2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Conference Coaches’ Ratings – Preseason
as posted by the NAIA National Office
| American Midwest Conference | Heart of America Athletic Conference | |||
| 1 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1 | Park (Mo.) | |
| 2 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2 | Benedictine (Kan.) | |
| 3 | Missouri Baptist | 3 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | |
| 4 | Williams Baptist | 4 | William Penn (Iowa) | |
| 5 | Central Baptist | 5 | Baker (Kan.) | |
| 6 | University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy (Mo.) | 6 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | |
| 7 | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | 7 | Clarke (Iowa) | |
| 8 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | |||
| 9 | Grand View (Iowa) | |||
| 10 | Culver-Stockon (Mo.) | |||
| 11 | Graceland (Iowa) | |||
| 12 | Peru State (Neb.) | |||
| 13 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Appalachian Athletic Conference | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | |||
| 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 1 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | |
| 2 | Montreat (N.C.) | 2 | Kansas Wesleyan | |
| 3 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 3 | Evangel (Mo.) | |
| 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 4 | Tabor (Kan.) | |
| 5 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | |||
| 6 | Bryan (Tenn.) | |||
| 7 | Columbia (S.C.) | |||
| 8 | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | |||
| 9 | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | |||
| 10 | CIU (S.C.) | |||
| 11 | Kentucky Christian | |||
| 12 | Pikeville (Ky.) | |||
| 13 | Bluefield (Va.) | |||
| California Pacific Conference | Mid-South Conference | |||
| 1 | UC Merced (Calif.) | 1 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | |
| 2 | Soka (Calif.) | 2 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | |
| 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | |||
| 4 | Bethel (Tenn.) | |||
| 5 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | |||
| 6 | Georgetown (Ky.) | |||
| 7 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | |||
| Cascade Collegiate Conference | North Star Athletic Association | |||
| 1 | College of Idaho | 1 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | |
| 1 | Eastern Oregon | 2 | Dakota State (S.D.) | |
| 3 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 3 | Jamestown (N.D.) | |
| 4 | Corban (Ore.) | 4 | Bellevue (Neb.) | |
| 5 | Southern Oregon | 5 | Valley City State (N.D.) | |
| 6 | Oregon Tech | |||
| 7 | Northwest (Wa.) | |||
| 8 | Bushnell (Ore.) | |||
| 9 | Evergreen State (Wash.) | |||
| 10 | Multnomah (Ore.) | |||
| 11 | Walla Walla (Wash.) | |||
| Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Red River Athletic Conference | |||
| 2 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 1 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | |
| 3 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 2 | Texas A&M Texarkana | |
| 4 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3 | Xavier (La.) | |
| 5 | Governors State (Ill.) | 4 | Huston-Tillotson (Texas) | |
| 6 | Judson (Ill.) | 5 | Jarvis Christian (Texas) | |
| 7 | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | |||
| 1 | St. Francis (Ill.) | |||
| Continental Athletic Conference | River States Conference | |||
| 1 | Haskell Indian (Kan.) | 1 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | |
| 2 | Florida National | 2 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | |
| 3 | Florida College | 3 | IU East (Ind.) | |
| 4 | Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) | 4 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | |
| 5 | Washington Adventist (Md.) | 5 | Midway (Ky.) | |
| 6 | Northern New Mexico | 6 | St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) | |
| 7 | West Virginia Tech | |||
| 8 | Oakland City (Ind.) | |||
| 9 | Brescia (Ky.) | |||
| 10 | IU Columbus (Ind.) | |||
| 11 | Alice Lloyd (Ky.) | |||
| Crossroads League | Sooner Athletic Conference | |||
| 1 | Indiana Wesleyan | 1 | Oklahoma City | |
| 2 | Taylor (Ind.) | 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | |
| 3 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 3 | John Brown (Ark.) | |
| 4 | Marian (Ind.) | |||
| 5 | Goshen (Ind.) | |||
| 6 | Grace (Ind.) | |||
| 7 | St. Francis (Ind.) | |||
| 8 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | |||
| 9 | Huntington (Ind.) | |||
| 10 | Bethel (Ind.) | |||
| Frontier Conference | Southern State Athletic Conference | |||
| 1 | Carroll (Mont.) | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) | |
| 2 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) | |
| 3 | Montana Tech | 3 | Tennessee Southern | |
| 4 | Providence (Mont.) | 4 | Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) | |
| 5 | Montana Western | 5 | Loyola (La.) | |
| 6 | MSU-Northern (Mont.) | 6 | Thomas (Ga.) | |
| 7 | Brewton-Parker (Ga.) | |||
| 8 | Faulkner (Ala.) | |||
| 9 | Abraham Baldwin Agricultrutal (Ga.) | |||
| Great Plains Athletic Conference | The Sun Conference | |||
| 1 | Dordt (Iowa) | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) | |
| 2 | Doane (Neb.) | 2 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | |
| 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 3 | SCAD Savanah (Ga.) | |
| 4 | Mount Marty (S.D.) | 4 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | |
| 5 | Northwestern (Iowa) | |||
| 6 | Midland (Neb.) | |||
| 7 | Morningside (Iowa) | |||
| 8 | Hastings (Neb.) | |||
| 9 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | |||
| 10 | Waldorf (Iowa) | |||
| 11 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | |||
| Great Southwest Athletic Conference | Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference | |||
| 1 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 1 | Aquinas (Mich.) | |
| 2 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 2 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | |
| 3 | Madonna (Mich.) | |||
| 4 | Indiana Tech | |||
| 5 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | |||
| 6 | Rochester Christian (Mich.) | |||
| HBCU Athletic Conference | 7 | Michigan-Dearborn (Mich.) | ||
| 1 | Philander Smith (Ark.) | 8 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | |
| 2 | Wiley (Texas) | 9 | Lourdes (Ohio) | |
| 3 | Tougaloo (Ala.) | 10 | Defiance (Ohio) | |
| 4 | Talladega (Ala.) | 11 | Concordia (Mich.) | |
| 5 | Dillard (La.) | 12 | Cleary (Mich.) |
