KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The third NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating of the 2025 regular season was announced by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) on Thursday afternoon. The poll unearthed that the Milligan University Buffaloes were selected as the No. 6-ranked squad in the land.

Milligan came away in third place as a squad at the Fire Tower Project at Appalachian State University on Oct. 3 to earn a grand total of 466 points in the poll, just 12 points outside the overall top five. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place, 28 for third place and so on through the list. The highest and lowest ratings for each team are removed. The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.

The full ratings are listed below:
 

Rank	Last	Institution [1st Place Votes]	Points
1	1	The Master's (Calif.) [13]	549
2	2	Indiana Wesleyan [5]	536
3	4	Cumberlands (Ky.)	501
4	14	College of Idaho [1]	493
5	5	Taylor (Ind.)	478
6	3	Milligan (Tenn.)	466
7	7	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	438
8	6	Marian (Ind.)	417
9	18	Southern Oregon	414
10	12	IU East (Ind.)	389
11	T-9	Saint Mary (Kan.)	364
12	NR	Eastern Oregon	359
13	11	Trinity Western (B.C.)	324
14	17	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	313
15	15	Doane (Neb.)	307
16	19	Aquinas (Mich.)	298
17	13	Carroll (Mont.)	246
18	21	Cornerstone (Mich.)	234
19	20	Goshen (Ind.)	219
20	25	Dordt (Iowa)	206
21	16	Montreat (N.C.)	186
22	8	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	142
23	22	Rio Grande (Ohio)	136
24	RV	St. Francis (Ill.)	115
25	24	Northwest (Wash.)	101

Receiving Votes: Kansas Wesleyan 100, Corban (Ore.) 100, Tennessee Southern 77, Shawnee State (Ohio) 77, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 44, Park (Mo.) 44, Madonna (Mich.) 21, Benedictine (Kan.) 12, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 11, Ave Maria (Fla.) 9, Oklahoma City 5.

Dropped out of Top 25: Corban (Ore.), Shawnee State (Ohio)