November 11, 2024
2024 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating - Final (November 11)
Taylor (Ind.) remains at No. 1 in the latest NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Taylor (Ind.) remains at No. 1 in the latest NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating. The Top 9 teams remained at the same rank as last week. Aquinas (Mich.) and Goshen (Ind.) moved into 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 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) | 529 |
| 2 | 2 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 501 |
| 3 | 3 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 498 |
| 4 | 4 | The Master's (Calif.) | 483 |
| 5 | 5 | Montreat (N.C.) | 465 |
| 6 | 6 | College of Idaho | 441 |
| 7 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 427 |
| 8 | 8 | Dordt (Iowa) | 408 |
| 9 | 9 | Grace (Ind.) | 397 |
| 10 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 373 |
| 11 | 13 | Indiana Wesleyan | 354 |
| 12 | 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 331 |
| 13 | 15 | Kansas Wesleyan | 308 |
| 14 | 16 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 306 |
| 15 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 297 |
| 16 | 11 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 292 |
| 17 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 261 |
| 18 | 18 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 240 |
| 19 | 22 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 210 |
| 20 | 17 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 192 |
| 21 | 21 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 190 |
| 22 | 20 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 183 |
| 23 | 24 | Montana Tech | 158 |
| 24 | RV | Aquinas (Mich.) | 114 |
| 25 | RV | Goshen (Ind.) | 94 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Oklahoma City
Receiving Votes: Oklahoma City 92, Eastern Oregon 87, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 75, Carroll (Mont.) 53, Evangel (Mo.) 32, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 29, Ave Maria (Fla) 12, St. Mary (Neb.) 7, UC Merced (Calif.) 4