KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Indiana Wesleyan remained in the top spot in the latest NAIA Men’s Cross Country Top 25. The Wildcats grabbed 16 first-place votes. The Master’s (Calif.) swapped spots with Milligan (Tenn.) to climb to No. 2 with three first-place votes of their own. Saint Mary (Kan.) remained at No. 4 while Eastern Oregon rose three spots to No. 5. Montana Tech jumped eight spots, representing the largest positive movement of the week, to No. 17 while Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Northwest (Wash.) and Corban (Ore.) 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: UC Merced (Calif.), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Oregon Tech

Others Receiving Votes: UC Merced 100, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 96, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 89, Marian (Ind.) 35, Doane (Neb.) 30, Oregon Tech 20, Cornerstone (Mich.) 18, Indiana East 18, Texas Wesleyan 15, Benedictine (Kan.) 9, William Carey (Miss.) 7, Concordia (Neb.) 3.