Kansas City, Missouri — The Dordt University and Northwestern College men’s cross country teams held their rankings in this week’s edition of the NAIA Coaches’ poll released Thursday by the national office.
Dordt is again ranked 7th in the latest edition. Northwestern is ranked 18th for the third consecutive poll.
The top four teams are the same from the last poll, headed by Huntington (Ind.) with 10 of the 19 first place votes. Saint Mary (Kan.) is second, followed by Taylor (Ind.), Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) and Oklahoma City, who climbed seven spots from 12th to move into the top five.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Huntington (Ind.) [10] | 519 |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) [5] | 512 |
| 3 | 3 | Taylor (Ind.) | 487 |
| 4 | 4 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 465 |
| 5 | 12 | Oklahoma City [4] | 460 |
| 6 | 5 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 445 |
| 7 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 420 |
| 8 | 16 | College of Idaho | 414 |
| 9 | 8 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 380 |
| 10 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 371 |
| 11 | 6 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 368 |
| 12 | 10 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 360 |
| 13 | 11 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 347 |
| 14 | 13 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 308 |
| 15 | 14 | Montreat (N.C.) | 287 |
| 16 | 15 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 263 |
| 17 | 20 | Oregon Tech | 246 |
| 18 | 18 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 237 |
| 19 | 19 | Baker (Kan.) | 228 |
| 20 | NR | Northwest (Wash.) | 190 |
| 21 | 23 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 169 |
| 22 | 17 | William Carey (Miss.) | 168 |
| 23 | 21 | Carroll (Mont.) | 156 |
| 24 | 22 | Doane (Neb.) | 137 |
| 25 | 24 | Columbia (Mo.) | 126 |
Dropped from the poll: Westmont (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Westmont (Calif.) 110, Grace (Ind.) 79, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 62, Aquinas (Mich.) 51, Montana State-Northern 32, Goshen (Ind.) 29, Loyola (La.) 27, Dakota State (S.D.) 26, Friends (Kan.) 5, Michigan-Dearborn 3
