Kansas City, Mo. - In the NAIA Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll, the Southwestern Men are ranked 14th after finishing the Fall 2009 season at 23rd while the Friends Men come in at a tie for 25th after completing last year's season outside of the final rankings.

The McPherson Men also received one vote in the preseason poll to give the KCAC three total teams in this first Men's Cross Country rating for Fall 2010.

This order of teams follows the KCAC Men's Cross Couuntry Coaches' Preseason Poll which had Southwestern as the favorite followed by Friends, McPherson,  Kansas Wesleyan and Ottawa rounding out the top five within the conference.

Here is the complete NAIA poll:

NAIA Rank	Last Poll	School	1st Place Votes	Total Points
1	2	Malone University	15	555
2	1	Southern Oregon University	5	546
3	5	Shawnee State University		516
4	6	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University		508
5	10	University of British Columbia		448
6	15	Aquinas College		443
7	11	Oklahoma Christian University		442
8	3	Concordia University (Neb.)		432
9	18	Eastern Oregon University		425
10	4	Cal. State University-San Marcos		400
11	8	College of Idaho		367
12	NR	Wayland Baptist University		333
13	7	Simon Fraser University		321
14	23	Southwestern College		286
15	19	Dakota State University		273
16	17	Olivet Nazarene University		271
17	24	Concordia University (Ore.)		237
18	22	Westmont College		234
19	16	McKendree University		225
20	14	Lewis-Clark State College		222
21	21	Oklahoma Baptist University		209
22	20	Cedarville University		199
23	RV	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		150
24	RV	University of Rio Grande		149
25	NR	Friends University		113
25	9	Bryan College		113
25	12	Cornerstone University		113

Black Hills State University (S.D.) 101; Indiana Wesleyan University 56; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 53; The Master's College (Calif.) 51; Doane College (Neb.) 34; California Baptist University 16; University of Great Falls (Mont.) 10; Northwood University (Texas) 10; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 10; Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) 10; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 6; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 6; Holy Names University (Calif.) 4; Berea College (Ky.) 3; Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.) 1; Dordt College (Iowa) 1; McPherson College (Kan.) 1; Xavier University (La.) 1; William Woods University (Mo.) 1; Minot State University (N.D.) 1; Vanguard University (Calif.) 1; Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) 1.