KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and two received votes on the first NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the season, released Thursday by the national office.
The College of Idaho led the pack of CCC teams, sitting at No. 3 in the first poll. Southern Oregon University follows at No. 8 while Lewis-Clark State College lands in the No. 12 spot. Eastern Oregon University and Oregon Tech received votes.
2023 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 – No . 1
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Taylor (Ind.) [21] |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
569 |
| 3 |
3 |
College of Idaho |
555 |
| 4 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
518 |
| 5 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
516 |
| 6 |
6 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
507 |
| 7 |
7 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
477 |
| 8 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
456 |
| 9 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
444 |
| 10 |
11 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
396 |
| 11 |
8 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
391 |
| 12 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
366 |
| 13 |
16 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
364 |
| 14 |
12 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
359 |
| 15 |
23 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
303 |
| 16 |
14 |
Grace (Ind.) |
301 |
| 17 |
19 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
294 |
| 18 |
15 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
270 |
| 19 |
17 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
259 |
| 20 |
18 |
Indiana Tech |
232 |
| 21 |
RV |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
224 |
| 22 |
20 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
167 |
| 23 |
21 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
135 |
| 24 |
24 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
130 |
| 25 |
22 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
126 |
Dropped from Top 25: Eastern Oregon
Others Receiving Votes: Tabor (Kan.) 122,
Eastern Oregon 95, Oregon Tech 93, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 49, William Carey (Miss.) 44, Vanguard (Calif.) 43, John Brown (Ark.) 33, Morningside (Iowa) 14, Montana Tech 8, Southeastern (Fla.) 7
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.