Corban Continues Climb, Rocky Keeps Receiving Votes in Latest NAIA Men’s Soccer Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Central Methodist Eagles remain the No. 1 team in the 2019 Coaches’ Top 25, released Wednesday morning by the NAIA office. The No. 1-ranked Eagles went 2-0 on the week defeating two conference teams, Evangel (Mo.) and then-No.17 Baker (Kan.).
Corban University moved up again this week from No. 21 to No. 19, while Rocky Mountain College continued to receive votes to also represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference in the poll.
2019 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 7 (October 22)
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) [17] |
15-1 |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Columbia (Mo.) [1] |
14-0 |
482 |
| 3 |
3 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
9-0-4 |
458 |
| 4 |
4 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
10-1-1 |
440 |
| 5 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
9-2 |
423 |
| 6 |
6 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
10-2 |
419 |
| 7 |
5 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
11-0-2 |
411 |
| 8 |
8 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
12-1-1 |
400 |
| 9 |
13 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
12-1-2 |
352 |
| 10 |
14 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
13-3 |
351 |
| 11 |
9 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
10-1-2 |
332 |
| 12 |
18 |
WVU Tech |
13-0-1 |
331 |
| 13 |
12 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
10-2 |
296 |
| 14 |
10 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
11-3 |
287 |
| 15 |
11 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
9-3-2 |
280 |
| 16 |
23 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
10-4 |
234 |
| 17 |
RV |
Indiana Tech |
10-4 |
211 |
| 18 |
22 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
13-2-2 |
199 |
| 19 |
21 |
Corban (Ore.) |
11-0-2 |
188 |
| 20 |
17 |
Baker (Kan.) |
8-5-3 |
171 |
| 21 |
16 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
9-4-3 |
161 |
| 22 |
15 |
University of Northwestern Ohi |
7-1-6 |
160 |
| 23 |
24 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
6-3-3 |
132 |
| 24 |
20 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
9-2-2 |
118 |
| 25 |
19 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
11-2 |
92 |
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Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 70, Missouri Valley 65, Vanguard (Calif.) 61, Dalton State (Ga.) 55, Keiser (Fla.) 38, John Brown (Ark.) 33, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 31, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 22,
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 18, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 11, Roosevelt (Ill.) 7, Huntington (Ind.) 6, Lyon (Ark.) 5, Life (Ga.) 4, Menlo (Calif.) 3
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- No. 1 Central Methodist received 17-of-18 first place votes, allowing No. 2 Columbia (Mo.) to receive one vote.
- The Cougars of Columbia (Mo.) continued their undefeated streak of 14-0.
- The No. 2 Cougars have only conceded four goals on the year and posted seven straight shutouts.
- Lindsey Wilson has won their last five games, posted three shutouts. The impressive play helped the Blue Raiders move into the top five this week.
- Indiana Tech joined the poll at No. 17 in the past 10 matches the Warriors outscored their opponent 31-9.
- Grand View (Iowa) made the biggest improvement in the poll this week moving up seven spots after the Vikings went 4-0 on the road.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 136-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second on the list with 126 consecutive 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.