KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Malone College (Ohio) stayed No. 1 in the NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week. The Pioneers received all 21 first place votes and 591 total points.
The next six spots also remained the same from last week. No. 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (564 points), No. 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (551 points), No. 4 Aquinas (Mich.) (539 points), No. 5 California State-San Marcos (515 points), No. 6 Concordia (Neb.) (482 points) and No. 7 Indiana Tech (469) all held their spots. Southern Oregon moved up three spots into the top-10 at No. 8 with 455 points while Huntington (Ind.) dropped to No. 9 with 410 points. No. 10 Cedarville (Ohio) rounded out the top-10 climbing two spots with 402 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 |
Malone (Ohio) |
21 |
591 |
|
2 |
2 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
564 | |
|
3 |
3 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
551 | |
|
4 |
4 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
539 | |
|
5 |
5 |
California State-San Marcos |
515 | |
|
6 |
6 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
482 | |
|
7 |
7 |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
469 | |
|
8 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
455 | |
|
9 |
8 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
410 | |
|
10 |
12 |
Cedarville (Ohio) |
403 | |
|
11 |
20 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
379 | |
|
12 |
10 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) |
370 | |
|
13 |
13 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
357 | |
|
14 |
14 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
336 | |
|
15 |
24 |
College of Idaho (Idaho) |
325 | |
|
16 |
RV |
Shorter (Ga.) |
285 | |
|
17 |
9 |
Concordia (Ore.) |
284 | |
|
18 |
16 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) |
274 | |
|
19 |
18 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
242 | |
|
20 |
15 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
234 | |
|
21 |
17 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) |
222 | |
|
22 |
19 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) |
221 | |
|
23 |
20 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
174 | |
|
24 |
RV |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
169 | |
|
25 |
23 |
Doane (Neb.) |
97 |
Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 83; Oklahoma Christian 79; Westmont (Calif.) 68; Houghton (N.Y.) 51; Northwood (Texas) 28; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 24; British Columbia 23; Siena Heights (Mich.) 21; Hastings (Neb.) 17; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 11; Concordia (Calif.) 10; Marian (Ind.) 10; Lee (Tenn.) 5; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 4; Great Falls (Mont.) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1; South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. 1; Berea (Ky.) 1; King (Tenn.) 1; South Carolina-Beaufort 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 |
| Bellevue University | 3 |
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