2017 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7
By Trevor Lininger, NAIA Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Following three road wins, William Carey (Miss.) hangs on to the No. 1 ranking in this week’s NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000)
- William Carey (Miss.) earned 16 first place votes, and 497 total points to remain the top-ranked team in the NAIA for the fourth-straight week.
- The Crusaders are now 12-0-0 on the season.
- Defending National Champion Hastings (Neb.) won two games to improve to 11-3-0, and currently sits at No. 8 in the Top 25 Poll.
- Southwestern Christian (Okla.) joins the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the first time this season, ranked No. 23.
- No. 3 Rio Grande (Ohio) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 57.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 113-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 Poll in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second with 104-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.
2017 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7 (Oct. 17)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [16] | 12-0-0 | 497 |
| 2 | 3 | Oklahoma Wesleyan [2] | 11-1-1 | 483 |
| 3 | 5 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 10-1-1 | 462 |
| 4 | 2 | Missouri Valley | 11-1-1 | 446 |
| 5 | 7 | Georgia Gwinnett | 8-1-1 | 437 |
| 6 | 4 | Baker (Kan.) | 11-2-1 | 407 |
| 7 | 10 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 12-1-0 | 398 |
| 8 | 8 | Hastings (Neb.) | 11-3-0 | 391 |
| 9 | 11 | Mobile (Ala.) | 9-2-1 | 373 |
| 10 | 6 | Corban (Ore.) | 11-1-2 | 348 |
| 11 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 8-2-0 | 341 |
| 12 | 14 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 12-2-0 | 309 |
| 13 | 12 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 9-2-2 | 301 |
| 14 | 13 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 9-1-1 | 300 |
| 15 | 15 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 8-1-1 | 271 |
| 16 | 16 | Marymount (Calif.) | 9-2-2 | 264 |
| 17 | 17 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-2-1 | 250 |
| 18 | 20 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 10-3-1 | 222 |
| 19 | 19 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 9-3-0 | 215 |
| 20 | 22 | Grand View (Iowa) | 8-4-2 | 171 |
| 21 | 23 | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | 12-1-2 | 163 |
| 22 | 18 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 11-3-0 | 160 |
| 23 | NR | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 12-2-0 | 142 |
| 24 | 24 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 9-2-1 | 124 |
| 25 | 25 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 9-3-1 | 117 |
Dropped From Top 25:Â Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Others Receiving Votes:Â Wayland Baptist (Texas) 66; Westmont (Calif.) 54; Reinhardt (Ga.) 40; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 33; William Woods (Mo.) 32; Bethel (Tenn.) 26; Madonna (Mich.) 21; Keiser (Fla.) 11; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 10; Bryan (Tenn.) 6; Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 5; Northwestern Ohio 4; Oklahoma City 4; Bethel (Ind.) 3; Aquinas (Mich.) 3; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 3