KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Indiana Wesleyan took the No. 1 spot again in the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches' Top 25. The Wildcats recorded 18 first-place votes. Milligan jumped one spot to No. 2 while The Master’s (Calif.) and College of Idaho tied at No. 3. Corban (Ore.) made the largest positive movement of the week, up 10 spots to No. 14 while Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Huntington (Ind.) and Indiana East all joined the Top 25 this week.

Rating Methodology:

• The Top 25 was voted upon 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 voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.

Dropped from Top 25: Southern Oregon, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Northwest (Wash.)

Others Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 114, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 109, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 87, Northwest (Wash.) 45, Marian (Ind.) 28, Benedictine (Kan.) 23, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, Texas Wesleyan 5, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5, UC Merced (Calif.) 3, Tabor (Kan.) 3, Rio Grande (Ohio) 3.