2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Indiana Wesleyan remains at No. 1 for the third week in a row 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 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan [13] | 518 |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) [4] | 515 |
| 3 | 3 | St. Francis (Ill.) [2] | 498 |
| 4 | 4 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 483 |
| 5 | 5 | Taylor (Ind.) | 454 |
| 6 | 6 | The Master's (Calif.) | 439 |
| 7 | 7 | Oklahoma City | 438 |
| 8 | 8 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 398 |
| 9 | 9 | Oregon Tech | 389 |
| 10 | 11 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 370 |
| 11 | 10 | Huntington (Ind.) | 366 |
| 12 | 16 | College of Idaho | 340 |
| 13 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 337 |
| 14 | 12 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 308 |
| 15 | 15 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 287 |
| 16 | 14 | Southern Oregon | 272 |
| 17 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 262 |
| 18 | 19 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 230 |
| 19 | 18 | Northwest (Wash.) | 207 |
| 20 | 20 | Michigan-Dearborn | 193 |
| 21 | 22 | Eastern Oregon | 178 |
| 22 | 21 | Grace (Ind.) | 175 |
| 23 | 23 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 146 |
| 24 | 24 | Carroll (Mont.) | 132 |
| 25 | NR | Grand View (Iowa) | 127 |
Dropped from the Poll: Marian (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 117, Westmont (Calif.) 92, Goshen (Ind.) 74, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 27, William Carey (Miss.) 24, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 20, Campbellsville (Ky.) 14, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 11, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 5, William Woods (Mo.) 3
