KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time in program history, The College of Idaho has ascended to the No. 1 spot in the NAIA Top-25 Women's Cross Country Coaches' Poll, as the preseason rankings were announced today by the national office.
Coming off a second-place finish at last season's NAIA Championships and returning four of their five scoring runners from that squad, the Yotes received eight of the 19 first-place votes and led the way with 513 points.
It was the 84th-straight week that the Coyotes have been in the Top-25 and surpasses the previous high water mark of No. 2 in the poll, which C of I achieved on 12 occasions.
Taylor (Ind.) holds the No. 2 spot in the poll, just ahead of defending NAIA champion, Madonna (Mich.). St. Francis (Ill.) and Wayland Baptist (Texas) round out the Top-5, with two other Cascade Conference teams in the poll – No. 13 Lewis-Clark State and No. 16 Oregon Tech.
2020 Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
College of Idaho (8) |
513 |
| 2 |
6 |
Taylor (Ind.) (3) |
500 |
| 3 |
1 |
Madonna (Mich.) (7) |
498 |
| 4 |
4 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
486 |
| 5 |
NR |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) (1) |
444 |
| 6 |
23 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
440 |
| 7 |
10 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
425 |
| 8 |
8 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
394 |
| 9 |
5 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
392 |
| 10 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
384 |
| 11 |
19 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
369 |
| 12 |
16 |
Oklahoma City |
364 |
| 13 |
13 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
291 |
| 13 |
18 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
291 |
| 15 |
NR |
The Master's (Calif.) |
272 |
| 16 |
15 |
Oregon Tech |
264 |
| 17 |
14 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
261 |
| 18 |
NR |
Morningside (Iowa) |
248 |
| 19 |
NR |
Saint Mary (Kan.) |
226 |
| 20 |
17 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
223 |
| 21 |
25 |
Montana Western |
197 |
| 22 |
NR |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
161 |
| 23 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
139 |
| 24 |
NR |
Friends (Kan.) |
111 |
| 25 |
24 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
109 |
Receiving Votes: Shawnee State (Ohio) 95, Vanguard (Calif.) 84, Eastern Oregon 84, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 77, Concordia (Neb.) 70, Benedictine (Kan.) 46, Montreat (N.C.) 35, Hastings (Neb.) 15, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5, Baker (Kan.) 4, Montana Tech 3
