The Builders dropped two spots from their No. 23 slot from last week and sit 38 points behind No. 24 Southeastern (Fla.). The poll reflects the team's most recent performance at the OBU Stampede Invite in Shawnee, Kan. from October, 6. Fellow KCAC schools Saint Mary (No. 21) and Friends (RV) also made an appearance in this edition.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes." For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2018 Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 3
| 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 |
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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.
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