Lindsey Wilson is the New No. 1 Team in the Country

Oct. 21, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A new week brings a new No. 1 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Oct. 21). Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is now the top team in the country after going 1-0-1 over the past week. The Blue Raiders played to a scoreless, double overtime tie with the Cumberlands (Ky.) then defeated Embry-Riddle (Az.) 3-0, improving their overall record to 10-1-1 for the year. The Blue Raiders receive 16 first-place votes and 587 total points this week.

Coming in at No. 2 are the Stars of Oklahoma City who collect five first-place votes and 569 total points. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) moves up two spots to No. 3 after receiving 535 total points. Former No. 1 Rio Grande checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 530 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.). The Trojans earn 513 total points.

There are four new teams to the Top 25 poll this week. Perhaps none is more impressive than Warner Southern (Fla.), who is ranked No. 18 after not receiving a single vote in last week’s poll. Over the past week, the Royals went 2-0, including an upset win over then-No. 9 Embry-Riddle (Fla.). Other teams new to the poll are No. 14 Vanguard (Calif.), No. 17 Shorter (Ga.) and No. 20 Cumberlands (Ky.).

The next regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Oct. 28.

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 21

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	2	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	16	10-1-1	587
2	4	Oklahoma City University	5	13-1-0	569
3	5	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		8-2-3	535
4	1	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)		13-1-1	530
5	6	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		12-1-1	513
6	8	Belhaven College (Miss.)		12-0-1	497
7	7	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		8-4-0	483
8	3	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		8-2-1	452
9	11	McKendree University (Ill.)		11-2-1	437
10	10	University of Maine at Fort Kent		14-0-0	431
11	16	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		12-2-0	385
12	14	William Carey University (Miss.)		9-3-1	364
13	17	Benedictine College (Kan.)		7-2-3	348
14	RV	Vanguard University (Calif.)		7-3-2	341
15	18	Bellevue University (Neb.)		9-3-1	326
16	20	Park University (Mo.)		8-2-3	282
17	RV	Shorter College (Ga.)		8-4-1	250
18	NR	Warner Southern College (Fla.)		9-4-1	233
19	13	Concordia University (Calif.)		8-5-1	229
20	RV	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		9-3-2	179
21	15	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		9-4-0	161
22	9	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.)		7-3-3	158
23	25	Hastings College (Neb.)		11-3-0	154
24	24	Concordia University (Ore.)		11-4-1	151
25	23	University of Mobile (Ala.)		6-4-2	148

Others receiving votes:

Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 128; Montreat (N.C.) 124; Graceland (Iowa) 107; Oklahoma Baptist 62; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 55; Illinois Tech 53; Bethel (Ind.) 27; Grand View (Iowa) 26; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 15; Madonna (Mich.) 14; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 12; The Master’s (Calif.) 9; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 9; Science and Arts (Okla.) 8; Baker (Kan.) 3; Texas-Brownsville 3; Lindenwood (Mo.) 1; Northwood (Fla.) 1; Lambuth (Tenn.) 1; King (Tenn.) 1