Kansas City, MO – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the final poll for the 2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country Top 25 Rankings. The Vikings moved up two spots since the last poll to No. 16.
The Vikings recently competed in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championships where they took home the team title. Trevor Albert also took the individual title for the men's 8k with a time of 24:50. This was the first time in program history that Grand View has won the team and individual title.
Grand View also had eight all-conference honorees including Trevor Albert, Sam Mickelson, Isaiah Wittrock, Stevie Salas, Ben Huftalin, Chris Hatch, Tony Rodriguez, Jalen Peterson, and Ahren Davis.
The Vikings will compete in the 66th Annual Men's Cross Country National Championship on November 19th. For more details, click here.
2021 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | St. Francis (Ill.) [20] | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 571 |
| 3 | 4 | Milligan (Tenn.) [1] | 546 |
| 4 | 5 | Taylor (Ind.) | 539 |
| 5 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 502 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma City | 496 |
| 7 | 7 | The Master's (Calif.) | 489 |
| 8 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 446 |
| 9 | 10 | Huntington (Ind.) | 432 |
| 10 | 14 | College of Idaho | 423 |
| 11 | 11 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 407 |
| 12 | 12 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 376 |
| 13 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 373 |
| 14 | 15 | Oregon Tech | 328 |
| 15 | 16 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 320 |
| 16 | 18 | Grand View (Iowa) | 307 |
| 17 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 291 |
| 18 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 288 |
| 19 | 21 | Westmont (Calif.) | 248 |
| 20 | 22 | Grace (Ind.) | 210 |
| 21 | 20 | Eastern Oregon | 209 |
| 22 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 203 |
| 23 | 23 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 189 |
| 24 | 25 | Marian (Ind.) | 145 |
| 25 | 24 | Northwest (Wash.) | 121 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Goshen (Ind.) 113, William Carey (Miss.) 91, Carroll (Mont.) 77, Michigan Dearborn 64, Campbellsville (Ky.) 25, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 12, Indiana Tech 10, Benedictine (Kan.) 10
