2023 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Conference Coaches’ Ratings – Preseason
as posted by the NAIA National Office
American Midwest Conference
1. Missouri Baptist
2. William Woods (Mo.)
3. Columbia (Mo.)
4. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
5. UHSP St. Louis (Mo.)
6. Central Baptist (Ark.)
Appalachian Athletic Conference
1. Milligan (Tenn.)
2. Montreat (N.C.)
3. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
3. Reinhardt (Ga.)
5. Bryan (Tenn.)
6. Tennessee Wesleyan
7. Columbia (S.C.)
8. Truett McConnell (Ga.)
9. CIU (S.C.)
10. Union (Ky.)
11. Pikeville (Ky.)
12. Kentucky Christian
13. Bluefield (Va.)
California Pacific Conference
1. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
2. UC Merced
2. Soka (Calif.)
4. Park Gilbert (AZ)
5. Westcliff
6. Cal Maritime
7. Pacific Union (Calif.)
8. La Sierra (Calif.)
Cascade Collegiate Conference
1. College of Idaho
2. Eastern Oregon
3. Southern Oregon
4. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
5. Oregon Tech
6. Northwest (Wash.)
7. Corban (Ore.)
8. Bushnell (Ore.)
9. Multnomah (Ore.)
10. Evergreen (Wash.)
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
1. St. Francis (Ill.)
2. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
3. Trinity Christian (Ill.)
4. St. Ambrose (Iowa)
5. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
6. Judson (Ill.)
7. Roosevelt (Ill.)
8. Governors State (Ill.)
9. Calumet (Ind.)
10. Indiana Northwest (Ind.)
Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
1. College of the Ozarks (Mo.)
2. Haskell (Kan.)
3. Florida College
4. Florida National
5. Washington Adventist (Md.)
6. Fisher (Mass.)
7. Crowley’s Ridge (Ark.)
8. Wilberforce (Ohio)
9. Voorhees (S.C.)
10. Morris (S.C.)
Crossroads League
1. Indiana Wesleyan
2. Taylor (Ind.)
3. Goshen (Ind.)
4. Grace (Ind.)
5. Huntington (Ind.)
6. Spring Arbor (Mich.)
7. Marian (Ind.)
8. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
9. Saint Francis (Ind.)
10. Bethel (Ind.)
Frontier Conference
1. Carroll (Mont.)
2. Montana Tech
3. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
4. Montana Western
5. Providence (Mont.)
6. Montana State-Northern
Golden State Athletic Conference
1. The Master’s (Calif.)
2. Arizona Christian
3. Vanguard (Calif.)
4. Hope International (Calif.)
5. Menlo (Calif.)
6. Jessup (Calif.)
7. OUAZ (Ariz.)
Great Plains Athletic Conference
1. Dordt (Iowa)
2. Doane (Neb.)
3. Concordia (Neb.)
4. Jamestown (N.D.)
5. Northwestern (Iowa)
6. Mount Marty (S.D.)
7. Midland (Neb.)
8. Hastings (Neb.)
9. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
10. Morningside (Iowa)
11. Briar Cliff (Iowa)
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
1. Philander Smith (Ark.)
2. Wiley (Texas)
3. Tougaloo (Miss.)
4. Talladega (Ala.)
5. Rust (Miss.)
6. Fisk (Tenn.)
7. Virgin Islands
Heart of America Athletic Conference
1. Benedictine (Kan.)
2. Grand View (Iowa)
3. William Penn (Iowa)
3. Mount Mercy (Iowa)
5. Park (Mo.)
6. Central Methodist (Mo.)
7. Baker (Kan.)
8. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
9. Clarke (Iowa)
10. Graceland (Iowa)
11. Missouri Valley
12. Peru State (Neb.)
13. Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
1. Saint Mary (Kan.)
2. Kansas Wesleyan
3. Tabor (Kan.)
4. Friends (Kan.)
5. McPherson (Kan.)
6. Evangel (Mo.)
7. Southwestern (Kan.)
8. Bethany (Kan.)
9. York (Neb.)
10. Bethel (Kan.)
11. Ottawa (Kan.)
12. Oklahoma Wesleyan
13. Sterling (Kan.)
Mid-South Conference
1. Cumberlands (Ky.)
2. Campbellsville (Ky.)
3. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
4. Cumberland (Tenn.)
5. Georgetown (Ky.)
6. Bethel (Tenn.)
7. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
North Star Athletic Association
1. Dakota State (S.D.)
2. Dickinson State (N.D.)
3. Bellevue (Neb.)
4. Viterbo (Wis.)
5. Valley City State (N.D.)
6. Waldorf (Iowa)
Red River Athletic Conference
1. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
2. Texas A&M Texarkana
3. Xavier (La.)
4. Huston-Tillotson (Texas)
5. Southwest (N.M.)
6. Jarvis Christian (Texas)
7. North American (Texas)
8. Texas College
River States Conference
1. Shawnee State (Ohio)
2. Indiana East (Ind.)
3. IU Kokomo (Ind.)
4. Rio Grande (Ohio)
5. Point Park (Pa.)
6. Midway (Ky.)
7. St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.)
8. Ohio Christian
9. WVU Tech
10. Alice Lloyd (Ky.)
11. Oakland City (Ind.)
12. IUPUC (Ind.)
Sooner Athletic Conference
1. Oklahoma City
2. Texas Wesleyan
3. John Brown (Ark.)
4. Wayland Baptist (Texas)
5. Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
6. Oklahoma Panhandle State
7. SAGU (Texas)
8. UNT Dallas
Southern States Athletic Conference
1. William Carey (Miss.)
2. Mobile (Ala.)
3. Tennessee Southern (Tenn.)
4. Blue Mountain (Miss.)
5. Life (Ga.)
6. Thomas (Ga.)
7. Loyola (La.)
8. Stillman (Ala.)
9. Point (Ga.)
10. Brewton-Parker (Ga.)
11. Faulkner (Ala.)
The Sun Conference
1. Southeastern (Fla.)
2. SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
3. Ave Maria (Fla.)
4. St. Thomas (Fla.)
5. Keiser (Fla.)
6. Warner (Fla.)
7. Webber International (Fla.)
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
1. Aquinas (Mich.)
2. Cornerstone (Mich.)
3. Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
4. Indiana Tech
5. Michigan-Dearborn
6. Siena Heights (Mich.)
7. Madonna (Mich.)
8. Rochester (Mich.)
9. Lourdes (Ohio)
10. Concordia (Mich.)
11. Cleary (Mich.)
