2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - St. Francis (Ill.) advances to the No. 1 spot 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 | 3 | St. Francis (Ill.) [17] | 528 |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 511 |
| 3 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 489 |
| 4 | 4 | Milligan (Tenn.) [1] | 483 |
| 5 | 5 | Taylor (Ind.) | 437 |
| 6 | 7 | Oklahoma City | 435 |
| 7 | 6 | The Master's (Calif.) | 415 |
| 8 | 16 | Southern Oregon | 412 |
| 9 | 8 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 411 |
| 10 | 11 | Huntington (Ind.) | 391 |
| 11 | 10 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 353 |
| 12 | 14 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 344 |
| 13 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 327 |
| 14 | 12 | College of Idaho | 312 |
| 15 | 9 | Oregon Tech | 279 |
| 16 | 18 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 268 |
| 17 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 265 |
| 18 | 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | 242 |
| 19 | 15 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 209 |
| 20 | 21 | Eastern Oregon | 199 |
| 21 | NR | Westmont (Calif.) | 195 |
| 22 | 22 | Grace (Ind.) | 184 |
| 23 | 23 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 156 |
| 24 | 19 | Northwest (Wash.) | 130 |
| 25 | NR | Marian (Ind.) | 128 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Carroll (Mont.), Michigan-Dearborn
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 106, Carroll (Mont.) 84, William Carey (Miss.) 75, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 48, Michigan-Dearborn 30, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 13, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3
