The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/independents/unaffiliated groups. The sixth regular-season Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll will be announced on Oct. 11.
NOTES: (All information dates back to 2000) No. 21 Taylor (Ind.), who is ranked for the first time in school history, holds the most wins of any program with 11… No. 5 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) sports its first top-five ranking since the 2009 season… There have been 42 programs ranked in six polls this season and 14 of those have held a spot each week… No. 1-ranked Hastings (Neb.) has grabbed all of the first-place votes in each of the last five polls… With six No. 1 rankings since 2000, all coming this season, Hastings is sixth on the list for the most top billings… No. 3 Rio Grande (Ohio) has been ranked in the top 10 for the last 29-straight polls, dating back to the start of the 2009 season… Rio Grande holds the most No. 1 mentions since 2000 with 36… Overall, there have been 16 different teams to claim the No. 1 spot, after Rio Grande there is Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) in second (31), followed by Bethel (Tenn.) (11), Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (9), Hastings (6), Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (5) and Concordia (Calif.) (5)… Lindsey Wilson holds the distinction of being consecutively ranked the longest among active schools – 50-straight polls, dating back to the 2007 Preseason Top 25 Poll… Rio Grande is next in line with 44, followed by Azusa Pacific with 37 and Hastings with 35… Since 2000, two teams have rattled through the entire season ranked No. 1 – Bethel in 2009 and Rio Grande during the 2004 season.
2011 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Oct. 4)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2011 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Hastings (Neb.) (21) |
10-0-0 |
591 |
|
2 |
4 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
7-0-0 |
572 |
|
3 |
3 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
7-1-0 |
540 |
|
4 |
2 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
8-1-0 |
534 |
|
5 |
6 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
7-1-0 |
517 |
|
6 |
10 |
Baker (Kan.) |
10-0-0 |
492 |
|
7 |
9 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
10-1-0 |
471 |
|
8 |
12 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
8-1-0 |
468 |
|
T9 |
7 |
Belhaven (Miss.) |
9-1-0 |
429 |
|
T9 |
8 |
Missouri Valley |
8-1-0 |
429 |
|
11 |
14 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
7-1-0 |
392 |
|
12 |
13 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
10-0-0 |
387 |
|
13 |
19 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
5-1-2 |
322 |
|
14 |
16 |
Northwood (Fla.) |
6-0-1 |
314 |
|
15 |
11 |
Concordia (Ore.) |
9-1-0 |
308 |
|
16 |
RV |
Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) |
9-2-0 |
290 |
|
17 |
7 |
Southern Poly (Ga.) |
7-2-0 |
275 |
|
18 |
25 |
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) |
6-3-1 |
249 |
|
19 |
RV |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
7-3-0 |
229 |
|
20 |
21 |
Graceland (Iowa) |
7-1-1 |
227 |
|
21 |
23 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
11-1-0 |
214 |
|
22 |
15 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
8-2-0 |
213 |
|
23 |
22 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
5-3-0 |
189 |
|
24 |
17 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
7-1-1 |
165 |
|
25 |
RV |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
6-2-0 |
158 |
Others receiving votes:
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 130; Milligan (Tenn.) 87; Biola (Calif.) 49; Indiana Tech 45; Great Falls (Mont.) 42; Ashford (Iowa) 16; Judson (Ill.) 14; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 12; Illinois Tech 8; Lubbock Christian (Texas) 7; Tennessee Wesleyan 7; Huston-Tillotson (Texas) 5; McPherson (Kan.) 5; Thomas (Ga.) 5; Asbury (Ky.) 3; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 3; Dordt (Iowa) 3; Mid-Continent (Ky.) 1; Cumberlands (Ky.) 1; Northwest (Wash.) 1; Oklahoma Wesleyan 1; Spring Hill (Ala.) 1; Bryan (Tenn.) 1
^ Ranking indicated in previous Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Sept. 27)
* Submitted by the raters and reflecting the current 2011 record, through Oct. 2
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