KANSAS CITY, Mo. – William Carey (Miss.) earns its sixth-straight No. 1 ranking in this week’s NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000)
- The Crusaders of William Carey improved to 15-0-0 on the year following a home win against then-No. 8 Mobile (Ala.).
- William Carey collected 16 first place votes and 497 total points to earn the programs sixth straight No. 1 ranking.
- Hastings (Neb.), the defending national champion, moved up one spot to No. 6 in this week’s poll. The Broncos won two games and improved to 15-3-0 on the season.
- Madonna (Mich.) joins the Top 25 for the first time in 2017 at No. 25.
- Rio Grande (Ohio) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 57 total.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 115-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second with 106-straight polls.
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. 9 (Oct. 31)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
William Carey (Miss.) [16] |
15-0-0 |
497 |
| 2 |
2 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan [2] |
15-1-1 |
483 |
| 3 |
3 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
14-1-1 |
466 |
| 4 |
5 |
Missouri Valley |
13-2-2 |
446 |
| 5 |
4 |
Baker (Kan.) |
13-3-2 |
413 |
| 6 |
7 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
15-3-0 |
411 |
| 7 |
10 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
11-2-0 |
389 |
| 8 |
6 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
15-1-1 |
374 |
| 9 |
8 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
10-3-2 |
360 |
| 10 |
9 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
10-2-2 |
355 |
| 11 |
12 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
15-2-0 |
346 |
| 12 |
13 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
12-2-3 |
323 |
| 13 |
11 |
Corban (Ore.) |
14-1-3 |
297 |
| 13 |
15 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
11-1-1 |
297 |
| 15 |
16 |
Marymount (Calif.) |
12-2-2 |
286 |
| 16 |
17 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
14-3-1 |
250 |
| 17 |
18 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
14-2-2 |
239 |
| 18 |
14 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
12-2-1 |
225 |
| 19 |
20 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
12-3-2 |
209 |
| 20 |
19 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
12-3-1 |
198 |
| 21 |
21 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
15-3-0 |
181 |
| 22 |
22 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
12-2-2 |
169 |
| 23 |
23 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
13-2-1 |
149 |
| 24 |
25 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
11-3-2 |
112 |
| 25 |
NR |
Madonna (Mich.) |
14-2-1 |
100 |
|
Dropped From Top 25: Southwestern Christian (Okla.)
Others Receiving Votes: William Woods (Mo.) 61; Bryan (Tenn.) 59; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 51; Grand View (Iowa) 37; Concordia (Neb.) 31; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 23; UC Merced (Calif.) 21; Westmont (Calif.) 20; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 7; Aquinas (Mich.) 6; Keiser (Fla.) 4; Bethel (Tenn.) 3; Southern Oregon 3; Oklahoma City 3