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: Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Others Receiving Votes: 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; Norhtwestern Ohio 4; Oklahoma City 4; Bethel (Ind.) 3; Aquinas (Mich.) 3; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 3