KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the latest edition of the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll, the national office announced October 17.
The University of Saint Mary remained at No. 3 in the rankings, securing two of 21 first-place votes. Kansas Wesleyan University was ranked No. 17, moving up one spot from their previous ranking. Evangel University remained in the "Receiving Votes" category of the poll.
The next edition of the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll will be released Thursday, October 31.
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”.
| POSITION |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Milligan (Tenn.) [11] |
578 |
| 2 |
2 |
Taylor (Ind.) [7] |
577 |
| 3 |
3 |
Saint Mary (Kan.) [2] |
551 |
| 4 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) [1] |
544 |
| 5 |
6 |
College of Idaho |
506 |
| 6 |
5 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
494 |
| 7 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
474 |
| 8 |
7 |
Montreat (N.C.) |
466 |
| 9 |
9 |
Southern Oregon |
439 |
| 10 |
10 |
Grace (Ind.) |
417 |
| 11 |
13 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
386 |
| 12 |
12 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
382 |
| 13 |
14 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
356 |
| 14 |
16 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
324 |
| 15 |
15 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
307 |
| 16 |
20 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
303 |
| 17 |
18 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
288 |
| 18 |
22 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
252 |
| 19 |
21 |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
231 |
| 20 |
11 |
Saint Francis (Ill.) |
227 |
| 21 |
19 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
224 |
| 22 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
191 |
| 23 |
23 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
168 |
| 24 |
25 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
161 |
| 25 |
23 |
Oklahoma City |
159 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Huntington (Ind.).
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 110, Eastern Oregon 57, Montana Tech 54, Evangel (Mo.) 44, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 33, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 29, Cumberland (Tenn.) 29, Concordia (Neb.) 22, Doane (Neb.) 14, William Woods (Mo.) 11, UC Merced (Calif.) 7, College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 2.
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