The Top 5 Remain the Same in the NAIA Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll

Nov. 11, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) still holds the top spot in this week’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced this afternoon (Nov. 11). The Blue Raiders are now 15-1-1 on the year. Lindsey Wilson receives 22 first-place votes and 653 total points in this week’s poll.

The top five remain the same this week. Coming in at No. 2 are the Stars of Oklahoma City who collect one first-place vote and 631 total points. Notre Dame (Ohio) is No. 3 after receiving 612 total points. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) checks in at No. 4 in the poll after collecting 585 total points. Rounding out the Top 5 is Rio Grande (Ohio.). The RedStorm earns 573 total points.

Northwood (Fla.) and Westmont enter the Top 25 this week after being left out of last week’s poll. Northwood comes in at No. 23 while Westmont is No. 25

The final regular season Top 25 poll will be announced on Sunday, Nov. 16.

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2008 NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Coaches Poll – Nov. 11

	LAST		1ST PLACE	2008	TOTAL
RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)	22	15-1-1	653
2	2	Oklahoma City University	1	17-1-1	631
3	3	Notre Dame College (Ohio)		16-2-0	612
4	4	Hannibal-LaGrange College (Mo.)		14-2-1	585
5	5	University of Rio Grande (Ohio)		15-2-1	573
6	6	Simon Fraser University (B.C.)		10-5-0	538
7	9	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)		13-3-3	526
8	8	Bellevue University (Neb.)		12-3-1	513
9	10	Park University (Mo.)		10-2-3	477
10	11	University of Maine at Fort Kent		20-0-0	443
11	7	Concordia University (Calif.)		12-6-1	430
12	12	MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)		14-4-0	428
13	13	McKendree University (Ill.)		13-3-2	400
14	15	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)		13-3-2	373
15	16	Benedictine College (Kan.)		10-3-3	341
16	22	University of Mobile (Ala.)		10-6-2	335
17	18	Hastings College (Neb.)		16-3-0	327
18	19	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		12-5-0	309
19	23	Graceland University (Iowa)		12-4-2	214
20	24	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		11-4-1	192
21	14	William Carey University (Miss.)		12-5-1	185
22	25	Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio)		13-3-2	170
23	RV	Northwood University (Fla.)		14-2-2	169
24	17	Oklahoma Baptist University		12-2-4	160
25	NR	Westmont College (Calif.)		9-6-2	138

Others receiving votes:

Warner (Fla.) 127; Vanguard (Calif.) 88; Madonna (Mich.) 83; Lindenwood (Mo.) 66; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 66; College of Idaho 52; Texas-Brownsville 43; Lambuth (Tenn.) 27; Bethel (Ind.) 20; Judson (Ill.) 20; Concordia (Ore.) 17; Holy Names (Calif.) 15; Grand View (Iowa) 14; King (Tenn.) 10; Illinois Tech 7; Kansas Wesleyan 5; Shorter (Ga.) 4; Indiana Wesleyan 1; Belhaven (Miss.) 1; Bethel (Tenn.) 1; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 1; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 1; The Master’s (Calif.) 1; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 1; Science and Arts (Okla.) 1