Milligan Men's Soccer Moves up to No. 10 in Newest NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll

Milligan men's soccer move up to No. 10 in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5, after producing a 2-0-0 record since the previous poll's release

October 23, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) unveiled the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5 on Wednesday morning. Milligan University's men's soccer team improved one spot to No. 10 in the nation. They tallied a total of 282 points in the poll.

Milligan has had just two matches since the previous poll's release, including a 6-0 win at home against Kentucky Christian and a 1-0 shutout over bitter rival Tennessee Wesleyan in Athens, Tenn. They are now one of three remaining undefeated teams in the top 25.

Below is the full poll:

POSITION	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Dalton State (Ga.) [11]	12-0-2	415
2	2	Oklahoma Wesleyan [5]	13-1-0	407
3	3	Mobile (Ala.)	13-2-1	379
4	4	St. Thomas (Fla.)	9-1-1	365
5	7	Missouri Valley	11-1-2	362
6	6	Indiana Wesleyan	13-1-1	361
7	5	Bellevue (Neb.)	12-1-2	334
8	8	William Penn (Iowa)	13-2-1	311
9	10	Cumberlands (Ky.)	9-1-1	310
10	11	Milligan (Tenn.)	10-0-3	282
11	13	Keiser (Fla.)	7-1-1	277
12	15	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	10-1-3	255
12	14	Cumberland (Tenn.)	11-3-0	255
14	12	William Carey (Miss.)	12-3-2	234
15	9	Bethel (Ind.)	10-4-2	207
16	17	Bethel (Tenn.)	7-3-3	196
17	18	Indiana Tech	9-1-3	186
18	19	Westcliff (Calif.)	11-1-2	180
19	20	Madonna (Mich.)	12-1-3	176
20	16	Columbia (Mo.)	8-2-4	174
21	23	UC Merced (Calif.)	8-0-3	125
22	RV	LSU Shreveport (La.)	10-2-3	94
23	21	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	6-4-4	89
24	RV	Union Commonwealth (Ky.)	11-1-1	85
25	24	Southern Oregon	11-3-1	59

Dropped From Top 25: Louisiana Christian, Central Methodist (Mo.)

Receiving Votes: Louisiana Christian 43, Central Methodist (Mo.) 42, Clarke (Iowa) 30, Carroll (Mont.) 25, Marian (Ind.) 24, William Woods (Mo.) 24, Life (Ga.) 19, Benedictine (Kan.) 18, Oklahoma City 9, Governors State (Ill.) 9, Grace (Ind.) 6, Rio Grande (Ohio) 6, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 6, Aquinas (Mich.) 5, Huntington (Ind.) 4, Baker (Kan.) 3, John Brown (Ark.) 2, Tennessee Southern 2, Georgia Gwinnett 2