2017 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4
CRB No. 5, RMC No. 12
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Crusaders of William Carey (Miss.) claim the program’s first ever No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights
- William Carey (Miss.) now boasts a 7-0-0 record on the year, and has outscored its opponents 22-5
- The Crusaders collected 14 first place votes and 465 total points to earn the team its first ever No. 1 ranking
- Defending National Champion Hastings (Neb.) moved back up two spots to No. 9 this week after defeating Bellevue (Neb.) and Dordt (Neb.) and scoring 12 goals in the two games
- Columbia (Mo.), Cumberland (Tenn.), and The Master’s (Calif.) join the Top 25 for the first time this year, coming in at No. 23, 24 and 25
- Rio Grande (Ohio) is still responsible for the most No. 1 rankings all time with 57, and moved up one spot to No. 3 in this week’s polls
- Currently ranked No. 11, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 110 straight polls dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 Poll in 2007. Rio Grande is second with 102 consecutive rankings.
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. 4 (Sept. 26)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
William Carey (Miss.) (14) |
7-0-0 |
465 |
| 2 |
3 |
Missouri Valley (3) |
6-0-1 |
453 |
| 3 |
4 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
6-1-0 |
432 |
| 4 |
1 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
5-1-1 |
421 |
| 5 |
5 |
Corban (Ore.) |
8-0-1 |
409 |
| 6 |
6 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
6-1-0 |
396 |
| 7 |
7 |
Baker (Kan.) |
7-1-1 |
379 |
| 8 |
9 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
4-1-1 |
357 |
| 9 |
11 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
6-3-0 |
334 |
| 10 |
8 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
6-1-1 |
325 |
| 11 |
10 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
4-1-0 |
316 |
| 12 |
13 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
6-1-0 |
305 |
| 13 |
12 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
6-1-0 |
294 |
| 14 |
16 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
7-1-0 |
265 |
| 15 |
15 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
6-1-0 |
250 |
| 16 |
17 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
7-2-0 |
237 |
| 17 |
18 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
4-1-0 |
218 |
| 18 |
19 |
Marymount (Calif.) |
3-2-2 |
198 |
| 19 |
22 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
7-2-0 |
186 |
| 20 |
14 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
3-3-1 |
179 |
| 21 |
21 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
6-1-0 |
155 |
| 21 |
20 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
6-2-1 |
155 |
| 23 |
NR |
Columbia (Mo.) |
7-2-0 |
152 |
| 24 |
NR |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
7-1-0 |
102 |
| 25 |
NR |
The Master's (Calif.) |
7-1-2 |
77 |
|
Dropped from Top 25:Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Westmont (Calif.), Bryan (Tenn.)
Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 59; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 54; John Brown (Ark.) 44; Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 33; LSU Alexandria 25; Aquinas (Mich.) 25; Bethel (Ind.) 24; Tennessee Wesleyan 23; Science & Arts (Okla.) 19; Hope International (Calif.) 18; UC Merced 14; Bethel (Tenn.) 11; Grand View (Iowa) 3