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2015 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – FINAL (Nov. 15)

2015 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – FINAL (Nov. 15)

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The final regular-season edition of the 2015 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll has been announced Sunday by the national office. For the ninth-straight week, Rio Grande (Ohio) claims the No. 1 ranking. The postseason edition will be released on Dec. 9.

The 32-team NAIA National Championship Opening Round qualifiers and bracket will be announced Monday at Noon CST. The news will occur with a live selection show seen HERE. The MRPI will also be announced approximately at Noon on NAIA.org.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):

• Rio Grande (Ohio) is the unanimous No. 1 pick for the fifth-consecutive installment after gathering 529 points. This marks the sixth overall time the RedStorm claim the unanimous distinction this season as the No. 1-ranked team. 
• The RedStorm wrap up the regular-season ranked No. 1 in all nine regular-season polls. That marks the first time since Bethel (Tenn.) rattled through the 2009 campaign on top of all 11 regular-season editions (Bethel tied No. 1 position in the Oct. 13 installment that year).
• The nine-straight No. 1 rankings for Rio Grande is the most in-a-row overall since Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) accomplished a 10-game streak that spanned the end of the 2011 season into the 2012 campaign.
• Rio Grande earned a national championship automatic berth after winning the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) tournament on Saturday. The RedStorm, who stand 18-1-0 on the year, enter the championship on a seven-match win streak.
• Rio Grande landed the No. 1 spot for the 14th occasion in the last 16 polls, dating back to last year.
• No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan and No. 6 Science & Arts (Okla.) both own the most wins in the NAIA with 19. 
• Defending national champion and fourth-ranked Davenport (Mich.) is trying to become the first team to be ranked preseason No. 1 and win the national championship in the same season since Lindsey Wilson did it in 2001.
• No. 23 Indiana Wesleyan is the lone newcomer. After winning the Crossroads League Tournament, the Wildcats are again mentioned after being last ranked in the 2015 Preseason Top 25 (No. 20).
• The Master’s (Calif.) (No. 24), one week after being a newcomer, drops out of the poll.
• No. 10 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) claims the best improvement with a five-spot hike.
• Conversely, No. 16 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) and No. 17 Corban (Ore.) slip down five positions.
• Sixteen of the 19 conferences, Association of Independent Institutions (AII) and unaffiliated group were represented this week. The Heart of America Athletic Conference and Mid-South Conference field the most representatives in the Top 25 with three each.
• Through 10 polls this year (including Preseason Top 25), there have been 44 different teams to be ranked at least once – 11 teams have held a ranking in each of these polls.
• Rio Grande boasts the most all-time No. 1 rankings with 55, followed by Lindsey Wilson with 48, Bethel (Tenn.) with 11 and Hastings with 10. Overall, 21 different teams have claimed the No. 1 spot in the poll.
• Rio Grande has garnered at least one top ranking in each of the past four seasons and five out of the last six overall.
• Lindsey Wilson is the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 104-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the 2007 Top 25 Poll (Sept. 5). Rio Grande is next in line with 97-consecutive rankings, followed by Missouri Valley at 64.
• Since 2000, just three teams have spent the entire season ranked No. 1—Bethel in 2009 and Rio Grande in 2004 and 2015.

Poll Methodology:
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of 19 head coaches representing each of the conferences, independents and unaffiliated groups. 
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
• Teams who receive only one point in the ballot will not be listed in the “Receiving Votes” category.
• The Modified Ratings Percentage Index (MRPI) is a separate ranking conducted on Sept. 30, Oct. 21 and Nov. 16. The MRPI—first adopted in 2010—will select the at-large national championship qualifying teams and seed the 32-team national championship opening round field. 
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

2015 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Nov. 15)

RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) 2015 RECORD TOTAL POINTS
1 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) (19) 18-1-0 529
2 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan 19-1-0 512
3 5 Missouri Valley 17-2-1 490
4 4 Davenport (Mich.) 15-2-2 470
5 3 Baker (Kan.) 17-3-1 458
6 6 Science & Arts (Okla.) 19-2-0 446
7 8 Biola (Calif.) 14-4-1 422
8 7 Campbellsville (Ky.) 17-2-1 400
9 10 Northwestern Ohio 16-4-0 398
10 15 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 17-2-2 349
11 9 Columbia (Mo.) 17-3-0 346
11 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) 18-1-1 346
13 16 Union (Ky.) 16-1-4 325
14 17 Marymount (Calif.) 15-3-1 293
15 14 Vanguard (Calif.) 15-4-0 285
16 11 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 14-5-1 283
17 12 Corban (Ore.) 17-2-1 273
18 18 Southeastern (Fla.) 15-4-0 264
19 20 Roosevelt (Ill.) 16-3-2 233
20 19 Hastings (Neb.) 14-4-3 190
21 23 Ashford (Iowa) 11-5-2 167
22 22 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 14-5-1 165
23 RV Indiana Wesleyan 15-5-0 130
24 21 Lyon (Ark.) 14-4-1 122
25 25 WVU Tech 16-2-0 106
 

Dropped from rankings: No. 24 The Master’s (Calif.).

Others Receiving Votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 92; The Master's (Calif.) 82; Mobile (Ala.) 72; Bryan (Tenn.) 52; Thomas (Ga.) 42; UC Merced 24; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 17; St. Thomas (Fla.) 12; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 12; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 9; Concordia (Neb.) 7; Great Falls (Mont.) 6.

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