Grand View (Iowa) Listed No. 1 in Men’s Soccer Postseason Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the final NAIA Men’s Soccer Netting Professionals Top 25 Coaches’ Poll of the season, Grand View (Iowa) snagged the No. 1 spot behind 417 points and 14 first-place votes. WVU Tech (W.Va.) came in second with one first-place vote and 392 points, while MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) was slated third with 389 points.
The Vikings closed out their season with a historic milestone, capturing the program’s first NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship with a 2-1 victory over WVU Tech in the title match in Orange Beach, Ala. Picked 13th out of 14 teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference preseason poll, Grand View finished the year 18-4-3 as national champions.
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1. Grand View (Iowa)
Postseason: 2025 National Champions
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2. WVU Tech (W.Va.)
Postseason: 2025 Runner-ups
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3. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Postseason: Semifinals
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4. Cumberlands (Ky.)
Postseason: Semifinals
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5. Georgia Gwinnett
Postseason: Quarterfinals
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6. Indiana Tech
Postseason: Quarterfinals
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7. William Penn (Iowa)
Postseason: Quarterfinals
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8. Warner Pacific (Ore.)
Postseason: Quarterfinals
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9. Oklahoma Wesleyan
Postseason: Round of 16
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10. Bethel (Tenn.)
Postseason: Round of 16
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<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>University</th>
<th>Points</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.)</td><td>504</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)</td><td>485</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Keiser University (Fla.)</td><td>456</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Bethel University (Ind.)</td><td>455</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)</td><td>407</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)</td><td>397</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Louisiana State University Shreveport (La.)</td><td>374</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.)</td><td>364</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>William Carey University (Miss.)</td><td>354</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Life University (Ga.)</td><td>351</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Cumberland University (Tenn.)</td><td>318</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.)</td><td>317</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Grand View University (Iowa)</td><td>281</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Bethel University (Tenn.)</td><td>270</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Madonna University (Mich.)</td><td>262</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>William Penn University (Iowa)</td><td>244</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Indiana Tech (Ind.)</td><td>229</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>West Virginia University Institute of Technology (W.Va.)</td><td>215</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Dalton State College (Ga.)</td><td>167</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Grace College (Ind.)</td><td>147</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Ottawa University (Kan.)</td><td>118</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Xavier University (La.)</td><td>108</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)</td><td>89</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)</td><td>75</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>University of Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)</td><td>74</td></tr>
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</table>
| TREND |
RANK |
LAST POLL |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
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1 |
16 |
Grand View (Iowa) [14] |
18-4-3 |
417 |
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2 |
15 |
WVU Tech (W.V.) [1] |
20-1-2 |
392 |
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3 |
2 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
16-3-5 |
389 |
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4 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
9-6-6 |
376 |
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5 |
12 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
13-3-4 |
337 |
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6 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
18-5-1 |
325 |
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7 |
19 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
12-6-4 |
318 |
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8 |
NR |
Warner Pacific (Ore.) |
16-4-4 |
298 |
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9 |
1 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
19-1-3 |
296 |
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10 |
10 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
13-2-2 |
269 |
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11 |
5 |
Life (Ga.) |
16-1-3 |
268 |
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12 |
7 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
14-2-6 |
264 |
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13 |
4 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
16-3-3 |
259 |
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14 |
9 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
14-4-3 |
239 |
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15 |
21 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
15-3-6 |
226 |
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16 |
3 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
16-1-2 |
188 |
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17 |
RV |
John Brown (Ark.) |
12-5-5 |
185 |
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18 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
12-4-1 |
174 |
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19 |
11 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
14-4-3 |
138 |
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20 |
13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
11-5-4 |
122 |
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21 |
20 |
Baker (Kan.) |
14-5-3 |
117 |
| ▼ |
22 |
18 |
Grace College (Ind.) |
16-7-3 |
93 |
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23 |
14 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
17-3-2 |
80 |
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24 |
23 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
11-5-4 |
77 |
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25 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
19-3-1 |
70 |
Receiving Votes: Xavier (La.) 67, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 52, Faulkner (Ala.) 50, Westcliff (Calif.) 38, Milligan (Tenn.) 34, Carroll (Mont.) 32, Eastern Oregon 29, Dalton State (Ga.) 10, Concordia (Neb.) 6, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5, Midland (Neb.) 2.
Dropped from Top 25: Eastern Oregon (Ore.), Dalton State (Ga.).
Key: Steady●| Climbed ▲ | Dropped ▼
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no “previous ranking” column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
