Ashland Jumps Five Places to #18, Tiffin Makes Season Debut at #23 in the Men's NSCAA D-II Top 25

Ashland Jumps Five Places to #18, Tiffin Makes Season Debut at #23 in the Men's NSCAA D-II Top 25

Kansas City, Kan. -- The second regular season men's National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) top 25 poll has been release, and while the top three spots remained the same, the rest of the poll saw major changes. Other than the top three, no team is ranked the same as last week's poll with seven teams moving into the rankings that were not ranked the previous week.

Ashland University's jumped five places to #18, and Tiffin University made its season debut at #23 to represent the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in the Division II top 25.

The Midwest Region Poll has five GLIAC schools ranked in the top 10. Ashland is ranked #2, Tiffin #3, Northwood University #6, Saginaw Valley State University #7, and Ohio Dominican University #9. The top four teams from the Midwest Region advance to the NCAA Tournament.

 

NSCAA Men's Division II Top 25 

Rank

School 

Previous

W-L-T

1

Northern Kentucky   

1    

4-0-0  

2

Rollins (Fla.)   

2    

3-0-0  

3

Midwestern State (Texas)   

3    

3-0-0  

4

Southern New Hampshire   

16    

3-0-0  

5

Mercyhurst (Pa.)   

15    

4-0-0  

6

Fort Lewis (Colo.)   

18    

4-0-0  

7

Clayton State (Ga.)   

5    

4-1-0  

8

Barry (Fla.)   

10    

4-0-0  

9

Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 

 7    

3-0-0  

10

Cal State Los Angeles   

NR    

3-0-1  

11

Montevallo (Ala.)   

13    

3-0-1  

12

California (Pa.)   

21    

5-0-1  

13

Colorado Mines   

8    

2-1-0  

14

Northeastern State (Okla.)   

NR    

3-0-0  

15

C.W. Post (N.Y.)   

NR    

4-0-0  

16

Saint Leo (Fla.)   

NR    

4-0-0  

17

Regis (Colo.)   

12    

3-0-0  

18

Ashland (Ohio)   

23    

2-1-1  

19

Nortre Dame de Namur (Calif.)

NR    

3-1-0  

20

West Virginia Wesleyan   

6    

2-1-0  

21

Mars Hill (N.C.)   

17    

3-1-0  

22

Texas A&M International   

NR    

3-0-0  

23

Tiffin (Ohio)   

NR    

3-0-1  

23

Cal State Dominguez Hills   

24    

3-0-1  

25

Dowling (N.Y.)   

4    

3-1-0  

 
Also receiving votes: Lynn (Fla.), Simon Fraser (B.C.), Missouri Science & Technology, Lees-McRae (N.C.), Metro State (Colo.), Lock Haven (Pa.)
 

NSCAA Midwest Region Rankings 

Rank

School

W-L-T

1

Northern Kentucky

4-0-0   

2

Ashland (Ohio)

2-1-1   

3

Tiffin (Ohio)

3-0-1   

4

Missouri Science & Technology

3-1-0   

5

Quincy (Ill.)

2-1-1   

6

Northwood (Mich.)

2-0-0   

7

Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)

3-0-0   

8

Bellarmine (Ky.)

3-1-0   

9

Ohio Dominican

1-1-0   

10

Missouri-St. Louis

2-0-2