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