Following a season in which the Milligan cross-country and track & field program brought home two more national titles, a handful of All-Americans, and was the recipient of two national champion of character team awards, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked Milligan inside the top 20 on the final poll for Program of the Year. Milligan's men ranked No. 20 while Milligan's women ranked No. 15.