Kansas City, Mo. - The Central Methodist Women's Soccer team jumped two spots to No. 7 in the latest edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll, announced by the conference office Wednesday.
Other Heart programs featured or mentioned in the Top 25 poll include; No. 23 Missouri Valley, and No. 24 MidAmerica Nazarene.
Central has raced out to a 7-1-1 record including a perfect 3-0 mark in conference play. Notable wins for the Eagles include, at the time, No. 16 John Brown and No. 18 MNU.
CMU has scored on average 3.22 goals/game while giving up just one goal/contest. Kirstine Lykke and Lacey Ann Murray both lead the way for the Eagles' offense with five goals apiece.
Central will next play Graceland University Saturday, Oct. 30 at 5:00 p.m. in Lamoni, Iowa.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 25 poll, please see below.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents), 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
- For the complete rating calendar, click here
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [13] | 10-0-0 | 494 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [5] | 8-0-0 | 486 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 7-0-2 | 466 |
| 4 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 6-0-1 | 432 |
| 5 | 8 | Columbia (Mo.) | 5-1-0 | 425 |
| 6 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 7-1-1 | 408 |
| 7 | 9 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 7-1-1 | 402 |
| 8 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 8-0-0 | 381 |
| 9 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-1-2 | 372 |
| 10 | 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 6-1-1 | 366 |
| 11 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-3-1 | 345 |
| 12 | 10 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 7-3-1 | 324 |
| 13 | 15 | John Brown (Ark.) | 6-2-0 | 307 |
| 14 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 3-2-1 | 299 |
| 15 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 7-2-1 | 284 |
| 16 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 9-0-1 | 258 |
| 17 | 17 | College of Idaho | 7-1-1 | 245 |
| 18 | 20 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 3-2-2 | 207 |
| 19 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 7-0-1 | 189 |
| 20 | 21 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-1-3 | 187 |
| 21 | 22 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 5-2-2 | 178 |
| 22 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 7-1-0 | 164 |
| 23 | 24 | Missouri Valley | 4-3-2 | 141 |
| 24 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-4-1 | 132 |
| 25 | NR | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 5-0-2 | 116 |
Dropped from Top 25: Science and Arts (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Science and Arts (Okla.) 77, Eastern Oregon 58, Bellevue (Neb.) 36, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 24, Louisiana Christian 23, Benedictine (Kan.) 23, Campbellsville (Ky.) 22, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Reinhardt (Ga.) 12, Hope International (Calif.) 11, Midland (Neb.) 11, Northwestern Ohio 3, UC Merced (Calif.) 3
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