Sept. 26, 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 third straight week.  The Pioneers earned all seven first place votes and compiled 210 total points.

Aquinas (Mich.) and Azusa Pacific (Calif.) remained at No. 2 and No. 3 with 202 points and 197 points respectively.  Cornerstone (Mich.) moved up a spot to No. 4 with 186 points while Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) dropped to No. 5 with 183 points.

The next regular season Top 25 Poll will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 3.

2007 NAIA Preseason Men's Cross Country Top 25 Poll - Sept. 25

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio) (IX)	7	210
2	2	Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII)		202
3	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)		197
4	5	Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII)		186
5	4	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)		183
6	6	Black Hills State (S.D.) (III)		169
7	7	Concordia (Calif.) (II)		167
8	9	Lindenwood (Mo.) (V)		162
9	11	Eastern Oregon (I)		153
10	10	California State-San Marcos (II)		149
11	12	Concordia (Neb.) (III)		138
12	8	Missouri Baptist (V)		127
13	13	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		125
14	14	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (V)		109
15	T15	Shawnee State (Ohio) (IX)		107
16	18	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		104
17	T15	Indiana Wesleyan (VIII)		102
18	17	Westmont (Calif.) (II)		94
19	23	Cedarville (Ohio) (IX)		77
20	22	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		73
21	19	Albertson (Idaho) (I)		71
22	20	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII)		71
23	21	Indiana Tech (VIII)		60
24	24	Oklahoma Christian (VI)		53
25	25	Southwestern (Kan.) (IV)		40

 

Others Receiving Votes: Wayland Baptist (Texas) (VI) 29; Hastings (Neb.) (III) 26; Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) 23; Bryan (Tenn.) (XII) 13; Dakota State (S.D.) (III) 11; Shorter (Ga.) (XIII) 8; Taylor (Ind.) (VIII) 8; Huntington (Ind.) (VII) 4; William Woods (Mo.) (V) 4.