Oct. 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone College (Ohio) stayed No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week.  The Pioneers received all 21 first place votes and 591 total points.

The next six spots also remained the same from last week.  No. 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (564 points), No. 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (551 points), No. 4 Aquinas (Mich.) (539 points), No. 5 California State-San Marcos (515 points), No. 6 Concordia (Neb.) (482 points) and No. 7 Indiana Tech (469) all held their spots.  Southern Oregon moved up three spots into the top-10 at No. 8 with 455 points while Huntington (Ind.) dropped to No. 9 with 410 points.  No. 10 Cedarville (Ohio) rounded out the top-10 climbing two spots with 402 points.

The sixth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 14th.

2008 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 1

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	21	591
2	2	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		564
3	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		551
4	4	Aquinas (Mich.)		539
5	5	California State-San Marcos		515
6	6	Concordia (Neb.)		482
7	7	Indiana Institute of Technology		469
8	11	Southern Oregon		455
9	8	Huntington (Ind.)		410
10	12	Cedarville (Ohio)		403
11	20	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		379
12	10	Black Hills State (S.D.)		370
13	13	Vanguard (Calif.)		357
14	14	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		336
15	24	College of Idaho (Idaho)		325
16	RV	Shorter (Ga.)		285
17	9	Concordia (Ore.)		284
18	16	Lindenwood (Mo.)		274
19	18	Indiana Wesleyan		242
20	15	Dickinson State (N.D.)		234
21	17	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		222
22	19	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		221
23	20	Oklahoma Baptist		174
24	RV	Shawnee State (Ohio)		169
25	23	Doane (Neb.)		97

Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 83; Oklahoma Christian 79; Westmont (Calif.) 68; Houghton (N.Y.) 51; Northwood (Texas) 28; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 24; British Columbia 23; Siena Heights (Mich.) 21; Hastings (Neb.) 17; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 11; Concordia (Calif.) 10; Marian (Ind.) 10; Lee (Tenn.) 5; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 4; Great Falls (Mont.) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1; South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. 1; Berea (Ky.) 1; King (Tenn.) 1; South Carolina-Beaufort 1.