2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Indiana Wesleyan moves up to No. 1 in the latest edition of the 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 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan [13] | 581 |
| 2 | 4 | Saint Mary (Kan.) [6] | 563 |
| 3 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) | 550 |
| 4 | 5 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 526 |
| 5 | 6 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) [1] | 524 |
| 6 | 3 | Milligan (Tenn.) [1] | 498 |
| 7 | 2 | Huntington (Ind.) | 487 |
| 8 | 8 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 453 |
| 9 | 15 | Southern Oregon | 414 |
| 10 | 14 | The Master's (Calif.) | 412 |
| 11 | 10 | Oklahoma City | 410 |
| 12 | 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 384 |
| 13 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 369 |
| 14 | 16 | College of Idaho | 340 |
| 15 | 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 314 |
| 16 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 297 |
| 17 | 11 | Oregon Tech | 294 |
| 18 | 23 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 280 |
| 19 | NR | Grace (Ind.) | 240 |
| 20 | 19 | Northwest (Wash.) | 239 |
| 21 | 22 | Carroll (Mont.) | 208 |
| 22 | 20 | Goshen (Ind.) | 186 |
| 23 | NR | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 167 |
| 24 | NR | Eastern Oregon | 132 |
| 25 | 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | 108 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Shawnee State (Ohio), Doane (Neb.), Columbia (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Michigan-Dearborn 75; William Carey (Miss.) 73; Montana Tech 72; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 55; Westmont (Calif.) 34; Marian (Ind.) 33; William Woods (Mo.) 26; Benedictine (Kan.) 19; Friends (Kan.) 16; Northwestern (Iowa) 16; Shawnee State (Ohio) 7; Missouri Baptist 6; UC Merced (Calif.) 3
