CLEVELAND, Ga. – Truett McConnell women's soccer comes in as the No. 8 team in the latest NAIA poll on Thursday.
 
Since the NAIA poll on Sept. 16, the Lady Bears have won five-straight games including wins over then ranked No. 22 Georgia Gwinnett and Tennessee Wesleyan, who was receiving votes. They've also defeated Columbia College, Union Commonwealth and Bryan.
 
Ranking at No. 1 and with five first-place votes is Keiser with an 8-0-2 record on the season. Indiana Wesleyan and Benedictine round out the top three, with the latter having three first-place votes.
 
University of the Cumberlands (No. 6), Southeastern (No. 12) and SCAD Savannah (No. 14), which TMU played to start the season, all remain in the top 25 poll. The full rankings can be viewed below.
 
NAIA Women's Soccer Poll (Oct. 1)
1.  Keiser (5)
2. Indiana Wesleyan
3. Benedictine (3)
4. College of Idaho
5. Grace
6. University of the Cumberlands
7. Marian
8. Truett McConnell
9. Embry-Riddle
10. Taylor
11. William Carey
12. Southeastern
13. Clarke
14. SCAD Savannah
15. MidAmerica Nazarene
16. Tennessee Southern
17. Columbia
18. Spring Arbor
19. Lindsey Wilson
20. John Brown
21. Northwestern Ohio
22. Cumberland University
23. Life
24. Oklahoma Wesleyan
25. Our Lady of the Lake