KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw four teams ranked and two received votes in the first NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Rating of the 2024 season, released Thursday by the national office.
College of Idaho secured the No. 4 spot to lead the ranked CCC teams. Eastern Oregon University came in at No. 8, followed by Lewis-Clark State College at No. 13. Corban University rounded out the ranked CCC teams at No. 23. Southern Oregon University and Northwest University received votes.
2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [19] |
569 |
| 2 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) [2] |
532 |
| 3 |
2 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
530 |
| 4 |
5 |
College of Idaho |
512 |
| 5 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
507 |
| 6 |
8 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
486 |
| 7 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
450 |
| 8 |
7 |
Eastern Oregon |
426 |
| 9 |
9 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
414 |
| 10 |
11 |
Oklahoma City |
373 |
| 11 |
25 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
372 |
| 12 |
10 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
366 |
| 13 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
349 |
| 14 |
12 |
Doane (Neb.) |
336 |
| 15 |
14 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
303 |
| 16 |
16 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
256 |
| 17 |
18 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
242 |
| 18 |
17 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
231 |
| 19 |
19 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
216 |
| 20 |
15 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
207 |
| 21 |
RV |
Grace (Ind.) |
196 |
| 22 |
RV |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
169 |
| 23 |
22 |
Corban (Ore.) |
154 |
| 24 |
20 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
140 |
| 25 |
RV |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
99 |
Dropped from Top 25: Goshen (Ind.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Marian (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 76, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 71, Cornerstone (Mich.) 59, Concordia (Neb.) 49, UC Merced (Calif.) 43, Marian (Ind.) 28, IU East (Ind.) 22,
Northwest (Wash.) 9, Southern Oregon 6, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 2, Cumberland (Tenn.) 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”.