Richard Bland Ranked Among Top 20 For First Time In Team History
SOUTH PRINCE GEORGE, Va. -- Richard Bland College has been ranked No. 19 in this week's NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer Poll, as released Tuesday afternoon. It's the first time that the Statesmen have been ranked among the Top 20 in the five-year history of the program. Richard Bland is currently 5-0 overall, including 4-0 in Region X, while enjoying its best-ever start to a season. The Statesmen are scheduled to play on the road today (Wednesday, September 12, 4 p.m.) with a Region X match at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Richard Bland is the only Region X team in the rankings this week, and moved up into the Top 20 after receiving votes in last week's first regular season poll. Monroe (N.Y.) College (5-0) is ranked No. 1 in this week's poll, after being ranked No. 2 last week. The complete week two poll is below.
| Rank | College | State | Record | Points | Prev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monroe College | NY | 5-0-0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2 | Daytona State | FL | 3-0-0 | 19 | 3 |
| 3 | Yavapai | AZ | 6-0-1 | 18 | 8 |
| 4 | Eastern Florida State | FL | 3-1-0 | 17 | 4 |
| 5 | Tyler | TX | 4-1-0 | 16 | 1 |
| 6 | St. Louis | MO | 7-0-0 | 15 | 6 |
| 7 | Phoenix | AZ | 5-0-1 | 14 | 7 |
| 8 | Iowa Western | IA | 2-0-1 | 13 | 9 |
| 9 | Ancilla | IN | 3-0-0 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | Schoolcraft | MI | 4-0-0 | 11 | 12 |
| 11 | Indian Hills | IA | 5-1-0 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | Pima | AZ | 5-1-1 | 9 | 15 |
| 13 | Marshalltown | IA | 3-0-0 | 8 | 13 |
| 14 | Barton | KS | 5-1-0 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | Arizona Western | AZ | 3-0-2 | 6 | 18 |
| 16 | Salt Lake | UT | 4-1-1 | 5 | NR |
| 17 | Lewis & Clark | IL | 4-0-0 | 4 | 19 |
| 18 | Mercer County | NJ | 5-1-0 | 3 | 10 |
| 19 | Richard Bland | VA | 5-0-0 | 2 | RV |
| 20 | Southern Nevada | NV | 2-0-1 | 1 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes
| College | State | Record | Points | Prev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broward | FL | 1-0-0 | 0.0 | RV | |
| CCBC Essex | MD | 2-1-0 | 0.0 | RV | |
| Cloud County | KS | 3-1-0 | 0.0 | RV | |
| East Central (MO) | MO | 5-1-0 | 0.0 | NR | |
| Harcum | PA | 3-1-0 | 0.0 | RV | |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast | MS | 4-1-0 | 0.0 | RV | |
| Neosho County | KS | 5-0-0 | 0.0 | NR | |
| Trinidad State | CO | 5-2-0 | 0.0 | RV |