KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cedarville University (Ohio) remained No. 1 in the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week. The Yellow Jackets received 17 first place votes and 618 total points.
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earned five first place votes and 606 points to stay at No. 2 for the fourth consecutive week. No. 3 California State-San Marcos and No. 4 Malone (Ohio) also held their spots for the fourth straight week with 576 and 568 points respectively. The next five spots also remained the same. Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 5 with 541 points, Black Hills State (S.D.) stayed at No. 6 with 507 points, Biola (Calif.) stayed at No. 7 with 489 points, Simon Fraser (B.C.) stayed at No. 8 with 480 points and Indiana Tech stayed at No. 9 with 452 points. Wayland Baptist (Texas) rounded out the top-10 after moving up a spot to No. 10 with 445 points.
The sixth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 14th.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Cedarville (Ohio) |
17 |
618 |
|
2 |
2 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
5 |
606 |
|
3 |
3 |
California State-San Marcos |
576 | |
|
4 |
4 |
Malone (Ohio) |
568 | |
|
5 |
5 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
541 | |
|
6 |
6 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) |
507 | |
|
7 |
7 |
Biola (Calif.) |
489 | |
|
8 |
8 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) |
480 | |
|
9 |
9 |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
452 | |
|
10 |
11 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
445 | |
|
11 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
417 | |
|
12 |
14 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
395 | |
|
13 |
12 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
386 | |
|
14 |
16 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
346 | |
|
15 |
17 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
340 | |
|
16 |
19 |
College of Idaho (Idaho) |
332 | |
|
17 |
18 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
313 | |
|
18 |
10 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
281 | |
|
19 |
24 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
228 | |
|
20 |
T20 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
222 | |
|
21 |
23 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) |
206 | |
|
22 |
RV |
British Columbia |
189 | |
|
23 |
T20 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
186 | |
|
24 |
22 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
176 | |
|
25 |
RV |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
139 |
Others Receiving Votes: Morningside (Iowa) 109; Concordia (Ore.) 94; Bethel (Ind.) 59; William Woods (Mo.) 59; Dordt (Iowa) 37; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 31; Jamestown (N.D.) 19; Oklahoma Baptist 18; Taylor (Ind.) 18; Evergreen State (Wash.) 15; Houghton (N.Y.) 9; Northwood (Texas) 6; Southwestern (Kan.) 3; Union (Tenn.) 1; Doane (Neb.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Park (Mo.) 1; Montreat (N.C.) 1; Walsh (Ohio) 1.
| Missouri Valley at | 7:30pm |
| Central Methodist | CST |
| Evangel at | 7:30pm |
| Baker | CST |
| Graceland at | 7:30pm |
| William Jewell | CST |
| Culver-Stockton at | 7:30pm |
| Lindenwood | CST |
| MidAmerica Nazarene at | 7:30pm |
| Avila | CST |
| Culver-Stockton at | 5:30pm |
| Lindenwood | CST |
| Missouri Valley at | 5:30pm |
| Central Methodist | CST |
| Graceland at | 5:30pm |
| William Jewell | CST |
| Evangel at | 5:30pm |
| Baker | CST |
| MidAmerica Nazarene at | 7:00pm |
| Avila | CST |
| Lindenwood vs | 1:15pm |
| Bellevue University | CST |
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