KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked and one receive votes in the 2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho secured the No. 5 spot to lead the ranked CCC teams after tying for first in the
CCC preseason poll. Eastern Oregon University came in right behind at No. 7, followed by Lewis-Clark State College at No. 13. Corban University rounded out the ranked CCC teams at No. 22. Southern Oregon University received votes.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [20] |
560 |
| 2 |
4 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
536 |
| 3 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
530 |
| 4 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
498 |
| 5 |
7 |
College of Idaho |
476 |
| 6 |
3 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
472 |
| 7 |
5 |
Eastern Oregon |
451 |
| 8 |
10 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
437 |
| 9 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
418 |
| 10 |
9 |
Montreat (S.C.) |
401 |
| 11 |
20 |
Oklahoma City |
390 |
| 12 |
16 |
Doane (Neb.) |
357 |
| 13 |
15 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
329 |
| 14 |
21 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
295 |
| 15 |
18 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
282 |
| 16 |
22 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
276 |
| 17 |
12 |
Saint Francis (Ill.) |
274 |
| 18 |
RV |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
243 |
| 19 |
RV |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
205 |
| 20 |
14 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
187 |
| 21 |
11 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
186 |
| 22 |
RV |
Corban (Ore.) |
170 |
| 23 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
158 |
| 24 |
24 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
151 |
| 25 |
RV |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
135 |
Receiving Votes: Grace (Ind.) 113, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 103,
Southern Oregon 88, Campbellsville (Ky.) 61, IU East (Ind.) 54, UC Merced (Calif.) 18, Montana Tech 13, John Brown (Ark.) 8, William Woods (Mo.) 5, William Carey (Miss.) 4, Cornerstone (Mich.) 4, Benedictine (Kan.) 4, Madonna (Mich.) 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”.