2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5 (October 6)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Central Methodist (Mo.) once again leads the way in the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Top-13 teams remain unchanged except Missouri Valley and Baker (Kan.) flipping spots to seventh and 10th, respectively. CMU was voted as the top team by 15 of the rankers while Mid-American Christian (Okla.) grabs the other three as the team in the country with the best win/loss record.
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] | 8-0 | 496 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-0 | 476 |
| 3 | 3 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 8-1 | 464 |
| 4 | 4 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [3] | 10-0 | 456 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 7-1 | 433 |
| 6 | 6 | Mobile (Ala.) | 9-1 | 417 |
| 7 | 10 | Missouri Valley | 7-2 | 391 |
| 8 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 5-0-2 | 386 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 9-1 | 380 |
| 10 | 7 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-3 | 340 |
| 11 | 11 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 8-2-1 | 338 |
| 12 | 12 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 8-1 | 327 |
| 13 | 13 | Georgia Gwinnett | 6-2-1 | 311 |
| 14 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-1-1 | 275 |
| 15 | 15 | William Carey (Miss.) | 7-2 | 263 |
| 16 | 14 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 7-3-1 | 255 |
| 17 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 8-2 | 250 |
| 18 | 19 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 7-2-1 | 223 |
| 19 | 17 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 8-2 | 201 |
| 20 | 21 | McPherson (Kan.) | 7-3 | 176 |
| 21 | 23 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-1-1 | 147 |
| 22 | NR | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 7-0-1 | 123 |
| 23 | 25 | Hope International (Calif.) | 8-0 | 119 |
| 24 | NR | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-0 | 118 |
| 25 | NR | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 6-2-1 | 90 |
Dropped from the poll: Cumberland (Tenn.); Science & Arts (Okla.); Cumberlands (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.) 66; Corban (Ore.) 58; Bethel (Ind.) 54; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 38; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 33; Grand View (Iowa) 24; Southeastern (Fla.) 21; Science & Arts (Okla.) 20; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 19; Southern Oregon 17; Arizona Christian 14; Madonna (Mich.) 11; Lyon (Ark.) 8; Tennessee Wesleyan 7; UC Merced 6; Indiana Wesleyan 5; Georgetown (Ky.) 5; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3
