2020-21 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final
Mar 29, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Huntington (Ind.) remains at No. 1 in the final edition of the 2020-21 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
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.”
RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
1 | 1 | Huntington (Ind.) [13] | 554 |
2 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) [6] | 547 |
3 | 3 | Taylor (Ind.) | 524 |
4 | 4 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 501 |
5 | 6 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 472 |
6 | 5 | Oklahoma City [1] | 466 |
7 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 438 |
8 | 11 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 428 |
9 | 13 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 413 |
10 | 9 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 406 |
11 | 12 | The Master's (Calif.) | 382 |
12 | 10 | Indiana Wesleyan | 378 |
13 | 17 | Oregon Tech | 353 |
14 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 320 |
15 | 8 | College of Idaho | 315 |
16 | 15 | Montreat (N.C.) | 295 |
17 | 18 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 239 |
18 | 20 | Northwest (Wash.) | 234 |
19 | 23 | Carroll (Mont.) | 232 |
20 | 16 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 228 |
21 | 21 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 180 |
22 | 19 | Baker (Kan.) | 166 |
23 | 25 | Columbia (Mo.) | 134 |
24 | 24 | Doane (Neb.) | 126 |
25 | NR | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 119 |
Dropped from the poll: William Carey (Miss.)
Receiving votes: Grace (Ind.) 99, Goshen (Ind.) 98, William Carey (Miss.) 92, Aquinas (Mich.) 76, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 71, Westmont (Calif.) 42, Dakota State (S.D.) 7, Southeastern (Fla.) 6, Montana State-Northern 5, Loyola (La.) 3