2025 NAIA Women's Cross Country Conference Ratings (Sept. 29)

American Midwest Conference

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

Appalachian Athletic Conference

  1. Milligan (Tenn.)
  2. Montreat (N.C.)
  3. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)

California Pacific Conference

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

Cascade Collegiate Conference

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

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

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

Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)

  1. Haskell (Kan.)
  2. Florida National
  3. Florida College
  4. Alice Lloyd (Ky.)

Crossroads League

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

Frontier Conference

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

Great Plains Athletic Conference

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

Great Southwest Athletic Conference

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

HBCU Athletic Conference

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

Heart of America Athletic Conference

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

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

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

Mid-South Conference

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

Red River Athletic Conference

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

River States Conference

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

Sooner Athletic Conference

  1. Oklahoma City
  2. Nelson (Texas)
  3. College of the Ozarks (Mo.)
  4. John Brown (Ark.)
  5. Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
  6. Wayland Baptist (Texas)
  7. Sciance and Arts (Okla.)
  8. Oklahoma Panhandle State
  9. Texas Wesleyan
  10. Central Christian (Kan.)

Southern States Athletic Conference

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

The Sun Conference

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

Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference

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

Championship Information

NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship

47th ANNUAL
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
November 20, 2026
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Vancouver, Washington