2018 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3 (Sept. 18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After an undefeated week, William Carey (Miss.) hangs onto the top spot in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.
William Carey moved into the No. 1 ranking after the second week of the season, and currently sits 7-0 on the year.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- William Carey beat LSU-Alexandria 4-1 in its lone game of the last week. Joaguin Ruiz Cabello scored two goals for the Crusaders, bringing his team-leading goal total to five for the season.
- William Carey claims the No. 1-spot for the 12th time dating back to the 2000 season.
- There’s only one new team in the poll this week, as Spring Arbor (Mich.) makes the jump to No. 21.
- Rio Grande (Ohio), which checks in at No. 8, has the most top-rankings with 57 dating back to the 2000 season.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 120-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande is second on the list with 111-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.
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2018 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2 (Sept. 11)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
RECORD |
| 1 |
1 |
William Carey (Miss.) [14] |
495 |
7-0-0 |
| 2 |
2 |
Baker (Kan.) [4] |
484 |
6-1-0 |
| 3 |
3 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
467 |
2-1-0 |
| 4 |
4 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
441 |
5-1-0 |
| 5 |
5 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
427 |
6-1-0 |
| 6 |
7 |
Missouri Valley |
416 |
3-1-1 |
| 7 |
6 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
390 |
3-2-0 |
| 8 |
8 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
389 |
5-0-0 |
| 9 |
10 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
366 |
5-1-1 |
| 10 |
11 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
359 |
5-1-1 |
| 11 |
13 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
343 |
6-0-1 |
| 12 |
15 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
326 |
8-0-2 |
| 13 |
12 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
285 |
5-1-0 |
| 14 |
9 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
273 |
5-2-0 |
| 15 |
17 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
266 |
3-2-1 |
| 16 |
19 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
259 |
5-1-0 |
| 17 |
18 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
250 |
4-2-2 |
| 18 |
16 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
237 |
3-2-3 |
| 19 |
21 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
226 |
5-0-1 |
| 20 |
22 |
Corban (Ore.) |
188 |
5-1-0 |
| 21 |
NR |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
154 |
6-2-0 |
| 22 |
23 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
142 |
4-1-1 |
| 23 |
25 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
134 |
6-2-0 |
| 24 |
20 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
116 |
7-1-0 |
| 24 |
14 |
Marymount California |
116 |
2-3-2 |
|
Dropped from Top 25: Grace (Ind.)
Others receiving votes: Grace (Ind.) 78, WVU Tech 67, The Master’s (Calif.) 51, Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 50, Southeastern (Fla.) 35, Benedictine (Kan.) 23, Northwestern (Iowa) 17, Madonna (Mich.) 17, Science & Arts (Okla.) 13, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 10, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 9, William Woods (Mo.) 7