NAIA MEN'S TOP 25 | NAIA WOMEN'S TOP 25

ASHLAND — The Southern Oregon men's cross country team remained favorites to win the Cascade Conference Championship title and moved to No. 3 in Thursday's edition of the NAIA Top 25 coaches' poll.  

Last week, the Raiders claimed the Blazing Tiger Classic title, finishing 42 and 46 points ahead of now No. 13 Mid-America Christian (Okla.) and No. 17 Dordt (Iowa). 

Behind SOU, the next-highest-ranked CCC team is No. 8 College of Idaho who fell five places. Trinity Western (B.C.) fell one spot to No. 10, No. 16 Eastern Oregon climbed six spots and No. 23 Northwest (Wash.) fell from 14th. Corban dropped out of the Top 25. 

Madonna (Mich.) overtook the No. 2 spot after winning last week's Great Lakes Challenge, beating now No. 5 Marian (Ind.) by 85 points. 

Cumberlands (Ky.) remained the unanimous top-ranked squad. 

In the women's poll, the Raiders dropped from the Top 25. No. 2 College of Idaho claimed three first-place votes. 

No. 12 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and No. 15 Eastern Oregon are the two other CCC teams in the poll. 

The CCC Championships are set for Nov. 6 at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. A full conference preview will be released next week.