2024 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 4 (October 31)
Oct 31, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Taylor (Ind.) takes the No. 1 spot in the latest NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating with 14 of 20 No. 1 votes. Marian (Ind.) made the biggest move up in the rating by eight spots to No. 14. Benedictine (Kan.), Rocky Mountain (Mont.) and Montana Tech all joined the Top 25 this week.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating is rated 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 rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place, 28 for third place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Taylor (Ind.) [14] | 555 |
| 2 | 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) [3] | 536 |
| 3 | 3 | Saint Mary (Kan.) [3] | 532 |
| 4 | 4 | The Master's (Calif.) | 508 |
| 5 | 8 | Montreat (N.C.) | 479 |
| 6 | 5 | College of Idaho | 475 |
| 7 | 6 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 449 |
| 8 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 431 |
| 9 | 10 | Grace (Ind.) | 414 |
| 10 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 403 |
| 11 | 11 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 369 |
| 12 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 352 |
| 13 | 13 | Indiana Wesleyan | 351 |
| 14 | 22 | Marian (Ind.) | 326 |
| 15 | 17 | Kansas Wesleyan | 309 |
| 16 | 14 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 304 |
| 17 | 20 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 261 |
| 18 | 15 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho.) | 247 |
| 19 | 16 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 239 |
| 20 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 202 |
| 21 | 24 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 187 |
| 22 | 19 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 157 |
| 23 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 154 |
| 24 | RV | Montana Tech | 141 |
| 25 | 25 | Oklahoma City | 116 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Marian (Ind.), Oklahoma City
Receiving Votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 94, Evangel (Mo.) 75, Goshen (Ind.) 75, Eastern Oregon 68, Ave Maria (Fla.) 34, Doane (Neb.) 32, Carroll (Mont.) 31, Aquinas (Mich.) 17, St. Mary (Neb.) 7, St. Francis (Ind.) 4, Dakota State (N.D.) 4
