2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4 (September 28)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Central Methodist continues its stay at the top of the Coaches' Top 25 Poll for a second straight week. From the previous poll, the top-14 teams are the same with slight movement from Columbia (Mo.), Baker (Kan.), St. Thomas (Fla.), Georgia Gwinnett, and Dalton State (Ga.). A quartet of teams are making their first appearance in the rankings this season - Cumberland (Tenn.), Science & Arts (Ola.), Northwestern (Iowa), and Hope International (Calif.). Only five teams remain undefeated and they post a combined record of 32-0-2, both ties by St. Thomas (Fla.).
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 | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [15] | 7-0 | 496 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 5-0 | 476 |
| 3 | 3 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 6-1 | 464 |
| 4 | 5 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [3] | 8-0 | 447 |
| 5 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | 6-1 | 445 |
| 6 | 6 | Mobile (Ala.) | 7-1 | 417 |
| 7 | 8 | Baker (Kan.) | 7-2 | 395 |
| 8 | 7 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 4-0-2 | 386 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 7-1 | 365 |
| 10 | 10 | Missouri Valley | 5-2 | 363 |
| 11 | 11 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 7-2-1 | 335 |
| 12 | 12 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 7-1 | 309 |
| 13 | 14 | Georgia Gwinnett | 6-2-1 | 297 |
| 14 | 13 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 3-2-1 | 293 |
| 15 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 6-2 | 271 |
| 16 | 18 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-1-1 | 250 |
| 17 | 17 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 7-1 | 244 |
| 18 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 7-2 | 228 |
| 19 | 20 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 6-2-1 | 208 |
| 20 | NR | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 5-1-1 | 150 |
| 21 | 24 | McPherson (Kan.) | 5-3 | 137 |
| 22 | NR | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 5-2-2 | 114 |
| 23 | NR | Northwestern (Iowa) | 7-1-1 | 107 |
| 24 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 2-3-2 | 99 |
| 25 | NR | Hope International (Calif.) | 8-0 | 76 |
Dropped from the poll: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Corban (Ore.), Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 66; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 62; Reinhardt (Ga.) 56; Corban (Ore.) 52; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 33; Bethel (Ind.) 30; Southeastern (Fla.) 17; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 16; Morningside (Iowa) 16; Grand View (Iowa) 14; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 10; Indiana Wesleyan 10; Vanguard (Calif.) 10; Lyon (Ark.) 8; Tennessee Wesleyan 8; William Penn (Iowa) 6; WVU Tech 6; UC Merced 5 (Calif.); LSU Shreveport (La.) 4; Madonna (Mich.) 4; Webber International (Fla.) 3
