Corban Finishes Year Ranked on NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Postseason Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Central Methodist (Mo.) return from their second national championship run in just their second NAIA Men’s Soccer postseason appearance, claimed the No. 1-spot in the final edition of the 2019 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
After a historic season – where it won the Cascade Collegiate Conference regular-season and tournament championships with an undefeated regular-season record – Corban University finished with a No. 20 ranking. The Warriors didn’t concede a loss all year, ending their postseason run with a 1-1 draw with UC Merced (which advanced on a 6-5 PK advantage).
2019 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Postseason (Dec. 11)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) [17] |
25-1-0 |
467 |
| 2 |
15 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
20-3-3 |
451 |
| 3 |
2 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
22-1-0 |
432 |
| 4 |
7 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
16-4-1 |
428 |
| 5 |
8 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
19-5-0 |
398 |
| 6 |
5 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
15-1-5 |
395 |
| 7 |
24 |
Missouri Valley |
15-7-0 |
374 |
| 8 |
21 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
14-4-6 |
366 |
| 9 |
3 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
17-2-2 |
336 |
| 10 |
16 |
Baker (Kan.) |
13-7-3 |
321 |
| 11 |
4 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
14-3-1 |
317 |
| 12 |
6 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
16-3-2 |
289 |
| 13 |
9 |
WVU Tech |
17-1-2 |
270 |
| 14 |
NR |
Madonna (Mich.) |
15-5-3 |
262 |
| 15 |
10 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
16-4-1 |
246 |
| 16 |
20 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
13-4-3 |
235 |
| 17 |
NR |
UC Merced |
16-4-2 |
231 |
| 18 |
12 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
14-5-2 |
214 |
| 19 |
11 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
15-5-1 |
211 |
| 20 |
14 |
Corban (Ore.) |
17-0-3 |
166 |
| 21 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
17-5-1 |
135 |
| 22 |
NR |
Keiser (Fla.) |
12-6-1 |
124 |
| 23 |
13 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
15-6-0 |
121 |
| 24 |
18 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
15-4-2 |
116 |
| 25 |
NR |
John Brown (Ark.) |
17-4-1 |
95 |
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Dropped out: Life (Ga.), Houston-Victoria (Texas), Southeastern (Fla.) and Menlo (Calif.)
Receiving votes: Life (Ga.) 86, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 46, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 44, Southeastern (Fla.) 39, Menlo (Calif.) 39, Huntington (Ind.) 31, Morningside (Iowa) 26, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 16, St. Thomas (Fla.) 15, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 14, Friends (Kan.) 9, Lyon (Ark.) 7, Mid-America Christian 6, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5, Dalton State (Ga.) 3
Top 25 Highlights
- The Eagles were well-deserved champions, finishing the season 25-1-0 a program best.
- No. 1 Central Methodist outscored its five postseason opponents by a combined score of 18-2, with each game decided by at least two goals.
- No. 2 Hastings (Neb.) were runner-up in the 2019 NAIA National Championship. The Broncos bear the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 2 seeds to reach the championship game.
- Missouri Valley made a huge leap in the postseason poll moving from No. 24 to No. 7. The Vikings appeared in the quarterfinals where they fell to Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 1-0.
- University of Northwestern Ohio also made huge improvement jumping from No. 21 in the final regular-season poll to No. 8 in the postseason poll.
- Joining the postseason poll: Madonna (Mich.), UC Merced (Calif.), Keiser (Fla.) and John Brown (Ark.)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 139-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second on the list with 129 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.