Kansas City, Mo. - For the fifth consecutive week, the Central Methodist Women's Soccer program remained at No. 4 in the latest and final edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll.
The poll, which was announced by the national office Wednesday, features three other Heart programs including; No. 18 Missouri Valley College, No. 24 Benedictine College, and (RV) MidAmerica Nazarene.
Through 19 games so far this season, Central has posted a 17-1-1 overall record, including a flawless 11-0 mark in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Their only loss came against, at the time, No. 2 Cumberlands (Ken.) back in the season opener in Williamsburg, Ken.
CMU has scored on average more than 3.50 goals and tallied 17.8 shots/game. The Eagles claimed their fifth-straight Heart Regular Season Championship and are in pursuit of their fifth-straight Heart Tournament Championship.
Central will host No. 2 seeded Missouri Valley College in the Heart Tounament title game Saturday, Nov. 11 at 1:00 p.m. at Davis Field.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 25 poll, please see below.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was voted upon 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 | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [18] | 18-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 15-0-2 | 479 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 12-0-3 | 465 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-1-1 | 452 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 16-1-1 | 436 |
| 6 | 6 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 15-1-2 | 414 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 14-1-4 | 407 |
| 8 | 9 | John Brown (Ark.) | 15-2-1 | 380 |
| 9 | 8 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 15-0-4 | 354 |
| 10 | 10 | Marian (Ind.) | 13-2-3 | 352 |
| 11 | 11 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 14-3-2 | 350 |
| 12 | 12 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 10-4-2 | 316 |
| 13 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 13-1-3 | 297 |
| 14 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 12-2-2 | 292 |
| 15 | 15 | College of Idaho | 17-1-1 | 274 |
| 16 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 13-3-2 | 264 |
| 17 | 18 | Keiser (Fla.) | 12-5-2 | 238 |
| 18 | 19 | Missouri Valley | 13-4-2 | 235 |
| 19 | 16 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 14-2-3 | 223 |
| 20 | 20 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 15-2-2 | 188 |
| 21 | 21 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 12-2-1 | 164 |
| 22 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 16-1-2 | 153 |
| 23 | 23 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 10-3-4 | 139 |
| 24 | 24 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 12-3-4 | 121 |
| 25 | NR | Bethel (Tenn.) | 11-2-2 | 107 |
Dropped from Top 25: Taylor (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 62, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 56, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 45, Life (Ga.) 44, Bellevue (Neb.) 37, Northwestern Ohio 37, Campbellsville (Ky.) 24, Hope International (Calif.) 17, UC Merced (Calif.) 6, Tennessee Wesleyan 5, Reinhardt (Ga.) 4, Siena Heights (Mich.) 3
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