Oct. 31, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Malone College (Ohio) remained No. 1 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Cross Country Ratings for the eighth straight week. The Pioneers eared all six first place votes and compiled 180 total points.
Aquinas (Mich.) and Black Hills State (S.D.) held onto No. 2 and 3 with 172 and 166 total points respectively. Cornerstone (Mich.) stayed at No. 4 with 164 points and Concordia (Calif.) claimed the fifth spot with 158 total points.
The final regular season Top 25 Poll will be released on Monday, Nov. 5.
2007 NAIA Preseason Men's Cross Country Top 25 Poll - Oct. 31
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Malone (Ohio) (IX) |
6 |
180 |
|
2 |
2 |
Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
172 |
|
3 |
3 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) (III) |
|
166 |
|
4 |
T4 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
164 |
|
5 |
T4 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
|
158 |
|
6 |
6 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
|
150 |
|
7 |
7 |
California State-San Marcos (II) |
|
140 |
|
8 |
8 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) |
|
138 |
|
9 |
10 |
Lindenwood (Mo.) (V) |
|
129 |
|
10 |
9 |
Eastern Oregon (I) |
|
129 |
|
11 |
12 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (II) |
|
112 |
|
12 |
14 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) (IX) |
|
105 |
|
13 |
13 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) (III) |
|
103 |
|
14 |
15 |
Southern Oregon (I) |
|
102 |
|
15 |
16 |
Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) |
|
85 |
|
16 |
17 |
Concordia (Neb.) (III) |
|
80 |
|
17 |
18 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (V) |
|
77 |
|
18 |
20 |
Union (Tenn.) (XI) |
|
75 |
|
19 |
19 |
Oklahoma Baptist (VI) |
|
75 |
|
20 |
T21 |
Huntington (Ind.) (VIII) |
|
71 |
|
21 |
T21 |
The Master's (Calif.) (II) |
|
65 |
|
22 |
T23 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) |
|
56 |
|
23 |
T23 |
The College of Idaho (I) |
|
54 |
|
24 |
26 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
|
40 |
|
25 |
25 |
Westmont (Calif.) (II) |
|
39 |
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana Tech (VIII) 32; Wayland Baptist (Texas) (VI) 27; Biola (Calif.) (II)21; Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) 11; Houghton (N.Y.) (IX) 11; Cedarville (Ohio) (IX) 7; Southwestern (Kan.) (IV) 7; Bryan (Tenn.) (XII) 4; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 4; Hastings (Neb.) (III) 1.
