2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9 (November 3)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Central Methodist (Mo.) maintains its lead of the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, being awarded all 18 first-place votes this week. St. Thomas (Fla.) takes advantage of a loss by Keiser (Fla.) and moves into the top five. One new team makes the cut in this edition as Lyon (Ark.) replaces McPherson (Kan.) as the last selection.
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.) [18] | 16-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 16-2 | 475 |
| 3 | 3 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 16-0-1 | 466 |
| 4 | 4 | Mobile (Ala.) | 14-1 | 457 |
| 5 | 7 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 11-0-2 | 434 |
| 6 | 5 | Keiser (Fla.) | 10-2-1 | 405 |
| 7 | 6 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-3 | 402 |
| 8 | 10 | Missouri Valley | 13-4 | 375 |
| 9 | 9 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 12-2-2 | 374 |
| 10 | 8 | Indiana Tech | 14-1-2 | 370 |
| 11 | 12 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 11-2-1 | 338 |
| 12 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 13-3 | 324 |
| 13 | 14 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 14-2-1 | 301 |
| 14 | 15 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 15-2 | 280 |
| 15 | 13 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 11-4-1 | 275 |
| 16 | 16 | Georgia Gwinnett | 9-4-1 | 263 |
| 17 | 17 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-5-1 | 230 |
| 18 | 18 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 12-3-1 | 225 |
| 19 | 19 | Oregon Tech | 15-1-1 | 177 |
| 20 | 21 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-2-1 | 172 |
| 21 | 22 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 12-3-1 | 153 |
| 22 | 20 | CIU (S.C.) | 15-1 | 144 |
| 23 | 24 | William Penn (Iowa) | 12-6 | 139 |
| 24 | 23 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 11-3-1 | 125 |
| 25 | NR | Lyon (Ark.) | 11-4-1 | 78 |
Dropped from the poll: McPherson (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: McPherson (Kan.) 42; Bethel (Ind.) 36; Cumberlands (Ky.) 35; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 34; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 34; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 31; University of Northwestern Ohio 30; Grand View (Iowa) 29; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 28; Tennessee Wesleyan 26; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 13; Bethel (Tenn.) 8; Union (Ky.) 5; Oklahoma Panhandle State 5; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 4; Baker (Kan.) 4; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 3; Arizona Christian 3; Grace (Ind.) 3
