2025-26 NAIA Men's Cross Country Preseason Conference Ratings

American Midwest Conference

  1. Columbia (Mo.)
  2. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
  3. UHSP (Mo.)
  4. Williams Baptist (Ark.)
  5. Crowley's Ridge (Ark.)

Appalachian Athletic Conference

  1. Milligan (Tenn.)
  2. Montreat (N.C.)
  3. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
  4. Reinhardt (Ga.)
  5. Bryan (Tenn.)
  6. Tennessee Wesleyan
  7. Truett McConnell (Ga.)
  8. Columbia (S.C.)
  9. Union Commonwealth (Ky.)
  10. Columbia International (S.C.)
  11. Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.)
  12. Johnson (Tenn.)
  13. Pikeville (Ky.)
  14. Bluefield (Va.)

California Pacific Conference

  1. Simpson (Calif.)
  2. Westcliff (Calif.)
  3. Pacific Union (Calif.)
  4. Northern New Mexico
  5. Stanton (Calif.)

Cascade Collegiate Conference

  1. Corban (Ore.)
  2. College of Idaho
  3. EasternOregon
  4. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
  5. Southern Oegon
  6. Trinity Western (B.C.)
  7. Northwest (Wash.)
  8. Oregon Tech
  9. Evergreeen State (Wash.)
  10. Bushnell (Ore.)
  11. Walla Walla (Wash.)
  12. Warner Pacific (Ore.)

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

  1. St. Francis (Ill.)
  2. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
  3. Governors State (Ill.)
  4. St. Ambrose (Iowa)
  5. St. Xavier (Ill.)
  6. Trinity Christian (Ill.)
  7. Judson (Ill.)
  8. Viterbo (Wis.)
  9. Indiana-Northwest

Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)

  1. Haskell (Kan.)
  2. Florida National
  3. Washington Adventist (Md.)
  4. Hesston (Kan.)
  5. Alice Lloyd (Ky.)
  6. Carolina (N.C.)
  7. Florida College

Crossroads League

  1. Taylor (Ind.)
  2. Spring Arbor (Mich.)
  3. Marian (Ind.)
  4. Indiana Wesleyan
  5. Goshen (Ind.)
  6. Grace (Ind.)
  7. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
  8. Huntington (Ind.)
  9. Saint Francis (Ind.)
  10. Bethel (Ind.)

Frontier Conference

  1. Carroll (Mont.)
  2. Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
  3. Montana Tech
  4. Bellevue (Neb.)
  5. Bismarck State (N.D.)
  6. Dickinson State (N.D.)
  7. Dakota State (S.D.)
  8. Providence (Mont.)
  9. Montana Western
  10. Montana State-Northern
  11. Valley City State (N.D.)

Great Plains Athletic Conference

  1. Doane (Neb.)
  2. Dordt (Iowa)
  3. Concordia (Neb.)
  4. Northwestern (Iowa)
  5. Mount Marty (S.D.)
  6. Midland (Neb.)
  7. Hastings (Neb.)
  8. Morningside (Iowa)
  9. Briar Cliff (Iowa)
  10. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
  11. Waldorf (Iowa)

Great Southwest Athletic Conference

  1. The Master's (Calif.)
  2. Embry Riddle (Ariz.)
  3. Arizona Christian
  4. Hope International (Calif.)
  5. OUAZ (Ariz.)
  6. Soka (Calif.)
  7. La Sierra (Calif.)
  8. Park-Gilbert (Ariz.)

HBCU Athletic Conference

  1. Tougaloo (Miss.)
  2. Wiley (Texas)
  3. Stillman (Ala.)
  4. Dillard (La.)
  5. Talladega (Ala.)
  6. Philander Smith (Ark.)
  7. Voorhees (S.C.)
  8. Virgin Islands
  9. Rust (Miss.)
  10. Fisk (Tenn.)
  11. Huston-Tillotson (Texas)

Heart of America Athletic Conference

  1. Mount Mercy (Iowa)
  2. Park (Mo.)
  3. Benedictine (Kan.)
  4. Baker (Kan.)
  5. William Penn (Iowa)
  6. William Woods (Mo.)
  7. Central Methodist (Mo.)
  8. Clarke (Iowa)
  9. Missouri Baptist
  10. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
  11. Grand View (Iowa)
  12. Graceland (Iowa)
  13. Peru State (Neb.)
  14. Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
  15. Missouri Valley

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

  1. Saint Mary (Kan.)
  2. Kansas Wesleyan
  3. Evangel (Mo.)
  4. Friends (Kan.)
  5. Bethel (Kan.)
  6. Bethany (Kan.)
  7. Tabor (Kan.)
  8. McPherson (Kan.)
  9. Southwestern (Kan.)
  10. Sterling (Kan.)
  11. Ottawa (Kan.)
  12. York (Neb.)
  13. Oklahoma Wesleyan

Mid-South Conference

  1. Cumberlands (Ky.)
  2. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
  3. Cumberland (Tenn.)
  4. Bethel (Tenn.)
  5. Campbellsville (Ky.)
  6. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
  7. Georgetown (Ky.)

Red River Athletic Conference

  1. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
  2. Texas A&M-Texarkana
  3. Xavier (La.)
  4. North American (Texas)
  5. Southwest (N.M.)
  6. UNT-Dallas (Texas)

River States Conference

  1. Indiana-East
  2. Rio Grande (Ohio)
  3. Shawnee State (Ohio)
  4. Indiana-Kokomo
  5. Midway (Ky.)
  6. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.)
  7. West Virginia Tech
  8. Indiana-Columbus
  9. Oakland City (Ind.)
  10. Brescia (Ky.)
  11. Kentucky Christian

Southern States Athletic Conference

  1. Tennessee-Southern
  2. Mobile (Ala.)
  3. William Carey (Miss.)
  4. Loyola (La.)
  5. Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.)
  6. Brewton-Parker Christian (Ga.)
  7. Faulkner (Ala.)
  8. Abraham Baldwin (Ga.)

The Sun Conference

  1. SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
  2. Ave Maria (Fla.)
  3. St. Thomas (Fla.)
  4. Southeastern (Fla.)
  5. Keiser (Fla.)
  6. Warner (Fla.)
  7. New College of Florida

Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference

  1. Aquinas (Mich.)
  2. Cornerstone (Mich.)
  3. Indiana Tech
  4. Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
  5. Madonna (Mich.)
  6. Rochester Christian (Mich.)
  7. Michigan-Dearborn
  8. Siena Heights (Mich.)
  9. Lourdes (Ohio)
  10. Cleary (Mich.)
  11. Defiance (Ohio)

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