AAC Places Two Teams in NAIA Top 20
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 leads the way as it is ranked No. 2 with 569 voting points.
Meanwhile, Montreat checks in at No. 18 with 270 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 [1st Place Votes] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) [21] | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 569 |
| 3 | 3 | College of Idaho | 555 |
| 4 | 5 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 518 |
| 5 | 4 | The Master's (Calif.) | 516 |
| 6 | 6 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 507 |
| 7 | 7 | Dordt (Iowa) | 477 |
| 8 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 456 |
| 9 | 10 | Indiana Wesleyan | 444 |
| 10 | 11 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 396 |
| 11 | 8 | Huntington (Ind.) | 391 |
| 12 | 13 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 366 |
| 13 | 16 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 364 |
| 14 | 12 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 359 |
| 15 | 23 | Concordia (Neb.) | 303 |
| 16 | 14 | Grace (Ind.) | 301 |
| 17 | 19 | Carroll (Mont.) | 294 |
| 18 | 15 | Montreat (N.C.) | 270 |
| 19 | 17 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 259 |
| 20 | 18 | Indiana Tech | 232 |
| 21 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 224 |
| 22 | 20 | William Woods (Mo.) | 167 |
| 23 | 21 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 135 |
| 24 | 24 | Goshen (Ind.) | 130 |
| 25 | 22 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 126 |
Others Receiving Votes: Tabor (Kan.) 122, Eastern Oregon 95, Oregon Tech 93, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 49, William Carey (Miss.) 44, Vanguard (Calif.) 43, John Brown (Ark.) 33, Morningside (Iowa) 14, Montana Tech 8, Southeastern (Fla.) 7