KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has released its 2017 Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches’ Poll, and The Master’s University men’s runners rank No. 4.

Of course, the TMU men will be required to go out and prove their mettle and back up the high expectations over the course of three months of fall competition.

The Mustangs open their season on September 2 in Fullerton and compete in four more regular-season meets including playing host to the TMU Cross Country Invitational on September 30.

The GSAC Championships will be held on November 4 at Irvine Regional Park followed by the NAIA National Championships at the Fort Vancouver Historic National Site on November 18.

Poll Methodology
The poll was voted on by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league.

The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 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 is 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 list, click here.