2017 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 1
NU No. 19, CC RV
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With a 4-0-0 record, Northwestern Ohio remains in the No. 1 position in the first regular-season edition of the 2017 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The Racers have now owned the No. 1 spot in each of the last three polls, dating back to last year.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)
- Northwestern Ohio, the defending national champion, collected all 18 first-place nods and 498 total points.
- The Racers have already earned wins over then-No. 3 Vanguard (Calif.), 2-1, on Aug. 31 and then-No. 11 Westmont (Calif.), 2-1 (2OT), on Aug. 29. They have out-scored their four opponents by a combined 11-2 margin.
- On Wednesday, Northwestern Ohio travels to No. 2 Spring Arbor (Mich.) – a team the Racers defeated 1-0 in the 2016 national championship title match.
- Four newcomers join the Top 25 – No. 13 The Master’s (Calif.), No. 18 Science & Arts (Okla.), No. 23 Tennessee Wesleyan and No. 25 Marian (Ind.). Marian was last in the Top 25 in 2016, The Master’s and Science & Arts were last ranked during the 2015 season, and Tennessee Wesleyan boast its first-ever national mention since 1999.
- No. 10 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) boasts the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 181-consecutive mentions, including 152-straight in the top 10.
- The Blue Raiders also own the most No. 1 rankings since 1999 with 58.
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 ratings) 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes
- For the complete ratings calendar, click here.
2017 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1 (Sept. 5)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2017 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Northwestern Ohio (18) |
4-0-0 |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
4-0-0 |
482 |
| 3 |
4 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
3-0-0 |
465 |
| 4 |
14 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
4-0-0 |
437 |
| 5 |
9 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
4-0-0 |
432 |
| 6 |
11 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
2-1-0 |
425 |
| 7 |
10 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
2-0-0 |
395 |
| T8 |
3 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
1-2-0 |
367 |
| T8 |
7 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
3-1-0 |
367 |
| 10 |
5 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
1-1-1 |
361 |
| 11 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
2-0-0 |
359 |
| 12 |
15 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
2-0-1 |
306 |
| 13 |
RV |
The Master's (Calif.) |
5-0-0 |
301 |
| 14 |
17 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
3-0-0 |
282 |
| 15 |
20 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
4-0-0 |
279 |
| 16 |
6 |
Baker (Kan.) |
0-1-1 |
253 |
| 17 |
22 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
3-0-0 |
235 |
| 18 |
NR |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
2-0-0 |
218 |
| 19 |
7 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
3-2-0 |
216 |
| 20 |
19 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
2-1-0 |
170 |
| T21 |
18 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
1-1-0 |
147 |
| T21 |
16 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
0-1-0 |
147 |
| 23 |
RV |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
1-1-0 |
142 |
| 24 |
T25 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
2-0-1 |
134 |
| 25 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
2-2-0 |
104 |
|
Dropped from Top 25: No. 12 Reinhardt (Ga.); No. 21 Kansas Wesleyan; No. 23 Robert Morris (Ill.); No. 24 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); No. 25 (tie) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.).
Others Receiving Votes: Midland (Neb.) 91; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 66; Reinhardt (Ga.) 49; Grace (Ind.) 38; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 23; Central Methodist (Mo.) 20; Jamestown (N.D.) 19; Georgetown (Ky.) 16; Carroll (Mont.) 14; Bethel (Tenn.) 14; St. Thomas (Texas) 13; Siena Heights (Mich.) 11; Missouri Baptist 8; Oklahoma Wesleyan 5; Graceland (Iowa) 3.
^rating from 2017 Top 25 Preseason Poll (Aug. 15)