2021 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - St. Francis (Ill.) remains at No. 1 in the latest Coaches Top 25 Poll.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences or groups.
• 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 | St. Francis (Ill.) [20] | 560 |
| 2 | 4 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 528 |
| 3 | 14 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 527 |
| 4 | 2 | Taylor (Ind.) | 507 |
| 5 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 463 |
| 6 | 8 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 456 |
| 7 | 3 | College of Idaho | 444 |
| 8 | 9 | Montreat (N.C.) | 439 |
| 9 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 433 |
| 10 | 11 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 391 |
| 11 | 15 | The Master's (Calif.) | 380 |
| 12 | 22 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 353 |
| 13 | 10 | Huntington (Ind.) | 332 |
| 14 | 12 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 311 |
| 15 | NR | Concordia (Neb.) | 306 |
| 16 | 16 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 298 |
| 17 | 18 | Southern Oregon | 280 |
| 18 | 6 | Dordt (Iowa) | 277 |
| 19 | 17 | Carroll (Mont.) | 249 |
| 20 | 19 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 202 |
| 21 | NR | Columbia (Mo.) | 174 |
| 22 | 20 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 173 |
| 23 | 24 | Northwest (Wash.) | 156 |
| 24 | NR | Hastings (Neb.) | 134 |
| 25 | 21 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 116 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Oregon Tech, Baker (Kan.), Oklahoma City
Receiving Votes: Indiana Tech 94; Benedictine (Kan.) 85; Vanguard (Calif.) 68; Doane (Neb.) 44; Marian (Ind.) 44; Montana Tech 32; Oregon Tech 27; Baker (Kan.) 16; William Woods (Mo.) 15; Oklahoma City 12; Grace (INd.)12; Westmont (Calif.) 10; Morningside (Iowa) 3; Campbellsville (Ky.) 3
