Kansas City, Mo. – Coming off their third-straight trip to the NAIA National Semifinals, the Cougars enter the 2022 season carrying a No. 4 national ranking. The Cougars finished the 2021 season with a 15-3-3 record, which included a 4-2-1 record against ranked or receiving votes teams. Further, the Cougars finished the AMC schedule with no losses for the fifth-straight season.
The Cougars kick-off their season against No. 6 Missouri Valley College on Friday, August 26th at home. The 2022 season schedule includes matches against seven teams that are ranked or receiving votes.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-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 and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete men’s soccer ratings calendar, click here.
RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | CONFERENCE | 2021 RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [17] | The Sun | 16-3-1 | 498 |
2 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) | Southern States | 18-3-1 | 479 |
3 | 3 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Heart of America | 22-1 | 469 |
4 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest | 15-3-3 | 449 |
5 | 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan [1] | Kansas Collegiate | 21-3 | 434 |
6 | 6 | Missouri Valley | Heart of America | 17-6 | 414 |
7 | 7 | Indiana Tech | Wolverine-Hoosier | 18-1-4 | 402 |
8 | 9 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | Sooner | 19-1-1 | 384 |
9 | 8 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Heart of America | 14-7-1 | 372 |
10 | 10 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Golden States | 13-5-1 | 346 |
11 | 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | The Sun | 14-1-2 | 344 |
12 | 12 | Bellevue (Neb.) | Continental | 16-3-2 | 320 |
13 | 13 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | River States | 17-3-1 | 312 |
14 | 14 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Mid-South | 14-3-2 | 286 |
15 | 15 | Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States | 13-6-1 | 276 |
16 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States | 15-4 | 256 |
17 | 17 | Columbia International (S.C.) | Appalachian | 17-3 | 243 |
18 | 18 | Vanguard (Calif.) | Golden States | 15-4-1 | 217 |
19 | 20 | Florida National | Continental | 9-5-2 | 188 |
20 | 21 | Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian | 15-3-1 | 166 |
21 | 22 | Bethel (Ind.) | Crossroads | 16-5-2 | 160 |
22 | 19 | Lyon (Ark.) | American Midwest | 15-5-1 | 154 |
23 | 22 | Georgia Gwinnett | Continental | 9-6-1 | 149 |
24 | 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | Heart of America | 11-6-2 | 116 |
25 | RV | Northwestern (Iowa) | Great Plains | 16-4-1 | 91 |
Receiving Votes: Warner Pacific (Ore.) 66; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 53; Cumberlands (Ky.) 51; Tennessee Wesleyan 34; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 30; University of Northwestern Ohio 24; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23; Cumberland (Tenn.) 14; William Penn (Iowa) 10; UC Merced (Calif.) 10; Southern Oregon 10; McPherson (Kan.) 8; Hastings (Neb.) 8; LSU Shreveport (La.) 6; Oregon Tech 5; Menlo (Calif.) 3; Southeastern (Fla.) 3; Grace (Ind.) 3