Despite being idle last week, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s program moved up one spot in the latest NAIA poll, which was released Wednesday. 

The Warriors climbed to a program-best No. 8 ranking, while the women, who were also idle last week, gained more votes but remained at No. 13 overall. 

“Heck, with movements like that maybe we should just take the rest of the year off and by the time it is over maybe we will be No. 1,” LCSC coach Mike Collins joked.  “In all seriousness, the changes are more likely due to other teams that did run last week and the raters are moving them up and down based on their performances and it just happened to affect us. 

“It’s nice to see the men at No. 8, highest ranking in men’s              
team history, but I still feel like we need to prove that we have earned it.” 

The Warriors will be in Salem, Ore., on Saturday to take part in the Willamette Invitational. 

“In both races there will be a large number of ranked NAIA schools, including the new No. 1 on the men’s side (Concordia of California), as well as a lot of ranked schools from other divisions (NCAA DII and DIII),” Collins said.

(Head Coach Mike Collins)