Preseason ratings for the 2026-27 NAIA Men’s Cross Country season are in! Be on the lookout for the preseason poll, which comes out Thursday, August 20, to see where your favorite team checks in to start the 2026 campaign.
1. Columbia (Mo.)
2. Central Baptist (Ark.)
3. UHSP (Mo.)
4. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
5. Crowley’s Ridge (Mo.)
6. Williams Baptist (Ark.)
1. Milligan (Tenn.)
2. Montreat (N.C.)
3. Reinhardt (Ga.)
4. Truett McConnell (Ga.)
5. Tennessee Wesleyan
6. Pikeville (Ky.)
7. Bryan (Tenn.)
8. Union Commonwealth (Ky.)
9. Columbia International (S.C.)
10. Columbia (S.C.)
11. Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.)
12. Johnson (Tenn.)
13. Bluefield (Va.)
1. Simpson (Calif.)
2. Pacific Union (Calif.)
3. Westcliff (Calif.)
4. Stanton (Calif.)
5. Northern New Mexico
1. Southern Oregon
2. Corban (Ore.)
3. College of Idaho
4. Trinity Western (B.C.)
5. Eastern Oregon
6. Northwest (Wash.)
7. Oregon Tech
8. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
9. Evergreen State (Wash.)
10. Bushnell (Ore.)
11. Walla Walla (Wash.)
12. Warner Pacific (Ore.)
1. St. Francis (Ill.)
2. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
3. Governors State (Ill.)
4. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
5. Judson (Ill.)
6. Calumet St. Joseph (Ill.)
7. Indiana University Northwest
1. Haskell (Kan.)
2. Hesston (Kan.)
3. Florida National
1. Indiana Wesleyan
2. Marian (Ind.)
3. Taylor (Ind.)
4. Goshen (Ind.)
5. Spring Arbor (Mich.)
6. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
7. Grace (Ind.)
8. Saint Francis (Ind.)
9. Huntington (Ind.)
10. Bethel (Ind.)
1. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
2. Carroll (Mont.)
3. Bellevue (Neb.)
4. Montana Tech
5. Dakota State (S.D.)
6. Dickinson State (N.D.)
7. Bismarck State (N.D.)
8. Montana Western
9. Valley City State (N.D.)
10. Montana State-Northern
11. Providence (Mont.)
1. Doane (Neb.)
2. Dordt (Iowa)
3. Concordia (Neb.)
4. Northwestern (Iowa)
5. Midland (Neb.)
6. Morningside (Iowa)
7. Mount Marty (S.D.)
8. Hastings (Neb.)
9. Waldorf (Iowa)
10. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
11. Briar Cliff (Iowa)
1. The Master’s (Calif.)
2. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
3. Arizona Christian
4. Hope International (Calif.)
5. Soka (Calif.)
6. OUAZ (Ariz.)
7. La Sierra (Calif.)
8. Nevada State
1. Wiley (Texas)
2. Vorhees (S.C.)
3. Tougaloo (Miss.)
4. Talladega (Ala.)
5. Dillard (La.)
6. Stillman (Ala.)
7. Fisk (Tenn.)
8. Wilberforce (Ohio)
9. Philander Smith (Ark.)
10. Hutson-Tillotson (Texas)
11. Univ. of the Virgin Islands
12. Rust (Miss.)
1. Park (Mo.)
2. Benedictine (Kan.)
3. Mount Mercy (Iowa)
4. Missouri Baptist
5. Baker (Kan.)
6. William Penn (Iowa)
7. William Woods (Mo.)
8. St. Ambrose (Iowa)
9. Clarke (Iowa)
10. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
11. Central Methodist (Mo.)
12. Grand View (Iowa)
13. Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
14. Missouri Valley
15. Graceland (Iowa)
16. Peru State (Neb.)
1. Saint Mary (Kan.)
2. Kansas Wesleyan
3. Evangel (Mo.)
4. Friends (Kan.)
5. Bethel (Kan.)
6. Bethany (Kan.)
7. Sterling (Kan.)
8. McPherson (Kan.)
9. Ottawa (Kan.)
10. Tabor (Kan.)
11. York (Neb.)
12. Southwestern (Kan.)
13. Oklahoma Wesleyan
1. Cumberlands (Ky.)
2. Cumberland (Tenn.)
3. Bethel (Tenn.)
4. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
5. Campbellsville (Ky.)
6. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
7. Georgetown (Ky.)
1. Our Lady of The Lake (Texas)
2. Texas A&M – Texarkana
3. Texas A&M – San Antonio
4. UNT Dallas (Texas)
5. North American (Texas)
6. Southwest (N.M.)
1. Rio Grande (Ohio)
2. Indiana University East
3. Indiana University Kokomo
4. Midway (Ky.)
5. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.)
6. West Virginia Tech
7. Brescia (Ky.)
8. Indiana University Columbus
9. Kentucky Christian
1. Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
2. John Brown (Ark.)
3. Oklahoma City
4. Texas Wesleyan
5. Nelson (Texas)
6. Coll. of the Ozarks (Mo.)
7. Wayland Baptist (Texas)
8. Oklahoma Panhandle State
9. USAO (Okla.)
10. Central Christian (Kan.)
1. Tennessee Southern
2. Mobile (Ala.)
3. Loyola (La.)
4. Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.)
5. William Carey (Miss.)
6. Faulkner (Ala.)
7. Brewton Parker Christian (Ga.)
8. Xavier (La.)
9. Thomas (Ga.)
10. Abraham Baldwin (Ga.)
11. Andrew (Ga.)
1. Ave Maria (Fla.)
2. SCAD (Ga.)
3. Southeastern (Fla.)
4. St. Thomas (Fla.)
5. Keiser (Fla.)
6. Warner (Fla.)
7. New College of Florida
8. Webber International (Fla.)
1. Cornerstone (Mich.)
2. Madonna (Mich.)
3. Aquinas (Mich.)
4. Indiana Tech
5. Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
6. Rochester Christian (Mich.)
7. Michigan-Dearborn
8. Cleary (Mich.)
9. Defiance (Ohio)
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