Kansas City, Missouri — The Dordt Defender women’s cross country team is #5 and Northwestern College women’s cross country team climbed into the top 25 in the final NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 poll released Monday by the national office.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | St. Francis (Ill.) [8] | 547 |
| 2 | 4 | College of Idaho [7] | 535 |
| 3 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) [5] | 527 |
| 4 | 3 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 519 |
| 5 | 5 | Dordt (Iowa) | 491 |
| 6 | 10 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 455 |
| 7 | 7 | Huntington (Ind.) | 453 |
| 8 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 413 |
| 9 | 16 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 410 |
| 10 | 6 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 403 |
| 11 | 9 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 392 |
| 12 | 11 | Oregon Tech | 364 |
| 13 | 12 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 343 |
| 14 | 13 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 330 |
| 15 | 14 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 313 |
| 16 | 15 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 292 |
| 17 | 17 | Carroll (Mont.) | 257 |
| 18 | 18 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 254 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 235 |
| 20 | 20 | Montreat (N.C.) | 219 |
| 21 | 21 | Morningside (Iowa) | 194 |
| 22 | NR | Northwest (Wash.) | 176 |
| 23 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 165 |
| 24 | NR | Northwestern (Iowa) | 139 |
| 25 | 22 | Montana Western | 131 |
