2021 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Conference Coaches Polls – Preseason
as released by the NAIA National Office
American Midwest Conference
1. Columbia (Mo.)
2. William Woods (Mo.)
3. Missouri Baptist
4. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
5. UHSP St. Louis (Mo.)
6. Lyon (Ark.)
7. Williams Baptist (Ark.)
8. Central Baptist (Ark.)
Appalachian Athletic Conference
1. Milligan (Tenn.)
2. Montreat (N.C.)
3. Reinhardt (Ga.)
4. Tennessee Wesleyan
5. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
6. Bryan (Tenn.)
7. Kentucky Christian
8. Point (Ga.)
9. Union (Ky.)
10. Truett McConnell (Ga.)
11. CIU (S.C.)
12. Bluefield (Va.)
13. Columbia (S.C.)
14. St. Andrews (N.C.)
California Pacific Conference
1. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
2. UC Merced
3. Soka (Calif.)
4. Marymount California
Cascade Collegiate Conference
1. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
2. Oregon Tech
3. Southern Oregon
4. College of Idaho
5. Northwest (Wash.)
6. Eastern Oregon
7. Corban (Ore.)
8. Bushnell (Ore.)
9. Multnomah (Ore.)
10. Walla Walla (Wash.)
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
1. St. Francis (Ill.)
2. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
3. St. Ambrose (Iowa)
4. Judson (Ill.)
5. Trinity Christian (Ill.)
6. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
7. LC (Ill.)
8. Governors State (Ill.)
9. Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)
10. Calumet (Ind.)
11. Roosevelt (Ill.)
12. Indiana Northwest (Ind.)
Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
1. Florida College
2. Haskell (Kan.)
3. Iowa Wesleyan
4. Florida National
5. Penn State Schuylkill
6. Washington Adventist (Md.)
7. Voorhees (S.C.)
Crossroads League
1. Taylor (Ind.)
2. Huntington (Ind.)
3. Indiana Wesleyan
4. Goshen (Ind.)
5. Grace (Ind.)
6. Spring Arbor (Mich.)
7. Marian (Ind.)
8. Saint Francis (Ind.)
9. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
10. Bethel (Ind.)
Frontier Conference
1. Carroll (Mont.)
2. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
3. Montana State-Northern
4. Montana Western
5. Montana Tech
6. Providence (Mont.)
Golden State Athletic Conference
1. The Master’s (Calif.)
2. Westmont (Calif.)
3. Vanguard (Calif.)
4. Menlo (Calif.)
5. Hope International (Calif.)
6. William Jessup (Calif.)
7. Arizona Christian
8. Ottawa (Ariz.)
9. San Diego Christian (Calif.)
10. Life Pacific (Calif.)
Great Plains Athletic Conference
1. Dordt (Iowa)
2. Doane (Neb.)
3. Northwestern (Iowa)
4. Midland (Neb.)
5. Morningside (Iowa)
6. Concordia (Neb.)
7. Mount Marty (S.D.)
8. Hastings (Neb.)
9. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
10. Briar Cliff (Iowa)
11. Jamestown (N.D.)
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
1. Philander Smith (Ark.)
2. Dillard (La.)
3. Tougaloo (Miss.)
4. Fisk (Tenn.)
5. Rust (Miss.)
Heart of America Athletic Conference
1. Grand View (Iowa)
2. Baker (Kan.)
3. Evangel (Mo.)
4. Benedictine (Kan.)
5. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
6. Graceland (Iowa)
7. William Penn (Iowa)
8. Mount Mercy (Iowa)
9. Park (Mo.)
10. Central Methodist (Mo.)
11. Clarke (Iowa)
12. Peru State (Neb.)
13. Missouri Valley
14. Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
1. Saint Mary (Kan.)
2. Friends (Kan.)
3. Tabor (Kan.)
4. Kansas Wesleyan
5. McPherson (Kan.)
6. Bethel (Kan.)
7. Southwestern (Kan.)
8. Ottawa (Kan.)
9. Bethany (Kan.)
10. York (Neb.)
11. Sterling (Kan.)
12. Avila (Mo.)
13. Oklahoma Wesleyan
Mid-South Conference
1. Shawnee State (Ohio)
2. Campbellsville (Ky.)
3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
4. Cumberland (Tenn.)
5. Cumberlands (Ky.)
6. Georgetown (Ky.)
7. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
7. Thomas More (Ky.)
9. Bethel (Tenn.)
10. Tennessee Southern (Tenn.)
11. Pikeville (Ky.)
12. Life (Ga.)
North Star Athletic Association
1. Dakota State (S.D.)
2. Dickinson State (N.D.)
3. Viterbo (Wis.)
4. Waldorf (Iowa)
4. Bellevue (Neb.)
6. Valley City State (N.D.)
Red River Athletic Conference
1. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
2. Xavier (La.)
3. Jarvis Christian (Texas)
4. Southwest (N.M.)
5. Wiley (Texas)
River States Conference
1. WVU Tech
2. IU Kokomo (Ind.)
3. Rio Grande (Ohio)
4. Point Park (Pa.)
5. Indiana East (Ind.)
6. Ohio Christian
7. Midway (Ky.)
8. Brescia (Ky.)
9. Alice Lloyd (Ky.)
10. Carlow (Pa.)
11. Oakland City (Ind.)
12. Ohio Valley (W.Va.)
Sooner Athletic Conference
1. Oklahoma City
2. Wayland Baptist (Texas)
3. John Brown (Ark.)
4. SAGU (Texas)
5. Texas Wesleyan
6. Science & Arts (Okla.)
7. Oklahoma Panhandle State
Southern States Athletic Conference
1. William Carey (Miss.)
2. Loyola (La.)
3. Blue Mountain (Miss.)
4. Brewton-Parker (Ga.)
5. Mobile (Ala.)
6. Stillman (Ala.)
7. Talladega (Ala.)
The Sun Conference
1. Southeastern (Fla.)
2. SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
3. Ave Maria (Fla.)
4. USC Beaufort (S.C.)
5. Thomas (Ga.)
6. St. Thomas (Fla.)
7. Keiser (Fla.)
8. Warner (Fla.)
9. Webber International (Fla.)
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
1. Cornerstone (Mich.)
2. Aquinas (Mich.)
3. Michigan-Dearborn
4. Indiana Tech
5. Siena Heights (Mich.)
6. Madonna (Mich.)
7. Lourdes (Ohio)
8. Cleary (Mich.) (Mich.)
9. Rochester (Mich.)
10. Concordia (Mich.)
11. Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
