For the second straight week, the Butler women's soccer team remained ranked eighth in the NJCAA Top 20 Division I poll, which was released Wednesday.
Butler (9-2-0 overall, 4-0-0 conference) received 64 votes in this week's poll after picking up a pair of conference victories over the weekend. The Grizzlies defeated Garden City 10-1 Friday night, then knocked off No. 20 Johnson County by a 2-1 score in overtime on Sunday.
For the fourth straight week, Paradise Valley (AZ) remained atop the poll at No. 1, while Laramie County and Iowa Western swapped spots at 2 and 3. Navarro (Texas) stayed at No. 4 and Tyler (Texas) moved up one spot to No. 5 to round out the top five. With the win against Johnson on Sunday, Butler is now 2-2 against ranked teams.
Other KJCCC schools featured in the national poll are Barton (12th), Johnson County (16th) and Coffeyville (20th).
Butler travels to Great Bend on Friday for a key conference game against No. 12 Barton (8-2-0 overall, 8-0-0 conference) at 4 p.m., as both the Grizzlies and Cougars are the only remaining undefeated teams in KJCCC conference play. On Sunday, the Grizzlies will host Neosho County (2-7-1, 1-5-1) at 7 p.m. at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex.
| NJCAA Top 20 National Poll | October 2, 2013 | |||||
| Rank | College | Record | Points | 1st place votes |
Previous Rank |
| 1. | Paradise Valley, Ariz. | 11-0-0 | 100 | 5 | 1 |
| 2. | Iowa Western |
7-1-0 | 95 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | Laramie County, Wyo. |
10-1-1 | 89 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | Navarro, Texas |
8-2-0 | 86 | 0 | 4 |
| 5. | Tyler, Texas |
9-2-0 | 79 | 0 | 6 |
| 6. | Lewis & Clark, Ill. |
11-0-0 | 73 | 0 | 7 |
| 7. | Georgia Perimeter |
7-0-0 | 69 | 0 | NR |
| 8. | Butler |
9-2-0 | 64 | 0 | 8 |
| 9. | Darton State, Ga. |
10-1-0 | 60 | 0 | 12 |
| 10. | Jones County, Miss. |
9-0-0 | 50 | 0 | 13 |
| 11. | Schoolcraft, Mich. |
9-0-0 | 49 | 0 | 14 |
| 12. | Barton |
8-2-0 | 40 | 0 | 16 |
| 13. | Louisburg, N.C. |
11-1-0 | 32 | 0 | NR |
| 14. | Iowa Central |
7-1-1 | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 15. | Cisco, Texas |
7-3-0 | 21 | 0 | 15 |
| 16. | Johnson County |
9-2-0 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 17. | Iowa Lakes |
9-2-1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 18. | Harford, Md. |
8-2-0 | 17 | 0 | NR |
| 19. | Monroe, N.Y. |
7-0-0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 20. | Coffeyville |
10-1-0 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
Dropped from rankings: Monroe Community, N.Y. (5); Eastern Florida State (11); Cape Fear, N.C. (17).
