KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked and one received votes on the NAIA 2023 Women’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. 3 on the preseason poll. Southern Oregon University followed at No. 9 while Lewis-Clark State College landed in the No. 13 position. Eastern Oregon University rounded out the poll, securing the No. 25 spot. Oregon Tech received votes.
2023-24 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ PRESEASON Top 25
| RANK |
LAST YEAR |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Taylor (Ind.) [20] |
560 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
541 |
| 3 |
6 |
College of Idaho |
523 |
| 4 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
482 |
| 5 |
7 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
470 |
| 6 |
3 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
469 |
| 7 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
461 |
| 8 |
11 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
450 |
| 9 |
12 |
Southern Oregon |
433 |
| 10 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
392 |
| 11 |
14 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
372 |
| 12 |
16 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
357 |
| 13 |
22 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
339 |
| 14 |
17 |
Grace (Ind.) |
323 |
| 15 |
15 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
318 |
| 16 |
23 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
263 |
| 17 |
5 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
252 |
| 18 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
217 |
| 19 |
19 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
215 |
| 20 |
RV |
William Woods (Mo.) |
207 |
| 21 |
RV |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
190 |
| 22 |
20 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
185 |
| 23 |
RV |
Concordia (Neb.) |
159 |
| 24 |
RV |
Goshen (Ind.) |
141 |
| 25 |
NR |
Eastern Oregon |
137 |
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Wesleyan 91,
Oregon Tech 91, William Carey (Miss.) 80, Montana Tech 56, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 53, Hastings (Neb.) 30, Vanguard (Calif.) 23, Tabor (Kan.) 19, Southeastern (Fla.) 19, Oklahoma City 14, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 8, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5.
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.