2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2

2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Milligan (Tenn.) remains at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country 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 WEEK SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] POINTS
1 1 Milligan (Tenn.) [14] 585
2 2 Taylor (Ind.) [7] 578
3 4 Saint Mary (Kan.) 543
4 3 St. Francis (Ill.) 541
5 5 The Master's (Calif.) 517
6 6 College of Idaho 496
7 7 Cornerstone (Mich.) 474
8 8 Grace (Ind.) 446
9 11 Dordt (Iowa) 441
10 10 Southern Oregon 424
11 9 Indiana Wesleyan 389
12 15 Westmont (Calif.) 374
13 19 Benedictine (Kan.) 365
14 12 Aquinas (Mich.) 343
15 13 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 324
16 NR Huntington (Ind.) 287
17 18 William Carey (Miss.) 282
18 14 Montreat (N.C.) 277
19 16 Carroll (Mont.) 259
20 20 Cumberlands (Ky.) 232
21 21 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 195
22 17 Concordia (Neb.) 160
23 NR Goshen (Ind.) 159
24 NR Indiana Tech 142
25 22 Oklahoma City 125

Dropped from the Poll: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Tabor (Kan.), Saint Francis (Ind.)

Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Ind.) 83, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 81, William Woods (Mo.) 77, Arizona Christian 61, Marian (Ind.) 49, Olivet Nazarene (Illl.) 49, Campbellsville (Ky.) 41, Southeastern (Fla.) 13, Tabor (Kan.) 8, Hastings (Neb.) 7, Truett McConnell (5), Mount Mercy (Iowa) 4, Thomas More (Ky.) 4

Championship Information

NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship

45th ANNUAL
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
November 22, 2024
Columbia, Missouri