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By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA August 22, 2024   

2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Preseason

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending champion Milligan (Tenn.) opens the 2024 season at No. 1 in the preseason edition of the 2024 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was released on Thursday by the NAIA National Office.

NAIA — Men's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
Milligan (Tenn.)
Saint Mary (Kan.)
Cumberlands (Ky.)
Indiana Wesleyan
College of Idaho
1
Milligan (Tenn.)
2
Saint Mary (Kan.)
3
Cumberlands (Ky.)
4
Indiana Wesleyan
5
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The Buffs, who edged Saint Mary (Kan.) by five points last November, earned all 20 first-place votes from the electorate. Bryn Woodall returns for his senior year and will lead Milligan’s charge in 2024.

Speaking of Saint Mary (Kan.), the Spires sit No. 2 to begin the season with last year’s third-place team Cumberlands (Ky.) at No. 3. Only six points separate those squads. Indiana Wesleyan climbed one spot to No. 4 from its fifth-place finish in 2023, while College of Idaho comes in at No. 5.

Here are the rest of the preseason top-10 teams: No. 6 The Master’s (Calif.), No. 7 Eastern Oregon, No. 8 Taylor (Ind.), No. 9 Dordt (Iowa) and No. 10 Montreat (N.C.).

Mark your calendar for Friday, November 22, because that’s when the 2024 NAIA Cross Country Championships will be held at Gans Creek Park in Columbia, Missouri.

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Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2024 Preseason - August 22nd

RANK TEAM & INFOPTS2023
FINAL
1 milligan-tenn MILLIGAN (TENN.)
AAC (1)
Chris Layne (26th) 		560
(20 fpv) 		1
2 saint-mary-kan SAINT MARY (KAN.)
KCAC (1)
Alstin Benton (12th) 		535 2
3 cumberlands-ky CUMBERLANDS (KY.)
Mid-South (1)
Bradley Sowder (3rd) 		530 3
4 indiana-wesleyan INDIANA WESLEYAN
Crossroads (2)
Brody Beiler (1st) 		498 5
5 college-of-idaho COLLEGE OF IDAHO
Cascade (1)
Dominic Bolin (3rd) 		476 6
6 the-masters-calif THE MASTER'S (CALIF.)
GSAC (1)
Daniel Rush (1st) 		472 4
7 eastern-oregon EASTERN OREGON
Cascade (2)
Ben Welch (33rd) 		451 7
8 taylor-ind TAYLOR (IND.)
Crossroads (3)
Quinn White (6th) 		437 9
9 dordt-iowa DORDT (IOWA)
GPAC (1)
Nate Wolf (10th) 		418 8
10 montreat-n-c MONTREAT (N.C.)
AAC (2)
Ryan Hincher (1st) 		401 10
11 oklahoma-city OKLAHOMA CITY
SAC (1)
Frezer Legesse (4th) 		390 11
12 doane-neb DOANE (NEB.)
GPAC (2)
Brad Jenny (23rd) 		357 15
13 lewis-clark-state-idaho LEWIS-CLARK STATE (IDAHO)
Cascade (3)
Mike Collins (28th) 		329 17
14 kansas-wesleyan KANSAS WESLEYAN
KCAC (2)
Garrett Young (3rd) 		295 14
15 carroll-mont CARROLL (MONT.)
Frontier (1)
Shannon Flynn (6th) 		282 20
16 aquinas-mich AQUINAS (MICH.)
WHAC (1)
Mike Wojciakowski (27th) 		276 19
17 st-francis-ill ST. FRANCIS (ILL.)
Chicagoland (1)
Trevor Howard (2nd) 		274 21
18 spring-arbor-mich SPRING ARBOR (MICH.)
Crossroads (1)
Bryan Burk (5th) 		243 ---
19 embry-riddle-ariz EMBRY-RIDDLE (ARIZ.)
GSAC (2)
Chris Bray (12th) 		205 27
20 shawnee-state-ohio SHAWNEE STATE (OHIO)
River States (1)
Conner Flynn (2nd) 		187 12
21 goshen-ind GOSHEN (IND.)
Crossroads (6)
Rustin Nyce (9th) 		186 16
22 corban-ore CORBAN (ORE.)
Cascade (4)
Todd Bos (4th) 		170 22
23 marian-ind MARIAN (IND.)
Crossroads (4)
Presley Martin (1st) 		158 ---
24 olivet-nazarene-ill OLIVET NAZARENE (ILL.)
Chicagoland (2)
Kyle Rago (5th) 		151 23
25 rio-grande-ohio RIO GRANDE (OHIO)
River States (2)
Matt Paxton (2nd) 		135 26

Also Receiving Votes: Grace (Ind.) 113, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 103, Southern Oregon 88, Campbellsville (Ky.) 61, IU East (Ind.) 54, UC Merced (Calif.) 18, Montana Tech 13, John Brown (Ark.) 8, William Woods (Mo.) 5, William Carey (Miss.) 4, Cornerstone (Mich.) 4, Benedictine (Kan.) 4, Madonna (Mich.) 2

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Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5FINAL
College of Idaho5443111
Milligan (Tenn.)1111222
Cumberlands (Ky.)351113763
The Master's (Calif.)6222334
Indiana Wesleyan4767685
Saint Mary (Kan.)2334556
Oklahoma City111055447
Taylor (Ind.)86881098
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)1919201214129
Marian (Ind.)23RVRVRV161710
Eastern Oregon781010131011
Carroll (Mont.)15202125RV2512
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)131399111613
Shawnee State (Ohio)20242420191514
St. Francis (Ill.)17181819212215
IU East (Ind.)RVRVRVRV202116
Spring Arbor (Mich.)1817769717
Aquinas (Mich.)16161717181918
Grace (Ind.)RV211921242419
Doane (Neb.)12141415222020
Montreat (N.C.)10121516151321
Kansas Wesleyan14151618171822
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)24RVRV24RVRV23
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)RV25RVRV25RV24
Dordt (Iowa)991211121125
Campbellsville (Ky.)RV222223232326
Rio Grande (Ohio)2511131481427
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)28
Columbia (Mo.)RV29
Mobile (Ala.)30
UC Merced (Calif.)RVRVRV31
Bellevue (Neb.)RV32
Mount Mercy (Iowa)33
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)34
Haskell35
Tougaloo (Miss.)36
Corban (Ore.)22232322RVRV
Cornerstone (Mich.)RVRVRVRVRVRV
Cumberland (Tenn.)RVRVRVRVRV
Saint Xavier (Ill.)RVRVRVRVRV
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)RVRVRVRV
Concordia (Neb.)RVRVRVRV
Goshen (Ind.)21RV25RV
Southern OregonRVRVRVRV
Benedictine (Kan.)RVRVRV
William Woods (Mo.)RVRV
St. Ambrose (Iowa)RV
Concordia (Mich.)RV
Northwest (Wash.)RV
Madonna (Mich.)RV
Montana TechRV
John Brown (Ark.)RV
William Carey (Miss.)RV

USTFCCCA NAIA Cross Country

2024 Rankings & Polls Calendar
Weeks Conference PollsNational Coaches' Poll KEY DATES
PreseasonThu 8/22
MEN | WOMEN
Week 1Thu 9/26
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Thu 10/3
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Thu 10/17
MEN | WOMEN
Week 4Thu 10/31
MEN | WOMEN		Nov. 2-3 - NAIA Conferences
Week 5Tue 11/12
MEN | WOMEN		Fri., Nov. 22 - NAIA Championships (Columbia, Mo.)
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)		Fri 11/22
MEN | WOMEN