Reinhardt Returns to NAIA Top 25
September 25, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team earned votes in the third regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.
Reinhardt received 54 voting points to make a return visit to the top 25, landing at No. 24.
The Eagles are 2-2 on the year.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
- Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second place, and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [18] | 4-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 4-0 | 401 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 4-0 | 387 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 4-0 | 366 |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-0 | 352 |
| 6 | 6 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 4-0 | 336 |
| 7 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-2 | 310 |
| 8 | 9 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 5-0 | 304 |
| 9 | 10 | Carroll (Mont.) | 4-0 | 300 |
| 10 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-1 | 266 |
| 11 | 15 | Montana Tech | 3-1 | 250 |
| 12 | 7 | College of Idaho | 3-1 | 226 |
| 13 | 14 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 4-0 | 220 |
| 14 | 16 | Dordt (Iowa) | 3-0 | 208 |
| 15 | 17 | Concordia (Mich.) | 3-0 | 198 |
| 16 | 18 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 2-2 | 153 |
| 17 | 23 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2-2 | 137 |
| 18 | 20 | Evangel (Mo.) | 5-0 | 130 |
| 19 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-0 | 123 |
| 20 | 12 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-1 | 117 |
| 21 | 13 | Texas Wesleyan | 3-1 | 97 |
| 22 | 21 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 3-2 | 87 |
| 23 | 24 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 3-1 | 65 |
| 24 | NR | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-2 | 54 |
| 25 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 3-1 | 51 |
Receiving Votes: Montana Western 31; Louisiana Christian 20; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 9; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5; Baker (Kan.) 3