For the second consecutive week, Butler soccer remained ranked at No. 15 in the NJCAA Top 20 Division I poll.
The Grizzlies (7-3-3 overall, 4-0-1 KJCCC) won their only game of the week - a 3-0 home win on Thursday against Pratt. Since opening the season with three straight losses to ranked competition, Butler has gone 7-0-3 over its last ten contests.
Iowa Western (10-0-1) took over the top spot in the polls, while the previous No. 1 - Darton State, Ga. - lost two consecutive games and plummeted to 12th this week. Iowa Western received 99 votes and four of the five first-place votes, while Tyler, Texas received the other first-place votes and was ranked second. Monroe, N.Y., Eastern Florida State and Otero, Colo., rounded out the top five in the poll.
Hutchinson (8-1-1) was the only other KJCCC team to be ranked this week, as the Blue Dragons held steady at No. 17. Allen County (9-1-2), who tied Butler 0-0 back on Sept. 26 and was ranked 19th last week, dropped out of the poll after losing a 3-2 contest at Richland, Texas.
Butler travels to face Kansas City Kansas on Friday for a 6 p.m. contest. KCK (1-8-0 overall, 1-5-0 KJCCC) is coming off a 4-1 loss at Allen County on Tuesday. The Grizzlies will return home to play Barton (6-5-2 overall, 3-3-1 KJCCC) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex. Barton defeated Cowley 8-0 in conference play on Tuesday.
| 2014 NJCAA TOP 20 SOCCER POLL | ||||
| Oct. 8, 2014 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1. | Iowa Western (4) | 10-0-1 | 99 | 2 |
| 2. | Tyler, TX (1) |
10-0-1 | 95 | 3 |
| 3. | Monroe, NY | 8-1-0 | 91 | 4 |
| 4. | Eastern Florida State | 6-0-0 | 81 | 6 |
| 5. | Otero, CO | 8-1-1 | 80 | 4 |
| 6. | Southwestern Illinois | 9-0-1 | 74 | 7 |
| 7. | Monroe Community, NY |
8-2-1 | 66 | 11 |
| 8. | Pima, AZ | 8-2-2 | 63 | 9 |
| 9. | Cisco, TX | 9-1-0 | 59 | 14 |
| 10. | Lewis & Clark, IL | 13-2-1 | 53 | 12 |
| 11. | Navarro, TX | 6-4-1 | 51 | 8 |
| 12. | Darton State, GA | 8-2-0 | 45 | 1 |
| 13. | Jones County, MS | 11-0-0 | 43 | 10 |
| 14. | Laramie County, WY | 8-3-0 | 40 | 13 |
| 15. | Butler | 7-3-3 | 31 | 15 |
| 16. | Schoolcraft, MI | 8-0-0 | 21 | 16 |
| 17. | Hutchinson | 8-1-1 | 20 | 17 |
| 18. | Parkland, IL | 10-2-0 | 14 | 18 |
| 19. | USU-Eastern Utah | 9-1-2 | 6 | NR |
| 20. | Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa | 5-9-0 | 5 | RV |
Other schools receiving votes: Allen County (9-1-2, 4); Paradise Valley, AZ (9-3-1, 1); Spartanburg Methodist, SC (11-1-0, 1); St. Charles, MO (11-2-0, 1).
Dropped from rankings: Allen County (19), Paradise Valley, AZ (20).
