KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked and two receive votes in the 2024 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
After winning the 2023 NAIA Championship and taking the top spot in the
CCC preseason poll, College of Idaho landed at No. 6 and secured two first-place votes to lead the ranked CCC teams. Southern Oregon University was next at No. 11, followed by Lewis-Clark State College at No. 14. Eastern Oregon University and Oregon Tech received votes.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
St. Mary (Kan.) [6] |
479 |
| 2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [3] |
471 |
| 3 |
5 |
The Master's (Calif.) [5] |
468 |
| 4 |
4 |
Taylor (Ind.) [2] |
460 |
| 5 |
16 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
434 |
| 6 |
1 |
College of Idaho [2] |
419 |
| 7 |
6 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
393 |
| 8 |
9 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
369 |
| 9 |
13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
362 |
| 10 |
10 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
358 |
| 11 |
7 |
Southern Oregon |
353 |
| 12 |
11 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
323 |
| 13 |
12 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
289 |
| 14 |
18 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
277 |
| 15 |
19 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
271 |
| 16 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
263 |
| 17 |
23 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
249 |
| 18 |
25 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
243 |
| 19 |
22 |
Montana Tech |
216 |
| 20 |
8 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
179 |
| 21 |
21 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
176 |
| 22 |
24 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
152 |
| 23 |
RV |
Missouri Baptist |
112 |
| 24 |
RV |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
105 |
| 25 |
RV |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
103 |
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 100, Marian (Ind.) 87, Kansas Wesleyan 49, Oklahoma City 48, Doane (Neb.) 37, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 29, Goshen (Ind.) 28, IU East (Ind.) 19, William Carey (Miss.) 15, Hastings (Neb.) 13,
Eastern Oregon 6, John Brown (Ark.) 5, Dickinson State (N.D.) 5, Indiana Tech 2, William Woods (Mo.) 2,
Oregon Tech 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”.