Oct. 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone College (Ohio) stays No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the seventh straight week.  The Pioneers received all 20 first place votes and 560 total points.

The top-20 spots remained the same from last week.  Azusa Pacific (Calif.) stayed at No. 2 with 538 points while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) remained at No. 3 with 521 points.  No. 4 Indiana Tech and No. 5 California State-San Marcos held their spots to round out the top-five with 509 and 484 points respectively.

The eighth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 28th.

2008 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 21

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	20	560
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		538
3	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		521
4	4	Indiana Institute of Technology		509
5	5	California State-San Marcos		484
6	6	Aquinas (Mich.)		462
7	7	Concordia (Neb.)		450
8	8	Southern Oregon		447
9	9	Huntington (Ind.)		421
10	10	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		394
11	11	Black Hills State (S.D.)		368
12	12	College of Idaho		351
13	13	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		347
14	14	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		335
15	15	Concordia (Ore.)		301
16	16	Lindenwood (Mo.)		293
17	17	Shorter (Ga.)		260
18	18	Concordia (Calif.)		246
19	19	Indiana Wesleyan		231
20	20	Vanguard (Calif.)		201
21	22	Shawnee State (Ohio)		180
22	21	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		173
23	24	Oklahoma Baptist		168
24	23	Dickinson State (N.D.)		155
25	25	Doane (Neb.)		128

Others Receiving Votes: Houghton (N.Y.) 91; Oklahoma Christian 73; Taylor (Ind.) 57; Cedarville (Ohio) 36; Cumberlands (Ky.) 24; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 21; British Columbia 21; Hastings (Neb.) 19; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 15; Northwood (Texas) 14; Milligan (Tenn.) 10; Westmont (Calif.) 8; Southwestern (Kan.) 8; Marian (Ind.) 5; Siena Heights (Mich.) 3; Union (Tenn.) 1; Lee (Tenn.) 1; King (Tenn.) 1; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 1