots to No. 1 after earning 14 first place votes to land as the top team in the NAIA. Southern Oregon University remained at No. 7 while Lewis-Clark State College moved up one spot to No. 19. Eastern Oregon University continued to receive votes. The next rating will be the final one of the 2023 season.
2023 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 – No . 4
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
College of Idaho [14] |
585 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [6] |
569 |
| 3 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
561 |
| 4 |
1 |
Taylor (Ind.) [1] |
533 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
516 |
| 6 |
8 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
492 |
| 7 |
7 |
Southern Oregon |
471 |
| 8 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
449 |
| 9 |
15 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
437 |
| 10 |
9 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
427 |
| 11 |
12 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
404 |
| 12 |
25 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
384 |
| 13 |
19 |
Grace (Ind.) |
347 |
| 14 |
21 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
342 |
| 15 |
11 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
325 |
| 16 |
13 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
288 |
| 17 |
23 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
276 |
| 18 |
10 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
267 |
| 19 |
20 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
257 |
| 20 |
22 |
Montana Tech |
232 |
| 21 |
17 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
204 |
| 22 |
RV |
Huntington (Ind.) |
182 |
| 23 |
16 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
178 |
| 24 |
18 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
139 |
| 25 |
14 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
105 |
Dropped from Top 25: Indiana Tech
Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Oregon 82, Michigan-Dearborn 71, Doane (Neb.) 65, Vanguard (Calif.) 64, William Carey (Miss.) 59, Indiana Tech 50, Texas Wesleyan 34, William Woods (Mo.) 12, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 12, Oklahoma City 9, Aquinas (Mich.) 9, Hastings (Neb.) 6.
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.