KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw the same three teams ranked and two received votes in the second NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating of the season, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho remains the leader of the pack at No. 3. Southern Oregon University moved up one spot to No. 7 while Lewis-Clark State College fell to No. 19. Eastern Oregon University and Oregon Tech continued to receive votes.
2023 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 – No . 2
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Taylor (Ind.) [19] |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [1] |
538 |
| 3 |
3 |
College of Idaho |
526 |
| 4 |
6 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
502 |
| 5 |
5 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
494 |
| 6 |
7 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
466 |
| 7 |
8 |
Southern Oregon |
443 |
| 8 |
15 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
422 |
| 9 |
10 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
418 |
| 10 |
13 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
406 |
| 11 |
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
370 |
| 12 |
18 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
356 |
| 13 |
17 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
339 |
| 14 |
14 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
332 |
| 15 |
4 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
325 |
| 16 |
21 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
281 |
| 17 |
19 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
277 |
| 18 |
23 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
250 |
| 19 |
12 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
235 |
| 20 |
16 |
Grace (Ind.) |
189 |
| 21 |
20 |
Indiana Tech |
166 |
| 22 |
RV |
Montana Tech |
153 |
| 23 |
RV |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
152 |
| 24 |
RV |
Tabor (Kan.) |
147 |
| 25 |
24 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
135 |
Dropped from Top 25: William Woods (Mo.), Huntington (Ind.), Aquinas (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Oregon 123, Vanguard (Calif.) 94, William Woods (Mo.) 76, William Carey (Miss.) 68, Huntington (Ind.) 67, John Brown (Ark.) 24,
Oregon Tech 12, Aquinas (Mich.) 8, Marian (Ind.) 3, Missouri Baptist 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.