KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and one received votes in the latest NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho and Southern Oregon University maintained its No. 6 and No. 9 positions, respectively. Lewis-Clark State College dropped one place to No. 15. Eastern Oregon University received votes.
2024 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [14] |
550 |
| 2 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) [5] |
531 |
| 3 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) [1] |
529 |
| 4 |
3 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
520 |
| 5 |
5 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
491 |
| 6 |
6 |
College of Idaho |
471 |
| 7 |
7 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
446 |
| 8 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
428 |
| 9 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
401 |
| 10 |
11 |
Grace (Ind.) |
390 |
| 11 |
10 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
382 |
| 12 |
13 |
SCAD Savanah (Ga.) |
344 |
| 13 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
343 |
| 14 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
329 |
| 15 |
14 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
309 |
| 16 |
17 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
286 |
| 17 |
16 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
270 |
| 18 |
18 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
250 |
| 19 |
19 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
228 |
| 20 |
20 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
213 |
| 21 |
22 |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
169 |
| 22 |
21 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
149 |
| 23 |
RV |
Goshen (Ind.) |
143 |
| 23 |
RV |
Oklahoma City |
143 |
| 25 |
24 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
116 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Concordia (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 108, Marian (Ind.) 96, Concordia (Neb.) 49, Benedictine (Kan.) 39, Montana Tech 35, College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 32, William Woods (Mo.) 20, Doane (Neb.) 18, Evangel (Mo.) 14, Campbellsville (Ky.) 14,
Eastern Oregon 13, UC Merced (Calif.) 9, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3, Missouri Baptist 2
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated 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 rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.