Milligan, Montreat Remain Entrenched in NAIA Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national organization announced on Thursday.
Milligan received six first-place votes and 569 voting points to maintain its position at No. 2.
Meanwhile, Montreat moved up one spot to No. 11 with 404 voting points.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | College of Idaho [14] | 585 |
| 2 | 2 | Milligan (Tenn.) [6] | 569 |
| 3 | 4 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 561 |
| 4 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) [1] | 533 |
| 5 | 5 | The Master's (Calif.) | 516 |
| 6 | 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 492 |
| 7 | 7 | Southern Oregon | 471 |
| 8 | 6 | Dordt (Iowa) | 449 |
| 9 | 15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 437 |
| 10 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 427 |
| 11 | 12 | Montreat (N.C.) | 404 |
| 12 | 25 | Goshen (Ind.) | 384 |
| 13 | 19 | Grace (Ind.) | 347 |
| 14 | 21 | Tabor (Kan.) | 342 |
| 15 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 325 |
| 16 | 13 | Carroll (Mont.) | 288 |
| 17 | 23 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 276 |
| 18 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 267 |
| 19 | 20 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 257 |
| 20 | 22 | Montana Tech | 232 |
| 21 | 17 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 204 |
| 22 | RV | Huntington (Ind.) | 182 |
| 23 | 16 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 178 |
| 24 | 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 139 |
| 25 | 14 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 105 |
Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Oregon 82, Michigan-Dearborn 71, Doane (Neb.) 65, Vanguard (Calif.) 64, William Carey (Miss.) 59, Indiana Tech 50, Texas Wesleyan 34, William Woods (Mo.) 12, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 12, Oklahoma City 9, Aquinas (Mich.) 9, Hastings (Neb.) 6.