2019 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Final
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) claims the No. 1 spot in the final edition of the 2019 Women’s Cross Country Top 25 Poll.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
- For the third poll in a row, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) remains No. 1 in the country.
- There are two teams that joined the Top 25 this week: No. 20 Montana Western and No. 23 SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
- Four of the five teams in the Top 5 remained. Milligan (Tenn.) is the newcomer to the Top 5 after being ranked at No. 6 last time.
- 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 86. The team remain at No. 6 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.) [15] | 586 |
| 2 | 2 | Madonna (Mich.) [6] | 577 |
| 3 | 4 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 543 |
| 4 | 6 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 521 |
| 5 | 5 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 518 |
| 6 | 3 | College of Idaho | 509 |
| 7 | 7 | Taylor (Ind.) | 483 |
| 8 | 8 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 448 |
| 9 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 444 |
| 10 | 10 | Indiana Wesleyan | 424 |
| 11 | 12 | Eastern Oregon | 374 |
| 11 | 11 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 374 |
| 13 | 14 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 362 |
| 14 | 13 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 325 |
| 15 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 322 |
| 16 | 21 | Huntington (Ind.) | 306 |
| 17 | 18 | Oregon Tech | 282 |
| 18 | 16 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 272 |
| 19 | 20 | Concordia (Neb.) | 239 |
| 20 | NR | Montana Western | 228 |
| 21 | 17 | Carroll (Mont.) | 179 |
| 22 | 23 | Dordt (Iowa) | 171 |
| 23 | NR | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 156 |
| 24 | 22 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 147 |
| 25 | 24 | Oklahoma City | 141 |
Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 117, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 106, Indiana Tech 65, Tennessee Wesleyan 43, Northwest Christian (Ore.) 30, Saint Francis (Ind.) 28, Westmont (Calif.) 26, Friends (Kan.) 17, Northwestern (Iowa) 16, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 16, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 14, Montreat (N.C.) 8, Bethel (Ind.) 8, Dalton State (Ga.) 5
