2021 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Postseason (December 16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Coming off the first title in program history, Keiser University (Fla.) is voted the top team in the Coaches' Top 25 Postseason Poll, capturing all 18 first-place votes. National Runner-Up Mobile (Ala.) slots in second, former top ranked Central Methodist (Mo.) drops to third, Columbia (Mo.) leaps six spots into fourth place, and Oklahoma Wesleyan rounds out the Top Five. Florida National and Bethel (Ind.) are in the poll after finishing the regular season on the outside.
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 on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) [18] | 16-3-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 4 | Mobile (Ala.) | 18-3-1 | 481 |
| 3 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 22-1 | 467 |
| 4 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 15-3-3 | 447 |
| 5 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 21-3 | 433 |
| 6 | 7 | Missouri Valley | 17-6 | 412 |
| 7 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 18-1-4 | 406 |
| 8 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 14-7-1 | 376 |
| 9 | 3 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 19-1-1 | 351 |
| 10 | 25 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 13-5-1 | 348 |
| 11 | 5 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 14-1-2 | 335 |
| 12 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 16-3-2 | 311 |
| 13 | 13 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 17-3-1 | 302 |
| 14 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 14-3-2 | 295 |
| 15 | 14 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 13-6-1 | 279 |
| 16 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 15-4 | 233 |
| 17 | 23 | CIU (S.C.) | 17-3 | 230 |
| 18 | 17 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 15-4-1 | 226 |
| 19 | 22 | Lyon (Ark.) | 15-5-1 | 191 |
| 20 | NR | Florida National | 9-5-2 | 178 |
| 21 | 16 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 15-3-1 | 154 |
| 22 | NR | Bethel (Ind.) | 16-5-2 | 124 |
| 22 | 15 | Georgia Gwinnett | 9-6-1 | 124 |
| 24 | 19 | Oregon Tech | 17-1-3 | 116 |
| 25 | 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 11-6-2 | 114 |
Dropped from the poll: Northwestern (Iowa); Cumberland (Tenn.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.) 109; Northwestern (Iowa) 107; Marymount California 79; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 45; William Penn (Iowa) 35; McPherson (Kan.) 30; Tennessee Wesleyan 21; Cumberlands (Ky.) 16; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 15; Hastings (Neb.) 15; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 13; Arizona Christian 7; University of Northwestern Ohio 7
