Point Park continues Top 25 ranking at No. 16 this week for Women's Cross Country
Point Park continues Top 25 ranking at No. 16 this week for Women's Cross Country
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Point Park University women's cross country is nationally ranked in the NAIA Top 25 for the fourth straight poll as the Pioneers came in at No. 16 in the rankings released Wednesday (Oct. 10) by the national office. The Pioneers have been ranked in all four polls so far this year, and there's just one more Top 25 left in the regular season.
The teams in this week's rankings are the same 25 teams as last week with a handful of teams switching places. Much of the top 10 remains in the same order. The biggest jump for any school was that of Cornerstone (Mich.), which moved up three spots to No. 15, which is why Point Park and two other schools moved down one spot each.
For the complete NAIA release about the Top 25 Poll, click here. The rankings are available below as well.
NAIA WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TOP 25 POLL -- OCT. 10, 2018
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Wayland Baptist [14] | 581 |
| 2 | 2 | Taylor (Ind.) [5] | 574 |
| 3 | 3 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) [2] | 555 |
| 4 | 4 | Oregon Tech | 534 |
| 5 | 6 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 521 |
| 6 | 5 | Madonna (Mich.) | 482 |
| 7 | 7 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 472 |
| 8 | 10 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 458 |
| 9 | 9 | Dordt (Iowa) | 454 |
| 10 | 12 | Southern Oregon | 401 |
| 11 | 13 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 375 |
| 12 | 11 | Oklahoma City | 369 |
| 13 | 14 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 365 |
| 14 | 8 | College of Idaho | 333 |
| 15 | 18 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 329 |
| 16 | 15 | Point Park (Pa.) | 321 |
| 17 | 16 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 297 |
| 18 | 17 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 268 |
| 19 | 19 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 229 |
| 20 | 21 | Northwest Christian | 220 |
| 21 | 20 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 219 |
| 22 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 213 |
| 23 | 25 | Indiana Wesleyan | 186 |
| 24 | 24 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 150 |
| 25 | 23 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 112 |
Others Receiving Votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 99, Bethel (Ind.) 79, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 41, Friends (Kan.) 30, Dickinson State (N.D.) 29, Concordia (Neb.) 28, Westmont (Calif.) 24, Columbia (Mo.) 24, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 20, Morningside (Iowa) 14, Montana Western 10, St. Thomas (Fla.) 9, Cumberland (Tenn.) 7, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 5, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3.