Kansas City, Mo. - After spending the last two polls at No. 7, the Central Methodist Women's Soccer program moved up one spot to No. 6 in the fifth edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was released by the national office Wednesday.
Central is joined by the following schools from the Heart of America; No. 18 Missouri Valley, No. 24 MidAmerica Nazarene, and (RV) Clarke.
The Eagles are currently 13-2-1 and 8-2 in the Heart. Central has won seven of its last eight games and is scoring 3.50 goals/game.
CMU is set to travel to Dubuque, Iowa to face off against Clarke University on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1:00 p.m.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 25 poll, please see below.
Poll Methodology:
- The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes for the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 points for third-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.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Cumberlands (Ky.) [17] | 12-0-0 | 480 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 11-0-0 | 464 |
| 3 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) | 14-1-1 | 448 |
| 4 | 4 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 12-0-0 | 427 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee Southern | 13-1-1 | 421 |
| 6 | 7 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 13-1-1 | 380 |
| 7 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 12-0-3 | 350 |
| 7 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-1 | 350 |
| 9 | 12 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 13-1-0 | 348 |
| 10 | 13 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-2-2 | 336 |
| 11 | 11 | College of Idaho | 10-0-2 | 329 |
| 12 | 6 | Life (Ga.) | 11-3-1 | 311 |
| 13 | 8 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 11-3-0 | 307 |
| 14 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 10-1-1 | 269 |
| 15 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-2-2 | 251 |
| 16 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 9-2-3 | 242 |
| 17 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-4-0 | 219 |
| 18 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 11-3-1 | 212 |
| 19 | 21 | Hope International (Calif.) | 12-1-1 | 192 |
| 20 | 18 | Georgia Gwinnett | 10-5-1 | 182 |
| 21 | 19 | John Brown (Ark.) | 8-5-1 | 156 |
| 22 | 23 | Science and Arts (Okla.) | 12-1-1 | 142 |
| 23 | 22 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 12-1-2 | 124 |
| 24 | 24 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-3-1 | 95 |
| 25 | 25 | Northwestern Ohio | 9-3-3 | 80 |
Dropped From Top 25: None
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 72, Hastings (Neb.) 50, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 34, Xavier (La.) 27, Clarke (Iowa) 27, Bethel (Tenn.) 20, Taylor (Ind.) 15, The Master's (Calif.) 8, Grace (Ind.) 4, Tennessee Wesleyan 4, Eastern Oregon 3
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