KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Southeastern moved up one spot in the ninth installment of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 released this afternoon.
The Fire finished the regular season at 10-4-2 and are the No. 2 seed in The Sun Conference Tournament which starts Saturday. Southeastern received a first-round bye and will face either Warner or St. Thomas in Tuesday's semifinal at 7 p.m. at the SEU Soccer Field.
Four Sun Conference teams are in the Top 20 of the poll with regular season champion SCAD at sixth, St. Thomas 17
th, and Keiser 18
th.
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
William Carey (Miss.) [18] |
17-0-0 |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
14-0-2 |
477 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
12-0-3 |
471 |
| 4 |
4 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
15-1-1 |
446 |
| 5 |
5 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
14-1-1 |
433 |
| 6 |
6 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
15-1-2 |
417 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
13-1-4 |
400 |
| 8 |
8 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
14-0-3 |
384 |
| 9 |
9 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
14-2-1 |
364 |
| 10 |
11 |
Marian (Ind.) |
12-2-3 |
351 |
| 11 |
10 |
Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) |
13-3-2 |
342 |
| 12 |
13 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
10-4-2 |
321 |
| 13 |
12 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
12-1-2 |
305 |
| 14 |
14 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
12-2-2 |
297 |
| 15 |
15 |
College of Idaho |
16-1-1 |
272 |
| 16 |
18 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
13-1-3 |
252 |
| 17 |
17 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
12-3-2 |
250 |
| 18 |
16 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
11-5-2 |
228 |
| 19 |
20 |
Missouri Valley |
11-4-2 |
205 |
| 20 |
20 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
14-2-2 |
196 |
| 21 |
23 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
12-2-1 |
163 |
| 22 |
22 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
15-1-2 |
153 |
| 23 |
19 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
9-3-4 |
141 |
| 24 |
24 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
11-3-4 |
110 |
| 25 |
25 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
10-3-4 |
98 |
Dropped from Top 25: N/A
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 83, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 77, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 54, Bellevue (Neb.) 41, Life (Ga.) 39, Campbellsville (Ky.) 29, Hope International (Calif.) 19, Siena Heights (Mich.) 7, Reinhardt (Ga.) 7, UC Merced (Calif.) 7, Tennessee Wesleyan 3, Northwestern Ohio 3