Lindsey Wilson Remains No. 1 - NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Oct. 28, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) went 2-0 over the past week and held on to the No. 1 ranking in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Oct. 28). The Blue Raiders defeated West Virginia Tech 1-0 and followed that up with a 2-0 victory over then-No. 22 Embry-Riddle (Fla.). With those wins Lindsey improved their record to 12-1-1 on the year. Blue Raiders goalkeeper Michael Smith was named NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week following the two shutouts. Lindsey Wilson receives 20 first-place votes and 651 total points in this week’s poll.

Coming in at No. 2 are the Stars of Oklahoma City who collect three first-place votes and 634 total points. Simon Fraser (B.C.) moves up four spots to No. 3 after receiving 597 total points. Notre Dame (Ohio) checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 590 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.). The Trojans earn 553 total points.

MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) and Graceland (Iowa) enter the Top 25 this week after receiving votes in last week’s poll. MidAmerica climbs all the way to No. 13 after going 2-0 over the past week, including an upset win over then-No. 13 Benedictine (Kan.). Graceland comes in at No. 25 this week.

The next regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 28

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	20	12-1-1	651
2	2	Oklahoma City University	3	15-1-0	634
3	7	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		10-4-0	597
4	11	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		14-2-0	590
5	5	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		13-2-1	553
6	4	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)		13-2-1	536
7	19	Concordia University (Calif.)		10-5-1	510
8	9	McKendree University (Ill.)		12-2-1	504
9	15	Bellevue University (Neb.)		11-3-1	472
10	10	University of Maine at Fort Kent		17-0-0	458
11	16	Park University (Mo.)		10-2-3	441
12	3	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		9-3-3	413
13	RV	MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)		12-4-0	384
14	12	William Carey University (Miss.)		10-4-1	333
15	14	Vanguard University (Calif.)		8-4-2	322
16	20	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		11-3-2	313
17	13	Benedictine College (Kan.)		8-3-3	303
18	18	Warner Southern College (Fla.)		10-4-1	302
19	21	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		10-4-0	299
20	8	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		8-4-1	262
21	23	Hastings College (Neb.)		12-3-0	219
22	6	Belhaven College (Miss.)		14-1-1	213
23	25	University of Mobile (Ala.)		7-5-2	162
24	17	Shorter College (Ga.)		8-5-2	142
25	RV	Graceland University (Iowa)		9-4-2	114

Others receiving votes:

Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 97; Northwood (Fla.) 91; Oklahoma Baptist 91; Illinois Tech 65; Madonna (Mich.) 53; Master’s (Calif.) 36; College of Idaho 35; Lindenwood (Mo.) 23; Grand View (Iowa) 22; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 19; Science and Arts (Okla.) 15; Texas-Brownsville 15; Bethel (Ind.) 14; Lambuth (Tenn.) 10; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 10; Bryan (Tenn.) 9; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 7; Berry (Ga.) 3; Holy Names (Calif.) 3; Baker (Kan.) 3; Concordia (Ore.) 3; Kansas Wesleyan 1; King (Tenn.) 1; Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 1; Montreat (N.C.) 1; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 1; Bethel (Tenn.) 1