KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw five teams ranked in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Preseason Rating, released Thursday by the national office.
The defending NAIA Men's Cross Country national champions, The College of Idaho, secured the No. 7 spot in the standings with 382 points. Corban University received 363 points and a No. 9 rank, the highest in program history. Eastern Oregon University was next in the No. 11 spot with 333 points followed by Lewis-Clark State College at No. 15 with 254 points. Southern Oregon University rounded out the ranked CCC teams at No. 22 with 112 points.
The preseason Top 25 is the first step in a march toward Tallahassee, Fla., where the season culminates with the 70th-Annual NAIA Men's Cross Country National Championship, at Apalachee Regional Park on Nov. 21.
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