2018 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? Week 6 (Oct. 9)
By Pete Scantlebury, NAIA Manager of Athletics Communications
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Just one point separates the top of the 2018 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, as William Carey (Miss.) is atop the standings yet again, but separated from No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan by the slimmest of margins.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- William Carey maintained its unblemished record with two shutout wins against Brewton-Parker (Ga.) and Middle Georgia State by a combined 14-0
score line . The Crusades have six shutout victories on the season and are 11-0-0 overall. - Oklahoma Wesleyan gained a first-place vote after an undefeated week. The Eagles’ defense saw its goalless streak end at 383:33 in a 9-2 win over Avila. Prior to that goal in the game’s 65th minute, the Eagles had not surrendered a goal since the 41st minute against Bethel (Kan.) on Sept. 22.
- Rio Grande (Ohio) received the final first-place vote
of this week and maintained its No. 5 ranking.Rio Grande is also a perfect 11-0-0 this season. - University of Northwestern Ohio, Southern Oregon and Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) all entered the poll this week. They made appearances at Nos. 23, 24 and 25, respectively.
- Westmont (Calif.), Madonna (Mich.) and Columbia (Mo.) fell out of the poll.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 123-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007.
Rio Grande is second on the list with 113 consecutive 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
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2018 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5 (Oct. 2)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) (9) | 11-0-0 | 490 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan (8) | 9-1-0 | 489 |
| 3 | 3 | Mobile (Ala.) | 11-1-0 | 465 |
| 4 | 4 | Hastings (Neb.) | 9-2-0 | 440 |
| 5 | 5 | Rio Grande (Ohio) (1) | 11-0-0 | 431 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 9-1-1 | 424 |
| 7 | 9 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 10-1-2 | 403 |
| 8 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 11-0-2 | 389 |
| 9 | 7 | Missouri Valley | 6-2-3 | 362 |
| 10 | 11 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 11-1-0 | 361 |
| 11 | 13 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 10-2-0 | 321 |
| 12 | 14 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 10-0-1 | 314 |
| 13 | 12 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 8-2-0 | 309 |
| 14 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 10-2-0 | 303 |
| 15 | 17 | Corban (Ore.) | 9-1-1 | 259 |
| 16 | 15 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-3-3 | 244 |
| 17 | 20 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 7-3-1 | 225 |
| 18 | 19 | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 12-1-0 | 223 |
| 19 | 10 | Baker (Kan.) | 9-4-0 | 221 |
| 20 | 21 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 10-3-0 | 205 |
| 21 | 22 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-1-1 | 178 |
| 22 | 16 | Menlo (Calif.) | 8-3-0 | 172 |
| 23 | NR | University of Northwestern Ohio | 8-2-2 | 124 |
| 24 | NR | Southern Oregon | 10-2-1 | 101 |
| 25 | NR | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 8-2-0 | 84 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Westmont (Calif.), Columbia (Mo.), Madonna (Mich.)
Receiving votes: William Woods (Mo.) 54, WVU Tech 53, Georgia Gwinnett 49, Westmont (Calif.) 49, Bethel (Tenn.) 47, Grace (Ind.) 24, Marymount California 20, Science & Arts (Okla.) 20, Keiser (Fla.) 15, Cumberlands (Ky.) 12, Columbia (Mo.) 11, Indiana Tech 9, Point (Ga.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 5, LSU Alexandria (La.) 4, Arizona Christian 3, Madonna (Mich.) 3
