2019 NAIA Men's Soccer Postseason Coaches' Top 25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Central Methodist (Mo.) return from their second national championship run in just their second NAIA Men’s Soccer postseason appearance, claimed the No. 1-spot in the final edition of the 2019 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.
Top 25 Highlights
- The Eagles were well-deserved champions, finishing the season 25-1-0 a program best.
- No. 1 Central Methodist outscored its five postseason opponents by a combined score of 18-2, with each game decided by at least two goals.
- No. 2 Hastings (Neb.) were runner-up in the 2019 NAIA National Championship. The Broncos bear the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 2 seeds to reach the championship game.
- Missouri Valley made a huge leap in the postseason poll moving from No. 24 to No. 7. The Vikings appeared in the quarterfinals where they fell to Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 1-0.
- University of Northwestern Ohio also made huge improvement jumping from No. 21 in the final regular-season poll to No. 8 in the postseason poll.
- Joining the postseason poll: Madonna (Mich.), UC Merced (Calif.), Keiser (Fla.) and John Brown (Ark.)
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) holds the record as the longest consecutively ranked active school at 139-straight polls, dating back to the first installment of the Top 25 in 2007. Rio Grande (Ohio) is second on the list with 129 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 – Postseason (Dec. 11)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [17] | 25-1-0 | 467 |
| 2 | 15 | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-3-3 | 451 |
| 3 | 2 | Columbia (Mo.) | 22-1-0 | 432 |
| 4 | 7 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 16-4-1 | 428 |
| 5 | 8 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 19-5-0 | 398 |
| 6 | 5 | William Carey (Miss.) | 15-1-5 | 395 |
| 7 | 24 | Missouri Valley | 15-7-0 | 374 |
| 8 | 21 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 14-4-6 | 366 |
| 9 | 3 | Mobile (Ala.) | 17-2-2 | 336 |
| 10 | 16 | Baker (Kan.) | 13-7-3 | 321 |
| 11 | 4 | Westmont (Calif.) | 14-3-1 | 317 |
| 12 | 6 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 16-3-2 | 289 |
| 13 | 9 | WVU Tech | 17-1-2 | 270 |
| 14 | NR | Madonna (Mich.) | 15-5-3 | 262 |
| 15 | 10 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 16-4-1 | 246 |
| 16 | 20 | Georgia Gwinnett | 13-4-3 | 235 |
| 17 | NR | UC Merced | 16-4-2 | 231 |
| 18 | 12 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 14-5-2 | 214 |
| 19 | 11 | William Penn (Iowa) | 15-5-1 | 211 |
| 20 | 14 | Corban (Ore.) | 17-0-3 | 166 |
| 21 | 17 | Indiana Tech | 17-5-1 | 135 |
| 22 | NR | Keiser (Fla.) | 12-6-1 | 124 |
| 23 | 13 | Grand View (Iowa) | 15-6-0 | 121 |
| 24 | 18 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 15-4-2 | 116 |
| 25 | NR | John Brown (Ark.) | 17-4-1 | 95 |
Dropped out: Life (Ga.), Houston-Victoria (Texas), Southeastern (Fla.) and Menlo (Calif.)
Receiving votes: Life (Ga.) 86, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 46, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 44, Southeastern (Fla.) 39, Menlo (Calif.) 39, Huntington (Ind.) 31, Morningside (Iowa) 26, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 16, St. Thomas (Fla.) 15, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 14, Friends (Kan.) 9, Lyon (Ark.) 7, Mid-America Christian 6, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5, Dalton State (Ga.) 3
