KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Taylor (Ind.) took top billing again in the second regular season edition of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Top 25. The Trojans grabbed 19 first-place votes. Milligan (Tenn.) and College of Idaho remained at Nos. 2 and 3 respectively while Saint Mary (Kan.) jumped two spots to No. 4. The Master’s (Calif.) stayed put at No. 5 to round-out the top five. Montreat (N.C.) made the biggest jump, up six spots to No. 12, while Montana Tech, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and Tabor (Kan.) were the newcomers.

Rating Methodology:

• The Top 25 was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, and Unaffiliated Groupings.
• 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 ratings) 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 appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.

Dropped from Top 25: William Woods (Mo.), Huntington (Ind.), Aquinas (Mich.)

Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Oregon 123, Vanguard (Calif.) 94, William Woods (Mo.) 76, William Carey (Miss.) 68, Huntington (Ind.) 67, John Brown (Ark.) 24, Oregon Tech 12, Aquinas (Mich.) 8, Marian (Ind.) 3, Missouri Baptist 3.