2022 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Taylor (Ind.) overtakes the No. 1 spot 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 TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Taylor (Ind.) [17] | 558 |
| 2 | 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) [3] | 544 |
| 3 | 3 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 522 |
| 4 | 5 | The Master's (Calif.) | 498 |
| 5 | 7 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 497 |
| 6 | 4 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 463 |
| 7 | 6 | College of Idaho | 460 |
| 8 | 8 | Dordt (Iowa) | 425 |
| 9 | 17 | Huntington (Ind.) | 405 |
| 10 | 12 | Westmont (Calif.) | 397 |
| 11 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 386 |
| 12 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 372 |
| 13 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 320 |
| 14 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 311 |
| 15 | 9 | Grace (Ind.) | 308 |
| 16 | 18 | Montreat (N.C.) | 297 |
| 17 | 13 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 290 |
| 18 | 24 | Indiana Tech | 263 |
| 19 | 19 | Carroll (Mont.) | 240 |
| 20 | 14 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 214 |
| 21 | 22 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 180 |
| 22 | 25 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 176 |
| 23 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 144 |
| 24 | 21 | Concordia (Neb.) | 126 |
| 25 | NR | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 122 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Goshen (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 121, Marian (Ind.) 85, Southeastern (Fla.) 68, William Woods (Mo.) 63, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 40, Arizona Christian 30, Oklahoma City 19, Campbellsville (Ky.) 10, Goshen (Ind.) 10
