COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) has released its 2025 Women's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll, and the Rangers have come in ranked 14th.
Regis received 38 votes in the poll. Teams receive 40 points for a 1st-place vote, 13 for 2nd, etc., and head coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team.
Adams State University, the defending NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country national champion, earned the top spot in the poll with 195 points, including 13 first-place votes. Colorado School of Mines was picked second in the poll with 170 points.
Colorado State University Pueblo nabbed one of the remaining first-place votes and is third in the poll with 160 points. Western Colorado picked up the remaining first-place vote and is tied for fourth place with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs at 156 points.
Fort Lewis College (122 points), Colorado Mesa University (113 points), and Colorado Christian University (112) points are tightly packed at sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively.
Metropolitan State University of Denver (89) and Black Hills State University (87) are picked ninth and tenth, respectively, ahead of South Dakota Mines (59) and Chadron State College (55). New Mexico Highlands University (45), beat out the Rangers for 13th, and Westminster (16) closed out the poll.
RU, whose top returners include Allie Braney, Madi Gifford, and Caitie Slattery, begins their season on September 6 at the UCCS Rust Buster Meet.
The 2025 RMAC Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, Oct. 25 hosted by UCCS at Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs.
The NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships begin with the regional meet on Saturday, Nov. 8, and CSU Pueblo hosts the South Central Regional at Pueblo Country Club. The national championship is Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
For the full Coaches Poll, click here.
