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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Malone College (Ohio) earned 18 of the 19 first place votes and edged Black Hills State (S.D.) by 17 points for the top spot in the NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll. 

Black Hills State remained at No. 2 for the third straight week with one first place vote and 512 points.  Embry-Riddle (Fla.) moved up a spot to No. 3 with 480 points while Simon Fraser (B.C.) dropped to No. 4 with 450 points.  Concordia (Neb.) jumped up two spots from last week into the top-five with 426 points. 

Aquinas (Mich.) and Azusa Pacific (Calif.) both tied at No. 6 with 425 points each.  No. 8 California State-San Marcos (409 points), No. 9 Concordia (Ore.) (388 points) and No. 10 Southern Oregon (362 points) rounded out the top-10.

The fourth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.
2008 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Sept. 23

RANK

LAST WEEK

SCHOOL

1ST PLACE VOTES

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Malone (Ohio)

18

529

2

2

Black Hills State (S.D.)

1

512

3

4

Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

480

4

3

Simon Fraser (B.C.)

450

5

7

Concordia (Neb.)

426

T6

8

Aquinas (Mich.)

425

T6

5

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

425

8

5

California State-San Marcos

409

9

13

Concordia (Ore.)

388

10

RV

Southern Oregon

362

11

9

Dickinson State (N.D.)

356

12

15

Indiana Institute of Technology

350

13

11

Huntington (Ind.)

321

14

12

Vanguard (Calif.)

318

15

13

Cedarville (Ohio)

311

16

18

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

285

17

RV

Lindenwood (Mo.)

269

18

10

Doane (Neb.)

235

19

16

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)

218

20

19

Oklahoma Baptist

195

21

17

College of Idaho (Idaho)

157

22

21

Shorter (Ga.)

154

23

RV

Taylor (Ind.)

136

24

RV

British Columbia

120

25

22

Southwestern (Kan.)

85

 
 
 
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