2020-21 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1 (March 3, 2021)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thanks in large part to a 6-0-1 start, William Carey (Miss.) garnered 13 of the 18 first-place votes to grab the top spot in the Top 25 this week. Southeastern (Fla.), Marian (Ind.), defending national champion Keiser (Fla.) and Martin Methodist (Tenn.) rounded-out the top five. Spring Arbor (Mich.) made the biggest jump from 24 to No. 7 while Baker (Kan.), The Master’s (Calif.), Missouri Valley, Truett McConnell (Ga.), Briar Cliff (Iowa), and Bethel (Tenn.) jumped into the top 25 after being on the outside in the 2019 postseason edition.
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 ratings) 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete ratings calendar, click here
2021 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1 (March 3, 2021)
| RANK | LAST YEAR | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) 13 | 6-0-1 | 494 |
| 2 | 4 | Southeastern (Fla.) 2 | 15-1-1 | 476 |
| 3 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) 3 | 14-1 | 472 |
| 4 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) | 14-1-1 | 455 |
| 5 | 9 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | 8-0 | 430 |
| 6 | 6 | Westmont (Calif.) | 1-2 | 406 |
| 7 | 24 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 10-2-1 | 387 |
| 8 | 18 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 8-0 | 382 |
| 9 | 8 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 11-2 | 378 |
| 10 | 10 | Eastern Oregon | 2-0 | 356 |
| 11 | 5 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 0-0 | 333 |
| 12 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-2-3 | 331 |
| 13 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-1 | 300 |
| 14 | 13 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 2-1 | 288 |
| 15 | 14 | Grace (Ind.) | 11-4-1 | 268 |
| 16 | 16 | John Brown (Ark.) | 2-0 | 266 |
| 17 | 21 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 9-1 | 257 |
| 18 | NR | Baker (Kan.) | 9-2-2 | 232 |
| 19 | 17 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 0-0 | 196 |
| 20 | RV | The Master's (Calif.) | 4-2-1 | 183 |
| 21 | 25 | Columbia (Mo.) | 7-2 | 172 |
| 22 | NR | Missouri Valley | 9-3 | 138 |
| 23 | RV | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 12-0-1 | 104 |
| 24 | NR | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 10-1-2 | 95 |
| 25 | RV | Bethel (Tenn.) | 3-1 | 93 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Benedictine (Kan.), Hastings (Neb.), Georgia Gwinnett, Midland (Neb.), Science & Arts (Okla.)
Others Receiving Votes: Trinity Christian (Ill.) 90, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 80, Benedictine (Kan.) 52, Aquinas (Mich.) 36, Southern Oregon 35, Middle Georgia State 29, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 28, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 27, Cumberland (Tenn.) 26, Reinhardt (Ga.) 21, Bellevue (Neb.) 12, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3, Ottawa (Ariz.) 3.
