2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Missouri Valley takes all 18 first-place votes in the 2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The rest of the top-five remains unchanged, but a losses by Oklahoma Wesleyan and Columbia drops them down to the bottom of the group. There are seven teams that remain undefeated and boast an overall record of 26-0-1.
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 on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Missouri Valley [18] | 4-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 3 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-0 | 482 |
| 3 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-0 | 457 |
| 4 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 2-1 | 439 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 3-1 | 438 |
| 6 | 7 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 5-0 | 422 |
| 7 | 6 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 3-0-1 | 404 |
| 8 | 9 | Mobile (Ala.) | 6-1 | 392 |
| 9 | 13 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 4-0 | 351 |
| 10 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 5-1-1 | 344 |
| 11 | 10 | Indiana Tech | 4-1 | 321 |
| 12 | NR | Baker (Kan.) | 4-2 | 309 |
| 12 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-2-1 | 309 |
| 14 | 12 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 4-0 | 285 |
| 15 | 15 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 3-2 | 275 |
| 16 | 14 | Georgia Gwinnett | 3-2-1 | 269 |
| 17 | 17 | William Carey (Miss.) | 6-2 | 263 |
| 18 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 1-1-1 | 225 |
| 19 | NR | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 5-1 | 198 |
| 20 | 18 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 3-2-1 | 163 |
| 22 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-2 | 141 |
| 21 | NR | Morningside (Iowa) | 3-1 | 131 |
| 23 | 21 | Corban (Ore.) | 1-2 | 129 |
| 24 | 23 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 1-2-1 | 126 |
| 25 | 24 | McPherson (Kan.) | 3-2 | 96 |
Dropped from the poll: Lyon (Ark.); Union (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 83; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 60; Lyon (Ark.) 57; Union (Ky.) 40; Grace (Ind.) 30; William Penn (Iowa) 21; LSU Shreveport (La.) 21; Southeastern (Fla.) 20; Vanguard (Calif.) 20; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 16; Grand View (Iowa) 11; WVU Tech 10; Tennessee Wesleyan 9; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 7; Hope International (Calif.) 6; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 6; Northwestern (Iowa) 5; Bethel (Ind.) 5
