Kansas City, MO – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the 2022 NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll. Grand View men's cross country checks in at No. 14 to begin the season.
The Vikings are coming into this season as reigning Heart of America Conference Champions. Which gave them an automatic at-large bid into the NAIA Championship, where they finished 18th overall with a team score of 422 points.
Grand View kicks off their 2022 season under new leadership from head coach Miradieu Joseph on Friday, September 2nd in Leavenworth, KS. The Vikings are also set to host the NAIA Midwest Showdown, and the Heart of America Conference Championships this fall.
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| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) [16] | 527 |
| 2 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan [3] | 511 |
| 3 | 8 | Dordt (Iowa) | 473 |
| 4 | 4 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 462 |
| 5 | 2 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 452 |
| 6 | 7 | The Master's (Calif.) | 439 |
| 6 | 5 | College of Idaho | 439 |
| 8 | 10 | Oklahoma City | 415 |
| 9 | 9 | Huntington (Ind.) | 393 |
| 10 | 14 | Southern Oregon | 374 |
| 11 | 15 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 367 |
| 12 | 13 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 349 |
| 13 | 20 | Eastern Oregon | 318 |
| 14 | 18 | Grand View (Iowa) | 287 |
| 15 | 19 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 284 |
| 16 | 22 | Grace (Ind.) | 277 |
| 17 | 6 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 270 |
| 18 | 16 | Montreat (N.C.) | 251 |
| 19 | 17 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 224 |
| 20 | 11 | Taylor (Ind.) | 213 |
| 21 | 21 | Northwest (Wash.) | 192 |
| 22 | 25 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 159 |
| 23 | 24 | Goshen (Ind.) | 154 |
| 24 | 23 | Westmont (Calif.) | 146 |
| 25 | 12 | Oregon Tech | 136 |
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 95, Marian (Ind.) 79, William Carey (Miss.) 48, Benedictine (Kan.) 33, Montana Tech 32, Campbellsville (Ky.) 22, Concordia (Neb.) 16, Dakota State (S.D.) 7, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 6, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 6, John Brown (Ark.) 5
