KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw five teams ranked and one received votes on the NAIA 2023 Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho led the pack of CCC teams, sitting at No. 6 on the preseason poll. Eastern Oregon University followed at No. 9 while Southern Oregon University landed in the No. 12 position. Lewis-Clark State College grabbed the No. 14 ranking and Oregon Tech rounded out the poll, securing the No. 17 spot. Northwest University received votes.
2023-24 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ PRESEASON Top 25
| RANK |
LAST YEAR |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [7] |
573 |
| 2 |
3 |
Dordt (Iowa) [7] |
561 |
| 3 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan [5] |
553 |
| 4 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) [1] |
550 |
| 5 |
5 |
Oklahoma City [1] |
515 |
| 6 |
10 |
College of Idaho |
483 |
| 7 |
9 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
470 |
| 8 |
11 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
467 |
| 9 |
13 |
Eastern Oregon |
439 |
| 10 |
7 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
435 |
| 11 |
14 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
397 |
| 12 |
6 |
Southern Oregon |
387 |
| 13 |
RV |
Goshen (Ind.) |
341 |
| 14 |
20 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
339 |
| 15 |
19 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
297 |
| 16 |
17 |
Grace (Ind.) |
295 |
| 17 |
18 |
Oregon Tech |
263 |
| 17 |
21 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
263 |
| 19 |
RV |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
242 |
| 20 |
23 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
184 |
| 21 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
165 |
| 22 |
12 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
160 |
| 23 |
RV |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
154 |
| 24 |
15 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
140 |
| 25 |
NR |
Doane (Neb.) |
119 |
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Wesleyan 110, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 84, Southeastern (Fla.) 68,
Northwest (Wash.) 65, Montana Tech 51, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 46, Campbellsville (Ky.) 27, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 22, William Carey (Miss.) 20, IU East (Ind.) 18, Kansas Wesleyan 18, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 16, John Brown (Ark.) 14, Arizona Christian 12, Grand View (Iowa) 10, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 9, Missouri Baptist 8.
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.