William Carey (Miss.) earns its sixth-straight 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)
- The Crusaders of William Carey improved to 15-0-0 on the year following a home win against then-No.
8 Mobile (Ala.).
- William Carey collected 16 first place votes and 497 total points to earn the programs sixth straight No. 1 ranking.
- Hastings (Neb.), the defending national champion, moved up one spot to No. 6 in this week's poll. The Broncos won two games and improved to 15-3-0 on the season.
- Madonna (Mich.) joins the Top 25 for the first time in 2017 at No. 25.
- Rio Grande (Ohio) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 57 total.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record for the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 115-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second with 106-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. 9 (Oct. 31)
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RANK
|
LAST WEEK
|
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES]
|
RECORD
|
TOTAL POINTS
|
|
1
|
1
|
William Carey (Miss.) [16]
|
15-0-0
|
497
|
|
2
|
2
|
Oklahoma Wesleyan [2]
|
15-1-1
|
483
|
|
3
|
3
|
Rio Grande (Ohio)
|
14-1-1
|
466
|
|
4
|
5
|
Missouri Valley
|
13-2-2
|
446
|
|
5
|
4
|
Baker (Kan.)
|
13-3-2
|
413
|
|
6
|
7
|
Hastings (Neb.)
|
15-3-0
|
411
|
|
7
|
10
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
|
11-2-0
|
389
|
|
8
|
6
|
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
|
15-1-1
|
374
|
|
9
|
8
|
Mobile (Ala.)
|
10-3-2
|
360
|
|
10
|
9
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
10-2-2
|
355
|
|
11
|
12
|
Vanguard (Calif.)
|
15-2-0
|
346
|
|
12
|
13
|
Central Methodist (Mo.)
|
12-2-3
|
323
|
|
13
|
11
|
Corban (Ore.)
|
14-1-3
|
297
|
|
13
|
15
|
St. Thomas (Fla.)
|
11-1-1
|
297
|
|
15
|
16
|
Marymount (Calif.)
|
12-2-2
|
286
|
|
16
|
17
|
Benedictine (Kan.)
|
14-3-1
|
250
|
|
17
|
18
|
Columbia (Mo.)
|
14-2-2
|
239
|
|
18
|
14
|
Campbellsville (Ky.)
|
12-2-1
|
225
|
|
19
|
20
|
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
|
12-3-2
|
209
|
|
20
|
19
|
Dalton State (Ga.)
|
12-3-1
|
198
|
|
21
|
21
|
Spring Arbor (Mich.)
|
15-3-0
|
181
|
|
22
|
22
|
Cumberland (Tenn.)
|
12-2-2
|
169
|
|
23
|
23
|
Wayland Baptist (Texas)
|
13-2-1
|
149
|
|
24
|
25
|
Reinhardt (Ga.)
|
11-3-2
|
112
|
|
25
|
NR
|
Madonna (Mich.)
|
14-2-1
|
100
|
Dropped From Top 25: Southwestern Christian (Okla.)
Others Receiving Votes: William Woods (Mo.) 61; Bryan (Tenn.) 59; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 51; Grand View (Iowa) 37; Concordia (Neb.) 31; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 23; UC Merced (Calif.) 21; Westmont (Calif.) 20; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 7; Aquinas (Mich.) 6; Keiser (Fla.) 4; Bethel (Tenn.) 3; Southern Oregon 3; Oklahoma City 3