KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Rio Grande (Ohio) keeps their hold on the No. 1 ranking.  For the third consecutive week, the Red Storm is in the top spot of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Oct. 7).  Over the past week, they went 2-0 with wins over Walsh (Ohio) and Point Park (Penn.).  Those wins improve their season record to 10-0-1.  The Red Storm receives 22 first-place votes and 622 total points this week.

 

The rest of the Top 5 was shaken up a little this week.  Coming in at No. 2 are the Blue Raiders of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) who collect 602 total points. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) moves up from No. 8 to No.3 after receiving 571 total points.  Southern Nazarene (Okla.) checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 564 total points.  Rounding out the Top 5 is another Oklahoma school, Oklahoma City.  The Stars earn 530 total points.

 

Four teams that received votes in last week’s poll jump into the Top 25 this week, including Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) who climbs all the way to No. 18.  Over the past week, they went 1-1 with a 4-2 win over Berry (Ga.) and a 1-0 loss at Bethel (Tenn.).  Other schools new to the poll this week are No. 23 Martin Methodist (Tenn.), No. 24 Baker (Kan.) and No. 25 Mobile (Ala.)

 

The next regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Oct. 14.

 

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 7

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)	22	10-0-1	622
2	3	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)		8-1-0	602
3	8	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		12-0-0	571
4	5	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		6-1-1	564
5	7	Oklahoma City University		10-1-0	530
6	6	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)		5-1-3	506
7	9	Park University (Mo.)		7-1-2	491
8	4	McKendree University (Ill.)		10-1-1	488
9	24	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		5-2-2	470
10	10	University of Maine at Fort Kent		10-0-0	410
11	14	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		7-4-0	405
12	2	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.)		5-1-1	404
13	15	Belhaven College (Miss.)		10-0-1	400
14	19	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		10-1-0	354
15	11	Montreat College (N.C.)		9-2-0	322
16	21	Benedictine College (Kan.)		6-2-2	306
17	13	Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)		7-1-4	258
18	RV	Southern Polytechnic State University (Ga.)		6-3-1	249
19	18	Indiana Wesleyan University		6-6-0	246
19	22	William Carey University (Miss.)		5-2-1	246
21	12	Concordia University (Calif.)		5-4-1	241
22	23	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		6-3-0	205
23	RV	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)		7-1-0	199
24	RV	Baker University (Kan.)		7-2-1	141