KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending champion Southern Oregon will remain at the No. 1 spot in the first NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2017 regular season, the national office announced Wednesday.
Southern Oregon has now earned 32 total No. 1 rankings in school history, with 20 in the last five years. The lone GPAC team in the rankings is Northwestern College at #6, while Doane received votes.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southern Oregon | 587 |
| 2 | 2 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 568 |
| 3 | 3 | British Columbia | 560 |
| 4 | 4 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 514 |
| 5 | 6 | Eastern Oregon | 512 |
| 6 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 482 |
| 7 | 8 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 472 |
| 8 | NR | Madonna (Mich.) | 449 |
| 9 | 9 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 427 |
| 10 | 10 | College of Idaho | 422 |
| 11 | 5 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 406 |
| 12 | 13 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 383 |
| 13 | 15 | Taylor (Ind.) | 358 |
| 14 | 14 | Oklahoma City | 344 |
| 15 | 25 | Columbia (Mo.) | 315 |
| 16 | 12 | Marian (Ind.) | 312 |
| 17 | 17 | Oregon Tech | 265 |
| 18 | 16 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 263 |
| 19 | 18 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 240 |
| 20 | 11 | Missouri Valley | 232 |
| 21 | NR | Indiana Tech | 229 |
| 22 | 19 | Carroll (Mont.) | 191 |
| 23 | 20 | Westmont (Calif.) | 178 |
| 24 | 21 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 149 |
| 25 | 23 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 127 |
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana Wesleyan 100; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 89; Northwest Christian (Ore.) 84; Campbellsville (Ky.) 53; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 51; Doane (Neb.) 39; Siena Heights (Mich.) 34; William Carey (Miss.) 5; SAGU (Texas) 5; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 3
Dropped From Top 25: Wayland Baptist (Texas); SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
