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Carroll Women Climb to No. 20, Men Slide to No. 17 in NAIA Poll

10/16/25 | 4:13 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the latest editions of both its Men's and Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Polls. Carroll College has both teams ranked, with the Women appearing at No. 20 and the Men at No. 17.

After appearing the receiving votes portion of the poll for the past three polls, the Fighting Saints were the lone Women's team to join the Top-25 this week, appearing at No. 20. 

This is the first time in the regular season that the Saints have appeared inside the Top-25 after appearing at No. 24 in the Preseason Poll. 

Joining them on the national rating are their counterparts on the Men's side, who slid back four spots to No. 17.

Carroll is the lone Frontier Conference member to have both their Men and Women ranked inside the nation's Top-25, 

The teams will both have a weekend off ahead of their first large-scale competition of the seaosn next weekend, as they once again compete in the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge hosted by Aquinas in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Full Women's Coaches' Poll is as follows:

Trend Rank  Last Rating Institution [1st Place Votes] Points
1 1 Taylor (Ind.) [16] 496
2 2 Milligan (Tenn.)  480
3 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) 442
T-4 4 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 422
T-4 5 Indiana Wesleyan 422
T-6 6 The Master's (Calif.) 400
T-6 9 Dordt (Iowa) [1] 400
8 7 Cornerstone (Mich.) 374
9 8 College of Idaho 358
10 12 Grace (Ind.) 345
11 10 Marian (Ind.) 330
12 15 Aquinas (Mich.) 309
13 14 Saint Mary (Kan.) 283
14 11 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 277
15 18 Kansas Wesleyan 263
16 19 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 246
17 22 Montana Tech 263
18 16 Eastern Oregon 205
19 21 Benedictine (Kan.) 196
20 RV Carroll (Mont.) 194
21 13 Montreat (N.C.) 163
22 23 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 153
23 20 Southern Oregon 149
24 24 Oklahoma City 137
25 25 Rio Grande (Ohio) 122

The Full Men's Coaches' Poll is as follows:
Trend Rank  Last Rating Insitution [1st Place Votes] Points
1 1 The Master's (Calif.) [13] 549
2 2 Indiana Wesleyan [5] 536
3 4 Cumberlands (Ky.) 501
4 14 College of Idaho [1] 493
5 5 Taylor (Ind.) 478
6 3 Milligan (Tenn.) 466
7 7 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 438
8 6 Marian (Ind.) 417
9 18 Southern Oregon 414
10 12 IU East (Ind.) 389
11 T-9 Saint Mary (Kan.) 364
12 NR Eastern Oregon 359
13 11 Trinity Western (B.C.) 324
14 17 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 313
15 15 Doane (Neb.) 307
16 19 Aquinas (Mich.) 298
17 13 Carroll (Mont.) 246
18 21 Cornerstone (Mich.) 234
19 20 Goshen (Ind.) 219
20 25 Dordt (Iowa) 206
21 16 Montreat (N.C.) 186
22 8 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 142
23 22 Rio Grande (Ohio) 136
24 RV St. Francis (Ill.) 115
25 24 Northwest (Wash.) 101

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