KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked and two received votes in the final NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Rating of the season, released Tuesday by the national office.
The reigning CCC Men’s Cross Country Champions of Eastern Oregon University moved up one spot to land at No. 5 in the final poll of the season. College of Idaho fell four spots to sit at No. 7. Lewis-Clark State College moved up three positions to sit at No. 15 while Corban University dropped three to secure No. 17. Southern Oregon University and Oregon Tech received votes.
2023-24 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [First Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan [18] |
559 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [2] |
537 |
| 3 |
T3 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
519 |
| 4 |
5 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
501 |
| 5 |
6 |
Eastern Oregon |
499 |
| 6 |
7 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
462 |
| 7 |
T3 |
College of Idaho |
457 |
| 8 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
439 |
| 9 |
9 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
418 |
| 10 |
12 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
398 |
| 11 |
11 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
362 |
| 12 |
10 |
Grace (Ind.) |
338 |
| 12 |
13 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
338 |
| 14 |
15 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
325 |
| 15 |
18 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
305 |
| 16 |
17 |
Doane (Neb.) |
279 |
| 17 |
14 |
Corban (Ore.) |
268 |
| 18 |
25 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
262 |
| 19 |
16 |
Montana Tech |
226 |
| 20 |
21 |
Oklahoma City |
213 |
| 21 |
20 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
208 |
| 22 |
22 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
194 |
| 23 |
19 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
160 |
| 24 |
RV |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
104 |
| 25 |
23 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
100 |
Dropped from Top 25: Indiana East
Others Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 97, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 92, Rio Grande (Ohio) 68,
Southern Oregon 53, Texas Wesleyan 36, Indiana East 31, Cornerstone (Mich.) 21, Marian (Ind.) 21,
Oregon Tech 10, Campbellsville (Ky.) 5, Southeastern (Fla.) 4, William Carey (Miss.) 3, Tabor (Kan.) 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.