2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 8 (October 27)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Consistency has been a tenet of the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll as of late, with Central Methodist (Mo.) continuing its run as the leader. The Top 17 are the same from a week ago, with slight adjustments while two new teams reach the grid. Columbia International (S.C.) and William Penn (Iowa) replace Baker (Kan.) and Hope International (Calif.).
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.) [17] | 14-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 15-1 | 479 |
| 3 | 3 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [1] | 15-0 | 469 |
| 4 | 5 | Mobile (Ala.) | 13-1 | 446 |
| 5 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 10-1-1 | 438 |
| 6 | 6 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-2 | 412 |
| 7 | 7 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 10-0-2 | 402 |
| 8 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 14-1-1 | 380 |
| 9 | 10 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 12-2-2 | 363 |
| 10 | 8 | Missouri Valley | 11-4 | 361 |
| 11 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-2 | 324 |
| 12 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-2-1 | 316 |
| 13 | 13 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 10-3-1 | 310 |
| 14 | 14 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 12-2-1 | 298 |
| 15 | 15 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 13-2 | 280 |
| 16 | 16 | Georgia Gwinnett | 8-4-2 | 260 |
| 17 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 10-4-1 | 245 |
| 18 | 20 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 11-3-1 | 208 |
| 19 | 24 | Oregon Tech | 14-1 | 160 |
| 20 | NR | CIU (S.C.) | 14-0 | 159 |
| 21 | 19 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 13-2-1 | 155 |
| 22 | 21 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-3-1 | 151 |
| 23 | 23 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 10-3-1 | 126 |
| 24 | NR | William Penn (Iowa) | 10-6 | 95 |
| 25 | 22 | McPherson (Kan.) | 10-5 | 72 |
Dropped from the poll: Baker (Kan.); Hope International (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Baker (Kan.) 61; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 54; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 38; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 37; Bethel (Ind.) 34; Lyon (Ark.) 28; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 26; Southeastern (Fla.) 25; Tennessee Wesleyan 25; Cumberlands (Ky.) 23; Hope International (Calif.) 22; Southern Oregon 15; University of Northwestern Ohio 14; Grand View (Iowa) 10; Madonna (Mich.) 9; Marymount California 6; Oklahoma Panhandle State 3; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 3; Friends (Kan.) 3
