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2019 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Final

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –Oklahoma City remains at No. 1 in the final edition of the men’s cross country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):

  • Oklahoma City notches its 32nd No. 1 rank.
  • The Stars have been ranked consecutively for the last 16 polls.
  • There are no new teams that moved into the Top 25 this week
  • Indiana Wesleyan is the only team that is new to the Top 5 this week after being just outside of it at No. 6.
  • Southern Oregon holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 43 all time.
  • Southern Oregon actively holds the longest consecutive streak in the Top 25 poll with 105 consecutive appearances. This week the team is at No. 8.  

Poll Methodology

  • The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. 
  • Each conference is represented by one rater. 
  • 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 rating) 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 appear on. 
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”

2019 Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll

RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] POINTS
1 1 Oklahoma City [20] 560
2 2 College of Idaho 541
3 3 Saint Mary (Kan.) 517
4 6 Indiana Wesleyan 505
5 5 Southern Oregon 491
6 4 Taylor (Ind.) 473
7 7 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 448
8 8 Shawnee State (Ohio) 427
9 9 The Master's (Calif.) 405
10 10 Huntington (Ind.) 390
11 13 St. Francis (Ill.) 387
12 11 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 351
13 14 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 346
14 12 Baker (Kan.) 335
15 15 Milligan (Tenn.) 306
16 19 Dordt (Iowa) 285
17 17 Oregon Tech 273
18 16 Doane (Neb.) 248
19 18 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 231
20 21 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 178
21 24 Antelope Valley (Calif.) 169
22 20 Montreat (N.C.) 156
23 25 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 150
23 22 William Woods (Mo.) 150
25 23 Eastern Oregon 147

Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 138, Columbia (Mo.) 121, Cornerstone (Mich.) 84, Hope International (Calif.) 27, UC Merced (Calif.) 20, Aquinas (Mich.) 19, Evangel (Mo.) 16, Menlo (Calif.) 10, Loyola (La.) 6, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 5, William Carey (Miss.) 3

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