KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mid-America Christian (Okla.) continued its hold on the top spot in the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating and earned all 18 first-place votes. Dalton State (Ga.) leaped over St. Thomas (Fla.) for second place while Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) jumped Grace (Ind.) to sit in fourth.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated 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 rater 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 in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
- For the complete men's soccer ratings calendar, click here.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [18] |
14-0-3 |
498 |
| 2 |
3 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
11-1-3 |
480 |
| 3 |
2 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
15-1-1 |
463 |
| 4 |
5 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
11-2-3 |
435 |
| 5 |
4 |
Grace (Ind.) |
13-3-1 |
433 |
| 6 |
6 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
12-1-2 |
409 |
| 7 |
7 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
11-2-2 |
406 |
| 8 |
8 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
13-1-3 |
401 |
| 9 |
10 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
13-2-3 |
372 |
| 10 |
9 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
14-3-1 |
359 |
| 11 |
11 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
12-3-1 |
332 |
| 12 |
12 |
Florida National |
10-1-4 |
312 |
| 13 |
16 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
11-3-4 |
306 |
| 14 |
13 |
Missouri Valley |
10-5-0 |
277 |
| 15 |
19 |
Westcliff (Calif.) |
15-1-0 |
263 |
| 16 |
14 |
Union (Ky.) |
14-1-2 |
237 |
| 17 |
17 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
11-3-4 |
231 |
| 18 |
20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
13-0-4 |
221 |
| 19 |
18 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
6-2-5 |
220 |
| 20 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
12-2-4 |
210 |
| 21 |
21 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
10-3-4 |
184 |
| 22 |
RV |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
13-2-3 |
115 |
| 22 |
25 |
Southern Oregon |
15-2-0 |
115 |
| 24 |
24 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
9-4-4 |
74 |
| 25 |
RV |
Menlo (Calif.) |
9-0-5 |
72 |
Dropped From Top 25: Mount Mercy (Iowa), Tennessee Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Briar Cliff (Iowa) 60; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 46; Louisiana Christian 39; Tennessee Wesleyan 37; Thomas (Ga.) 35; UC Merced (Calif.) 33; Bellevue (Neb.) 28; Ottawa (Kan.) 20; John Brown (Ark.) 19; Southeastern (Fla.) 19; Benedictine (Kan.) 14; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 13; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 10; WVU Tech 8; Vanguard (Calif.) 7; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 5; Xavier (La.) 4; Aquinas (Mich.) 4; Missouri Baptist 3; Faulkner (Ala.) 3
