NAIA XC/TF 2024-25

Aquinas B squad at this Jayhawk invite ran crazy. They honestly have the best depth in the NAIA. I wouldn't want to race them in the JV race at Great Lakes.

and they will still choke at nats

St. Francis isn’t as good as they were all around a few years ago

Fake faith will never lead to victory

Oh yeah?

Well I think you have fake faith.

Mike Reif will run fast and make St. Francis go up in rankings because Mike is fast and Allison Ramsey

Mike Reif will run fast and make St. Francis go up in the rankings because Mike is fast and Allison Ramsey.

Word on the trail is the St. Francis teams prays during their runs, so this is incorrect.

Hold my beer while I congratulate them for having the best JV squad. That's every college coach's dream.

Sam Mickelson vs Olivet Naz vs Aquinas making yourself look like a clown contest

I don’t think the competition could get any steeper

I make your mom look like a clown

Ratings are out,

Only noticeable moves for men is Embry-Riddle going from #20 to #12

Other moves include College of Idaho moving up to #3, Cumberlands moving down from #11 to #13, Spring Arbor (Now #6) and IWU (now #7) switching ranks, Olivet Nazarene going from unranked to #24, and Carrol moving down from #21 to #25.

Women's side has a few notable moves

The most predictable one was St. Francis's women tanking in polls. They went down from 11 to 20.

Olivet Nazarene went from 20 to 16. I'm not exactly sure why they moved up but if one of the ONU guys on here wants to stop spam posting about Reif or St. Francis not being holy enough, they're my guest to explain why.

Aquinas jumped from 22 to 18 after beating St. Francis and Mt. Mercy.

Huntington for obvious reasons has dropped out of the rankings entirely.

My dear friend Mike Reif…
Perhaps instead of spending so much time on these message boards, you should spend more time helping your teammates stay healthy… That way the men and them women’s teams at St. Francis would not be dropping so significantly in the rankings… Your team is looking vulnerable… Let’s just say there could be some changes to who wins the CCAC conference trophies this year…

I did this ranking preseason with tiers and will do so now with the last 3 Big NAIA meets before the postseason hits. I still have a lot of questions about teams toward the top but should find out more in a few weeks. Starting with the guys.. I also brought into the equation of Nationals Qualifying and where teams are going if they're running at one of the 3 big NAIA Meets next weekend.

TIER 1 - TITLE FAVORITES (No Order Because they are so close)
1A: College of Idaho - CCC Champ (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
1B: Milligan - AAC Champ (Auto) - Appalachian Challange
1C: The Masters - GSAC Champ (Auto) - N/A (Racing This Weekend)
TIER 2 - TITLE & PODIUM CONTENDERS
4.) Oklahoma City - SAC Champ (Auto) - N/A (Racing This Weekend)
5.) Saint Mary - KCAC Champ (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
TIER 3 - TITLE LONGSHOT/TOP 5 CONTENDER
6.) Spring Arbor - Crossroads Champ (Auto) - Great Lakes
TIER 4 - TOP 5 LONGSHOT/TOP 7 FAVORITE
7.) Indiana Wesleyan - Crossroads 2nd (AT LARGE 1) - Great Lakes
TIER 5 - TOP 10 FAVORITES/TOP 7 LONGSHOTS
8.) Lewis-Clark State - CCC 2nd (AT LARGE 2) - N/A (Race This Weekend)
9.) Taylor - Crossroads 3rd (AT LARGE 3) - Great Lakes
10.) Cumberlands - Mid South Champ (Auto) - Appalachian Challange
11.) Embry Riddle (AZ) - GSAC 2nd (AT LARGE 4) - N/A (Race This Weekend)
TIER 6 - TOP 10 CONTENDERS
12.) Rio Grande - River States Champ (Auto) - Great Lakes
13.) Eastern Oregon - CCC 3rd (AT LARGE 5) - N/A (Race This Weekend)
14.) Dordt - GPAC Champ (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
THE REST
15.) Montreat - AAC 2nd (Auto) - Appalachian Challange
16.) Doane - GPAC 2nd (AT LARGE 6) - Blazing Tiger
17.) Aquinas - WHAC Champ (Auto) - Great Lakes
18.) Kansas Wesleyan - KCAC 2nd (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
19.) Shawnee State - River States (AT LARGE 7) - Great Lakes
20.) St.Francis (IL) - CCAC Champ (Auto) - Great Lakes
21.) Campbellsville (KY) - Mid South 2nd (AT LARGE 8) - Great Lakes
22.) Grace - Crossroads 4th (AT LARGE 9) - Great Lakes
23.) Rocky Mountain - Frontier Champ (Auto) - Great Lakes
24.) Carroll (MT) - Frontier 2nd (AT LARGE 10) - Great Lakes
25.) Corban (OR) - CCC 4th (AT LARGE 11) - N/A (Race This Weekend)
26.) Olivet Nazarene - CCAC 2nd (AT LARGE 12) - Great Lakes
TOP 30 JUST MISSING NATIONALS (FIRST 4 OUT)
27.) Goshen - Crossroads 5 - Great Lakes
28.) Cornerstone - WHAC 2 - Great Lakes
29.) Concordia (Neb) - GPAC 3 - Blazing Tiger
30.) Marian - Crossroads 6 - Great Lakes
HONORABLE MENTION
SCAD Atlanta - AAC 3 - Appalachian Challenge
IU East - River States 3 - Great Lakes
St.Xavier (IL) - CCAC 3 - Blazing Tiger
Bellevue (Neb) - North Star Champ (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
Cumberland (TN) - Mid South 3 - Appalachian Challenge
Benedictine (KS) - Heart of America Champ (Auto) - Blazing Tiger
Southern Oregon - CCC 5 - N/A (Race This Weekend)
NON RANKED QUALIFYING TEAMS
Missouri Baptist - AMC Champ - Great Lakes
UC Merced - Cal Pac Champ - N/A (Race This Weekend)
Haskell Indian (KS) - CAC Champ - N/A (Race This Weekend)
Tugaloo (MS) - HBCU Champ - N/A (Conference Meet This Weekend)
Our Lady of Lake (TX) - Red River Champ - N/A (Dont race till Conference)
Mobile (AL) - SSAC Champ - N/A (Race This Weekend)
SCAD Savannah - The Sun Champ - Appalachian Challenge
Columbia College - Host School - Blazing Tiger

16 of my top 32 teams will be at Great Lakes next weekend - Massive opportunity and season-defining race for some teams looking to qualify for Nationals as a lot of Bubble teams will face off against each other.

#6 Spring Arbor
#7 Indiana Wesleyan
#9 Taylor
#12 Rio Grande
#17 Aquinas
#19 Shawnee State
#20 St.Francis (IL)
#21 Campbellsville (KY)
#22 Grace
#23 Rocky Mountain
#24 Carroll (MT)
#26 Olivet Nazarene
#27 Goshen
#28 Cornerstone
#30 Marian
#32 IU East

My dear frend onu rungers

• let us say to you there will not be a change up in the Ccac conference trophies this year the Ccac trophies will
• Stay
• the same

Onumiler willl never win the Ccac conference title

get off letsrun

your campus does not allow for slack lines

Can you guys stop I don’t want to see Sam Mickelson and ONU guys argue just text each other

Everyone knows who this is already you guys have never done a good job of covering up who’s on the board

Back to serious conversations

I think Columbia is a huge favorite in the men’s race for AMC so that should free up one of the at large bids

It's kind of a shocker to me that Goshen isn't ranked up there with Milligan and OKC after their performance at the 56th annual Bethelinian invite. Matthew was a few seconds behind some Stanford guys at Ganz Creek, if all the Goshen guys had at least a decent day, they could have potentially taken down Stanford.

You’re hilarious.