2017 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6
By Trevor Lininger, NAIA Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third straight week, the Crusaders of William Carey (Miss.) are the top-ranked team in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
Top 25 Highlights
- William Carey captured a 2-1 win over Dalton State (Ga.) and a 3-1 win over Faulkner (Ala.) to earn its third No. 1 ranking in program history
- The Crusaders earned 17 first place votes, and 467 total points
- Hastings (Neb.), the defending national champion, holds on to its No. 8 ranking again this week after two high-scoring wins. The Broncos are now 9-3-0 on the year
- Grand View (Iowa) re-joins the Top 25 for the first time since the Preseason Poll, coming in at No. 22 this week
- Rio Grande (Ohio) maintains the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 57 total
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) currently holds the record as the longest consecutively-ranked active school at 112 straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 Poll in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second with 104 straight
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. 6 (Oct. 10)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) (17) | 9-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Missouri Valley (1) | 10-0-1 | 482 |
| 3 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 9-1-1 | 461 |
| 4 | 6 | Baker (Kan.) | 10-1-1 | 440 |
| 5 | 3 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 9-1-1 | 438 |
| 6 | 5 | Corban (Ore.) | 10-0-2 | 420 |
| 7 | 7 | Georgia Gwinnett | 7-1-1 | 396 |
| 8 | 8 | Hastings (Neb.) | 9-3-0 | 373 |
| 9 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 7-1-0 | 364 |
| 10 | 10 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 10-1-0 | 355 |
| 11 | 13 | Mobile (Ala.) | 7-2-1 | 340 |
| 12 | 14 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 9-1-2 | 307 |
| 13 | 12 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-1-1 | 302 |
| 14 | 16 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 11-2-0 | 295 |
| 15 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 7-1-0 | 262 |
| 16 | 18 | Marymount (Calif.) | 7-2-2 | 255 |
| 17 | 21 | Columbia (Mo.) | 10-2-0 | 241 |
| 18 | 19 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 10-2-0 | 228 |
| 19 | 15 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 7-3-0 | 217 |
| 20 | 20 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 8-3-1 | 210 |
| 21 | 22 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 9-1-1 | 180 |
| 22 | NR | Grand View (Iowa) | 7-3-2 | 145 |
| 23 | 25 | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | 10-1-2 | 118 |
| 24 | 23 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 8-2-1 | 111 |
| 25 | 9 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 7-3-1 | 108 |
Dropped form Top 25: The Master’s (Calif.)
Others Receiving Votes: The Master’s (Calif.) 90; Madonna (Mich.) 81; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 55; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 38; Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 29; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 15; Westmont (Calif.) 15; Bryan (Tenn.) 14; Bethel (Tenn.) 14; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 13; William Woods (Mo.) 10; Bethel (Ind.) 5; Hope International (Calif.) 3; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 3
