2019 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 31
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) claims the No. 1 spot in the fourth edition of the 2019 Women’s Cross Country Top 25 Poll.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
- For the second poll in a row, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) remains No. 1 in the country.
- There are three teams that joined the Top 25 this week: No. 11 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), No. 24 Oklahoma City, No. 25 Bethel (Ind.)
- Four of the five teams in the Top 5 remained. Aquinas (Mich.) is the newcomer to the Top 5 after being ranked at No. 8 last time.
- Eastern Oregon moved up 11 spots this week and Southeastern (Fla.) also moved up a total of six spots.
- Another team on the move in the Top 25 is Olivet Nazarene. The Tigers entered the poll this week at No. 11 after not being ranked previously.
- Simon Fraser (B.C.) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 38 all-time.
- College of Idaho actively holds the longest consecutive streak in the poll at 85. The team and remain at No. 3 in this week’s 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.”
2019 Women's Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) [19] | 589 |
| 2 | 2 | Madonna (Mich.) [2] | 573 |
| 3 | 3 | College of Idaho | 552 |
| 4 | 8 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 529 |
| 5 | 4 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 506 |
| 6 | 7 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 503 |
| 7 | 5 | Taylor (Ind.) | 485 |
| 8 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 447 |
| 9 | 11 | Southern Oregon | 439 |
| 10 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 426 |
| 11 | NR | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 372 |
| 12 | 23 | Eastern Oregon | 364 |
| 13 | 12 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 347 |
| 14 | 13 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 346 |
| 15 | 17 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 305 |
| 16 | 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 295 |
| 17 | 15 | Carroll (Mont.) | 288 |
| 18 | 10 | Oregon Tech | 273 |
| 19 | 18 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 260 |
| 20 | 19 | Concordia (Neb.) | 209 |
| 21 | 16 | Huntington (Ind.) | 206 |
| 22 | 20 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 204 |
| 23 | 21 | Dordt (Iowa) | 176 |
| 24 | NR | Oklahoma City | 128 |
| 25 | NR | Bethel (Ind.) | 126 |
Receiving Votes: SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 121, Columbia (Mo.) 95, Westmont (Calif.) 82, Indiana Tech 41, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 30, Montreat (N.C.) 26, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 26, Friends (Kan.) 25, Northwest Christian (Ore.) 17, Northwest (Wash.) 11, Tennessee Wesleyan 7, Saint Mary (Kan.) 3, Menlo (Calif.) 3, Montana Western 3
