Women's Cross Country picked to win OAC Title in OAC Coaches Preseason Poll
August 22, 2025
By Marissa Myers
ADA – The Ohio Northern women's cross country team was picked to win the OAC regular season title in the 2025 Ohio Athletic Conference Preseason Polls conducted by the league's 9 head coaches.
The Polar Bears received 61 points and five first place votes in the poll.
Otterbein was picked to finish second with 55 points and two first place votes and Mount Union was selected third with 54 points and one first place vote.
In 2024, ONU was 100-26 overall and finished second in the OAC.
The Polar Bears will open their 2025 season on Aug. 29 at the Bluffton Beaver Dam Invitational under 17th-year head coach Jason Maus.
2024 OAC Women's Coaches Preseason Poll
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. | Ohio Northern (5) | 61 |
| 2. | Otterbein (2) | 55 |
| 3. | Mount Union (1) | 54 |
| 4. | Baldwin Wallace | 43 |
| 5. | Capital | 33 |
| 6. | Muskingum | 27 |
| 7. | Heidelberg | 24 |
| 8. | Marietta | 14 |
| 9. | Wilmington | 13 |