The Lewis-Clark State College women’s cross country team remained at No. 12 and the men’s team fell to No. 19 in the final edition of the 2012 NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Polls, announced by the national office Sunday.

The final ratings come following the completion of conference/independent/unaffiliated group meets last week. Both Warrior squads finished second to Carroll College in the Frontier Conference Championships in Helena, Mont.

With 404 points, the LCSC women were able to hold steady in the poll, however, the men, who were the favorite going into the conference meet, received only 251 points and tumbled 11 spots from their previous rank of No. 8.

Both Warrior squads now wait to hear if they are ranked high enough to receive at-large berths to the 2012 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. Team and individual qualifiers for the national meets will be announced on Monday afternoon.

The 33rd annual event will take place at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 17. With an at-large bid, the Lewis-Clark State men would make their 11th consecutive trip to nationals, while it would be the Warrior women’s 12th straight appearance.

As the winners of the conference meets, Carroll’s teams received automatic berths to nationals. The Saint women remained at No. 6 in the final poll, while the men used their upset win to jump from being unranked to No. 15.


2012 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Final

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	TOTAL POINTS
1	2	British Columbia (20)	651
2	1	Cal State San Marcos	624
3	3	College of Idaho (3)	615
4	4	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	597
5	5	Biola (Calif.)	566
6	6	Carroll (Mont.)	552
7	9	Cornerstone (Mich.)	490
8	10	Oklahoma Baptist	489
9	16	Concordia (Calif.)	482
10	11	Dordt (Iowa)	481
11	22	Eastern Oregon	423
12	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	404
13	8	Westmont (Calif.)	397
14	21	Aquinas (Mich.)	355
15	7	Northwest Christian (Ore.)	342
16	14	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	339
17	13	The Master’s (Calif.)	314
18	15	Huntington (Ind.)	313
19	17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	287
19	18	St. Francis (Ill.)	287
21	20	Concordia (Neb.)	264
22	19	Milligan (Tenn.)	213
23	23	Taylor (Ind.)	172
24	24	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	162
25	24	Northwest (Wash.)	152

Others receiving votes: Saint Xavier (Ill.) 105; Indiana Wesleyan 64; Doane (Neb.) 63; Concordia (Ore.) 58; Central Methodist (Mo.) 53; Shawnee State (Ohio) 29; Rogers State (Okla.) 14; Park (Mo.) 14; Xavier (La.) 13; Southern Oregon 13; Illinois Tech 8; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 6; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 3.

2012 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches Top 25 Poll – Final

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Southern Oregon (16)	585
2	3	St. Francis (Ill.) (4)	565
3	4	Cal State San Marcos (1)	558
4	4	Oklahoma Baptist	531
5	2	British Columbia	523
6	6	Shawnee State (Ohio)	495
7	9	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	462
8	10	Aquinas (Mich.)	441
9	11	College of Idaho	437
10	12	Southwestern (Kan.)	399
11	14	Bryan (Tenn.)	386
12	13	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	380
13	20	Concordia (Neb.)	314
14	RV	Concordia (Ore.)	294
15	8	The Master’s (Calif.)	290
15	NR	Carroll (Mont.)	290
17	18	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	284
18	19	Cornerstone (Mich.)	283
19	8	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	251
20	21	Indiana Wesleyan	246
21	23	Morningside (Iowa)	222
22	15	Eastern Oregon	210
23	17	Dickinson State (N.D.)	197
24	16	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	164
25	25	Vanguard (Calif.)	100

Others receiving votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 78; Baker (Kan.) 75; Oregon Tech 71; Cumberlands (Ky.) 67; Emmanuel (Ga.) 64; Saint Mary (Kan.) 59; Berea (Ky.) 45; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 14; Doane (Neb.) 11; Westmont (Calif.) 10; Missouri Valley 4; Tennessee Wesleyan 3; Columbia (Mo.) 3.