2017 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6
CRB No. 6, RMC No. 10
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third straight week, the Crusaders of William Carey (Miss.) are the top-ranked team in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights
- William Carey captured a 2-1 win over Dalton State (Ga.) and a 3-1 win over Faulkner (Ala.) to earn its third No. 1 ranking in program history
- The Crusaders earned 17 first place votes, and 467 total points
- Hastings (Neb.), the defending national champion, holds on to its No. 8 ranking again this week after two high-scoring wins. The Broncos are now 9-3-0 on the year
- Grand View (Iowa) re-joins the Top 25 for the first time since the Preseason Poll, coming in at No. 22 this week
- Rio Grande (Ohio) maintains the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 57 total
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) currently holds the record as the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 112 straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 Poll in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second with 104 straight
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions 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 considered 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 teams appear on
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes"
- For the complete men’s soccer ratings calendar, click here.
2017 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6 (Oct. 10)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
William Carey (Miss.) (17) |
9-0-0 |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Missouri Valley (1) |
10-0-1 |
482 |
| 3 |
4 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
9-1-1 |
461 |
| 4 |
6 |
Baker (Kan.) |
10-1-1 |
440 |
| 5 |
3 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
9-1-1 |
438 |
| 6 |
5 |
Corban (Ore.) |
10-0-2 |
420 |
| 7 |
7 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
7-1-1 |
396 |
| 8 |
8 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
9-3-0 |
373 |
| 9 |
11 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
7-1-0 |
364 |
| 10 |
10 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
10-1-0 |
355 |
| 11 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
7-2-1 |
340 |
| 12 |
14 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
9-1-2 |
307 |
| 13 |
12 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
8-1-1 |
302 |
| 14 |
16 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
11-2-0 |
295 |
| 15 |
17 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
7-1-0 |
262 |
| 16 |
18 |
Marymount (Calif.) |
7-2-2 |
255 |
| 17 |
21 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
10-2-0 |
241 |
| 18 |
19 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
10-2-0 |
228 |
| 19 |
15 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
7-3-0 |
217 |
| 20 |
20 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
8-3-1 |
210 |
| 21 |
22 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
9-1-1 |
180 |
| 22 |
NR |
Grand View (Iowa) |
7-3-2 |
145 |
| 23 |
25 |
Truett-McConnell (Ga.) |
10-1-2 |
118 |
| 24 |
23 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
8-2-1 |
111 |
| 25 |
9 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
7-3-1 |
108 |
|
Dropped form Top 25: The Master’s (Calif.)
Others Receiving Votes: The Master’s (Calif.) 90; Madonna (Mich.) 81; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 55; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 38; Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 29; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 15; Westmont (Calif.) 15; Bryan (Tenn.) 14; Bethel (Tenn.) 14; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 13; William Woods (Mo.) 10; Bethel (Ind.) 5; Hope International (Calif.) 3; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 3