2019 Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 – Poll 7 (Oct. 23)
Oct 23, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Central Methodist Eagles remain the No. 1 team in the 2019 Coaches’ Top 25. The No. 1-ranked Eagles went 2-0 on the week defeating two conference teams, Evangel (Mo.) and then-No.17 Baker (Kan.).
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- No. 1 Central Methodist received 17-of-18 first place votes, allowing No. 2 Columbia (Mo.) to receive one vote.
- The Cougars of Columbia (Mo.) continued their undefeated streak of 14-0.
- The No. 2 Cougars have only conceded four goals on the year and posted seven straight shutouts.
- Lindsey Wilson has won their last five games, posted three shutouts. The impressive play helped the Blue Raiders move into the top five this week.
- Indiana Tech joined the poll at No. 17 in the past 10 matches the Warriors outscored their opponent 31-9.
- Grand View (Iowa) made the biggest improvement in the poll this week moving up seven spots after the Vikings went 4-0 on the road.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 136-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second on the list with 126 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 ratings calendar, click here.
2019 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 7 (October 22)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [17] | 15-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Columbia (Mo.) [1] | 14-0 | 482 |
| 3 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-0-4 | 458 |
| 4 | 4 | Westmont (Calif.) | 10-1-1 | 440 |
| 5 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 9-2 | 423 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 10-2 | 419 |
| 7 | 5 | Hastings (Neb.) | 11-0-2 | 411 |
| 8 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 12-1-1 | 400 |
| 9 | 13 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 12-1-2 | 352 |
| 10 | 14 | William Penn (Iowa) | 13-3 | 351 |
| 11 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 10-1-2 | 332 |
| 12 | 18 | WVU Tech | 13-0-1 | 331 |
| 13 | 12 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 10-2 | 296 |
| 14 | 10 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 11-3 | 287 |
| 15 | 11 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 9-3-2 | 280 |
| 16 | 23 | Grand View (Iowa) | 10-4 | 234 |
| 17 | RV | Indiana Tech | 10-4 | 211 |
| 18 | 22 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 13-2-2 | 199 |
| 19 | 21 | Corban (Ore.) | 11-0-2 | 188 |
| 20 | 17 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-5-3 | 171 |
| 21 | 16 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 9-4-3 | 161 |
| 22 | 15 | University of Northwestern Ohi | 7-1-6 | 160 |
| 23 | 24 | Georgia Gwinnett | 6-3-3 | 132 |
| 24 | 20 | Madonna (Mich.) | 9-2-2 | 118 |
| 25 | 19 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 11-2 | 92 |
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 70, Missouri Valley 65, Vanguard (Calif.) 61, Dalton State (Ga.) 55, Keiser (Fla.) 38, John Brown (Ark.) 33, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 31, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 22, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 18, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 11, Roosevelt (Ill.) 7, Huntington (Ind.) 6, Lyon (Ark.) 5, Life (Ga.) 4, Menlo (Calif.) 3
