2019 Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 – Poll 8 (Oct. 30)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Central Methodist (Mo.) remains No. 1 for the sixth week in a row in the 2019 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The top five remained unchanged from the previous poll (Oct. 23) with the addition of No. 5 Oklahoma Wesleyan replacing Lindsey Wilson (Ky.).
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- No. 1 Central Methodist received 16-of-18 first place votes, allowing No. 2 Columbia (Mo.) to receive two votes this week.
- The Eagles of Central Methodist remain the No. 1 team in the country with a record of 16-1 overall and 10-0 in the Heart of America Conference Tournament.
- The Columbia Cougars claimed the No. 2 spot. The Cougars posted their ninth straight shutout this season with their 3-0 victory over Hannibal-LaGrange.
- Oklahoma Wesleyan joined the top five this week after defeating (RV) Missouri Valley on the road 1-0. The Eagles are on a 11 game winning streak with seven shutouts in a row.
- Vanguard (Calif.) joined the poll at No. 24 the Lions won their last two games on the road in overtime.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 137-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second on the list with 127 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 8 (October 30)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [16] | 16-1 | 497 |
| 2 | 2 | Columbia (Mo.) [2] | 16-0 | 483 |
| 3 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) | 11-0-4 | 461 |
| 4 | 4 | Westmont (Calif.) | 11-1-1 | 449 |
| 5 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 13-2 | 428 |
| 6 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 14-1-1 | 421 |
| 7 | 9 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 13-1-2 | 386 |
| 8 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-3 | 377 |
| 9 | 10 | William Penn (Iowa) | 14-3 | 369 |
| 10 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 12-1-1 | 358 |
| 11 | 12 | WVU Tech | 15-0-1 | 340 |
| 12 | 7 | Hastings (Neb.) | 12-1-2 | 335 |
| 13 | 14 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 12-3 | 294 |
| 14 | 13 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 10-2-1 | 280 |
| 15 | 15 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 11-3-2 | 278 |
| 16 | 16 | Grand View (Iowa) | 11-4 | 258 |
| 17 | 18 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 14-2-2 | 225 |
| 18 | 17 | Indiana Tech | 11-4 | 220 |
| 19 | 19 | Corban (Ore.) | 12-0-2 | 203 |
| 20 | 20 | Baker (Kan.) | 9-5-3 | 188 |
| 21 | 21 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 11-4-3 | 160 |
| 22 | 22 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 8-1-6 | 147 |
| 23 | 23 | Georgia Gwinnett | 7-4-3 | 87 |
| 24 | RV | Vanguard (Calif.) | 10-4 | 85 |
| 25 | 24 | Madonna (Mich.) | 10-2-3 | 77 |
Dropped Out: Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 73, John Brown (Ark.) 65, Missouri Valley 62, Life (Ga.) 61. Houston-Victoria (Texas) 34, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 34, Dalton State (Ga.) 33, Keiser (Fla.) 19, Rocky Mountain 17, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 15, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 11, Roosevelt (Ill.) 8, Lyon (Ark.) 7, Campbellsville (Ky.) 6, Huntington (Ind.) 4, Midland (Neb.) 4
