KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and one received votes in the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho claimed 13 first-place votes to earn the top spot in the poll. Lewis-Clark State College fell to No. 11 while Eastern Oregon University dropped to No. 13. Corban University received votes. This is the final rating before the conference championship next weekend.
2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
College of Idaho [13] |
552 |
| 2 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [5] |
536 |
| 3 |
2 |
The Master's (Calif.) [1] |
519 |
| 4 |
5 |
Oklahoma City [1] |
498 |
| 5 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
485 |
| 6 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
461 |
| 7 |
13 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
460 |
| 8 |
14 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
422 |
| 9 |
6 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
403 |
| 10 |
8 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
379 |
| 11 |
9 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
377 |
| 12 |
11 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
360 |
| 13 |
10 |
Eastern Oregon |
359 |
| 14 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
343 |
| 15 |
16 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
342 |
| 16 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
284 |
| 17 |
18 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
276 |
| 18 |
17 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
252 |
| 19 |
20 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
231 |
| 20 |
RV |
IU East (Ind.) |
204 |
| 21 |
19 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
188 |
| 22 |
15 |
Doane (Neb.) |
181 |
| 23 |
23 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
170 |
| 24 |
21 |
Grace (Ind.) |
144 |
| 25 |
RV |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
107 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Corban (Ore.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Carroll (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.) 96, Cornerstone (Mich.) 88, Concordia (Neb.) 69,
Corban (Ore.) 66, Carroll (Mont.) 40, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 38, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 22, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 6
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”.