Milligan, Montreat Continue High National Presence
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 one first-place vote and 570 voting points to maintain its position at No. 2.
Meanwhile, Montreat holds steady at No. 12 with 384 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.) [20] | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Milligan (Tenn.) [1] | 570 |
| 3 | 3 | College of Idaho | 555 |
| 4 | 4 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 534 |
| 5 | 5 | The Master's (Calif.) | 515 |
| 6 | 6 | Dordt (Iowa) | 496 |
| 7 | 7 | Southern Oregon | 465 |
| 8 | 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 458 |
| 9 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 438 |
| 10 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 412 |
| 11 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 400 |
| 12 | 12 | Montreat (N.C.) | 384 |
| 13 | 13 | Carroll (Mont.) | 349 |
| 14 | 14 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 347 |
| 15 | 15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 330 |
| 16 | 16 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 304 |
| 17 | 17 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 287 |
| 18 | 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 261 |
| 19 | 20 | Grace (Ind.) | 258 |
| 20 | 19 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 235 |
| 21 | 24 | Tabor (Kan.) | 189 |
| 22 | 22 | Montana Tech | 183 |
| 23 | 23 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 182 |
| 24 | 21 | Indiana Tech | 179 |
| 25 | 25 | Goshen (Ind.) | 124 |
Others Receiving Votes: Eastern Oregon 103, Vanguard (Calif.) 72, Texas Wesleyan 53, Kansas Wesleyan 49, Morningside (Iowa) 48, William Carey (Miss.) 42, Huntington (Ind.) 21, Missouri Baptist 10, Hastings (Neb.) 10, Oklahoma City 6, William Woods (Mo.) 3.