KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the fourth of four 2025 regular season Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Polls, where the Corban University Men's Cross Country team leapt back into the national scene following a one-poll hiatus, punching in at No. 20-overall alongside Carroll College as the Warriors finish last minute preparations for the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Championships that they will host later next week.
To read the NAIA's official release on their most recent men's cross country top 25 poll, click HERE.
"The new poll is a tad surprising for us, but we will let it only further motivate us for the upcoming conference meet," stated Corban associate head coach Stuart Eagon. "It's awesome to see our women's program only just starting to receive votes as well, as they have worked hard and we knew both them and the men are much better than where they are currently ranked. The only thing that matters on the competitive side is where we finish at the conference and national meets, and we are very excited to kick off the conference meet next Friday!"
After dropping out of the top 25 following their meet results from the Charles Bowles Invitational, the Warriors redeemed themselves with a bounce-back performance in the George Oja Invitational at the same course they'll be vying for a conference championship on next Friday. Junior Jack Gladfelter broke his own program record for a second-straight meet in the men's 8k with a 23:49.7 final time to finish in third overall among the over 400 runners in the event. As a team, the Warriors finished with an average time of 24:49.6, which represents their lowest average in school history for a single men's 8k race by nearly 20 seconds.
On November 7th, the Navy and Gold will host the 2025 CCC Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, at the Oak Knoll Golf Course where they will attempt to win their first ever conference title thanks to their "home field advantage" just 25 minutes from the foot of Corban's campus. The women's race is scheduled for 10am, while the men will begin at 11am.
2025 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 4
|
Rank
|
School [First-Place Votes]
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Points
|
|
1.
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The Masters (Calif.) [15]
|
552
|
|
2.
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Indiana Wesleyan [4]
|
536
|
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3.
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Cumberlands (Ky.)
|
530
|
|
4.
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Taylor (Ind.)
|
496
|
|
5.
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Saint Mary (Kan.)
|
452
|
|
6.
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Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
|
441
|
|
7.
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Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
|
438
|
|
8.
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Milligan (Tenn.)
|
436
|
|
9.
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Southern Oregon
|
400
|
|
10.
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Eastern Oregon
|
393
|
|
11.
|
IU East (Ind.)
|
383
|
|
12.
|
College of Idaho
|
371
|
|
13.
|
Marian (Ind.)
|
352
|
|
14.
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Madonna (Mich.)
|
299
|
|
15.
|
Trinity Western (B.C.)
|
294
|
|
16.
|
Doane (Neb.)
|
289
|
|
17.
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Rio Grande (Ohio)
|
264
|
|
18.
|
Spring Arbor (Mich.)
|
260
|
|
19.
|
Goshen (Ind.)
|
238
|
|
T20.
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Carroll (Mont.)
|
194
|
|
T20.
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Corban (Ore.)
|
194
|
|
22.
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Cornerstone (Mich.)
|
161
|
|
23.
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Montreat (N.C.)
|
153
|
|
24.
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St. Francis (Ill.)
|
129
|
|
25.
|
Aquinas (Mich.)
|
103
|
Receiving Votes: Northwest (Wash.) 102, Dordt (Iowa) 91, Kansas Wesleyan 91, Tennessee Southern 47, Shawnee State (Ohio) 43, Concordia (Neb.) 17, Ave Maria (Fla.) 12, Oklahoma City 8, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 6
The final coaches' top 25 poll for NAIA men's cross country prior to the 2025 NAIA National Championships will be released on Tuesday, November 11th.
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