2015 Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7 (Nov. 3)
By Scott Barker, Communications and Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the No. 1 team in the seventh-regular season edition of the NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The eighth regular-season poll will released on Nov. 10.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999):
• For the ninth-straight installment, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the No. 1 team in the NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Blue Raiders received all 19 first-place votes for a total of 529 points.
• Northwestern Ohio is No. 2 for the fifth-straight week. The Racers received 511 points.
• Lindsey Wilson is trying to become the first team to go the entire season ranked No. 1.
• Two new teams join this week’s Top 25 – No. 24 Ottawa (Kan.) and No. 25 Viterbo (Wis.)
• Ottawa joins the Top 25 after missing out the past three weeks.
• This is the first time in school history that Viterbo is the Top 25.
• Oklahoma City (No. 23) and Kansas Wesleyan (No. 21) were the two teams to drop out of this week’s installment.
• St. Ambrose (Iowa) moved up five spots from No. 22 to No. 17, which highlighted the positive movement.
• Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) had the biggest fall in the poll as it dropped seven spots from No. 11 to No. 18.
• Twelve of the 19 conference/Association of Independent Institutions are represented in the Top 25.
• The Mid-South Conference, Southern States Athletic Conference, Hearth of America Athletic Conference and Golden State Athletic Conference lead all leagues with three teams represented each.
• Lindsey Wilson extends its NAIA record of most No.1 rankings to 54. Former-NAIA member Azusa Pacific (Calif.) is second with 33. The Blue Raiders also extend the longest active streak of consecutive appearances in the Top 25 to 167-consecutive mentions, including 137-straight in the top 10.
• For the complete ratings calendar, click
here.
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. 29, Oct. 20 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 Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Nov. 3)
| RANK |
LAST ^ |
SCHOOL (1st PLACE VOTES) |
2015 RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (19) |
13-1-2 |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Northwestern Ohio |
14-2-2 |
511 |
| 3 |
3 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
14-1-1 |
496 |
| 4 |
4 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
12-3-0 |
476 |
| 5 |
6 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
16-2-1 |
451 |
| 6 |
5 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
15-2-0 |
444 |
| 7 |
8 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
16-1-1 |
431 |
| 8 |
8 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
12-3-2 |
413 |
| 9 |
9 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
13-2-1 |
393 |
| 10 |
10 |
Grace (Ind.) |
14-1-3 |
377 |
| 11 |
12 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
13-4-1 |
358 |
| 12 |
13 |
Baker (Kan.) |
14-3-0 |
338 |
| 13 |
14 |
Biola (Calif.) |
13-2-3 |
316 |
| 14 |
15 |
Siena Heights (Mich.) |
15-3-0 |
307 |
| 15 |
16 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
16-1-0 |
294 |
| 16 |
17 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
14-4-0 |
276 |
| 17 |
22 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
12-4-2 |
242 |
| T18 |
18 |
Missouri Valley |
12-3-3 |
214 |
| T18 |
11 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
12-2-3 |
214 |
| 20 |
11 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
12-2-3 |
211 |
| 21 |
19 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
12-4-2 |
181 |
| 22 |
25 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
13-2-1 |
162 |
| 23 |
24 |
UC Merced |
11-2-3 |
161 |
| 24 |
RV |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
13-3-0 |
96 |
| 25 |
RV |
Viterbo (Wis.) |
10-7-0 |
89 |
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Dropped from the Top 25: Oklahoma City (No. 23) and Kansas Wesleyan (No. 21)
Others receiving votes: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 87; Oklahoma City 67; Columbia (Mo.) 65; Carroll (Mont.) 58; Bellevue (Neb.) 29; Reinhardt (Ga.) 25; Kansas Wesleyan 26; St. Thomas (Fla.) 11; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 9;
College of Idaho 8; St. Thomas (Texas) 7; Marian (Ind.) 6; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 4; Morningside (Iowa) 3.
^2015 Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7 (Nov. 3)