2020-21 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Postseason Poll (May 12, 2021)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After winning its second consecutive NAIA National Championship, Keiser (Fla.) moved to the top spot in the postseason edition of the NAIA Women’s Soccer Top 25. The Seahawks received all 17 first-place votes. National Championship runner-up William Carey (Miss.) checked-in at No. 2 while Spring Arbor (Mich.), Marian (Ind.), Martin Methodist (Tenn.) and Southeastern (Fla.) rounded-out the top five with a tie at the No. 5 position. Eastern Oregon made the biggest jump, up six spots to No. 10.
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 ratings) 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 appears on.
Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
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2021 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Postseason Poll (May 12, 2021)
RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 3 Keiser (Fla.) [17] 19-2-2 467
2 1 William Carey (Miss.) 19-1-1 452
3 7 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 15-2-2 436
4 5 Marian (Ind.) 21-3 423
5 4 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 18-1 399
5 2 Southeastern (Fla.) 17-2-1 399
7 8 Central Methodist (Mo.) 20-4-1 372
8 6 Cumberlands (Ky.) 18-2 358
9 11 John Brown (Ark.) 14-0-1 354
10 16 Eastern Oregon 8-2-3 318
11 13 Columbia (Mo.) 15-3-1 304
12 10 Indiana Wesleyan 10-3-3 302
13 12 Oklahoma Wesleyan 18-3 297
14 14 Grace (Ind.) 12-6-1 278
15 17 Aquinas (Mich.) 14-3 254
16 15 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 10-4 247
17 19 Baker (Kan.) 12-6-1 212
18 9 Westmont (Calif.) 7-5 189
19 RV Oregon Tech 12-1-1 185
20 21 Cumberland (Tenn.) 10-4 179
21 23 Missouri Valley 13-8 171
22 18 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 12-3-2 148
23 RV Reinhardt (Ga.) 16-2 112
24 RV Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 11-2-1 100
25 RV Benedictine (Kan.) 11-6-2 98
Dropped from the Top 25: Northwestern Ohio, Middle Georgia State, Trinity Christian (Ill.), Ottawa (Ariz.)
Others Receiving Votes: Northwestern Ohio 89, Middle Georgia State 84, Georgia Gwinnett 62, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 53, Ottawa (Ariz.) 46, Kansas Wesleyan 32, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 14, College of Idaho 13, Bethel (Tenn.) 4, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3.