KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Corban University leads two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams earning votes on the preseason edition of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The Warriors begin the season ranked No. 20 after making their eighth-consecutive trip to the NAIA Championship Tournament. Corban finished the spring campaign with a 9-2-1 overall mark and was picked to win the CCC championship this year.
Rocky Mountain College grabbed votes in the preseason poll after winning the CCC East Division in the spring with an unblemished 8-0 mark. The Battlin’ Bears advanced to the NAIA Championship tournament but lost in the first round.
2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Preseason (Aug. 11)
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
2020-21 RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Missouri Valley [17] |
18-4-2 |
467 |
| 2 |
2 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
21-3-1 |
452 |
| 3 |
3 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
22-2-0 |
436 |
| 4 |
4 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
16-3-0 |
422 |
| 5 |
5 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
16-2-1 |
407 |
| 6 |
6 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
12-5-2 |
392 |
| 7 |
7 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
14-6-0 |
376 |
| 8 |
8 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
16-5-2 |
362 |
| 9 |
9 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
15-4-3 |
345 |
| 10 |
10 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
13-2-0 |
326 |
| 11 |
11 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
12-1-1 |
318 |
| 12 |
12 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
11-4-2 |
296 |
| 13 |
13 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
11-2-1 |
294 |
| 14 |
14 |
Indiana Tech |
18-2-1 |
273 |
| 15 |
15 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
11-4-0 |
255 |
| 16 |
16 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
10-2-2 |
238 |
| 17 |
17 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
11-7-2 |
216 |
| 18 |
18 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
10-6-0 |
204 |
| 19 |
19 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
9-3-2 |
191 |
| 20 |
20 |
Corban (Ore.) |
9-2-1 |
183 |
| 21 |
21 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
14-4-2 |
172 |
| 22 |
22 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
12-3-0 |
139 |
| 23 |
23 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
15-4-1 |
129 |
| 24 |
24 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
14-5-0 |
125 |
| 25 |
25 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
7-2-1 |
113 |
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Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 62, Hastings (Neb.) 53, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 49, WVU Tech 38, Grace (Ind.) 20, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 14,
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 13, Reinhardt (Ga.) 10, Ottawa (Ariz.) 4, Missouri Baptist 3, McPherson (Kan.) 3
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.