JOLIET, Ill. – University of St. Francis remained atop the national rankings in the first regular-season NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top-25 poll of the 2013 campaign. | Poll
Defending national champion USF, which garnered all 20 first-place votes and 560 total points, claimed its third consecutive No. 1 ranking for the first time in the program's history.
The only NAIA school to return multiple All-Americans, USF won its first meet of the season this past Saturday as the Saints led the field at the 27-team Calvin College Knight Invitational in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Southern Oregon University, which held the No. 1 spot throughout the 2012 regular season, totaled 540 points to claim the No. 2 ranking. Aquinas College, University of British Columbia and Shawnee State University rounded out the top five.
USF returns to action at the College of DuPage Invitational on Sept. 27.
