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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Malone College (Ohio) earned 21 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll.  The Pioneers received 622 total points.  Lindnwood moves up one spot to #16.

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) moved up a spot to No. 2 with one first place vote and 588 total points.  Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (579 points) jumped up three spots to No. 3 while Aquinas (Mich.) (560 points) jumped two spots to No. 4.  Both teams were tied at No. 6 last week.  California State-San Marcos moved into top-five at No. 5 with 528 points.

Concordia (Neb.) dropped a spot from last week to No. 6 with 504 points.  No. 7 Indiana Tech and No. 8 Huntington (Ind.) both moved into the top-10 with 465 and 450 points respectively.  Concordia (Ore.) remained at No. 9 with 445 points while Black Hills State (S.D.) dropped eight spots to No. 10 with 422 points.

The fifth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

2008 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Sept. 30

RANK

LAST WEEK

SCHOOL

1ST PLACE VOTES

TOTAL POINTS

1

1

Malone (Ohio)

21

622

2

3

Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

1

588

3

6

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

579

4

6

Aquinas (Mich.)

560

5

9

California State-San Marcos

528

6

5

Concordia (Neb.)

504

7

12

Indiana Institute of Technology

465

8

13

Huntington (Ind.)

450

9

9

Concordia (Ore.)

445

10

2

Black Hills State (S.D.)

422

11

10

Southern Oregon

417

12

15

Cedarville (Ohio)

398

13

14

Vanguard (Calif.)

376

14

16

Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)

372

15

11

Dickinson State (N.D.)

348

16

17

Lindenwood (Mo.)

329

17

6

Simon Fraser (B.C.)

315

18

RV

Indiana Wesleyan

257

19

RV

Fresno Pacific (Calif.)

255

20

19

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)

242

21

20

Oklahoma Baptist

237

22

RV

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

179

23

18

Doane (Neb.)

150

24

21

College of Idaho (Idaho)

144

25

24

British Columbia

122

 
 
 
 
 
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