Reinhardt Sits Tight in NAIA Poll at No. 23

Reinhardt Sits Tight in NAIA Poll at No. 23
October 17, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team earned votes in the fifth regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.

Reinhardt received 59 voting points to remain at No. 23.

The Eagles are 4-2 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] 7-0 418
2 2 Grand View (Iowa)  6-0 401
3 3 Morningside (Iowa) 7-0 387
4 4 Indiana Wesleyan 7-0 367
5 5 Marian (Ind.) 6-0 356
6 7 Carroll (Mont.) 6-0 333
7 8 Keiser (Fla.) 4-2 323
8 9 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5-1 307
9 10 College of Idaho 6-1 289
10 12 Bethel (Tenn.) 6-1 259
11 14 Georgetown (Ky.) 4-1 256
12 10 Concordia (Mich.) 5-1 227
13 15 Evangel (Mo.) 7-0 222
14 6 Southwestern (Kan.) 6-1 202
15 19 Montana Western 5-1 175
16 16 Montana Tech 4-2 170
17 13 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 4-3 148
18 18 Benedictine (Kan.) 5-2 144
19 17 Texas Wesleyan 5-1 143
20 20 Dickinson State (N.D.) 6-1 120
21 21 St. Thomas (Fla.) 4-3 91
22 22 Dordt (Iowa) 5-1 83
23 23 Reinhardt (Ga.) 4-2 59
24 24 OUAZ (Ariz.) 5-1 48
25 NR Friends (Kan.) 6-1 39

Receiving Votes: Louisiana Christian 34; Baker (Kan.) 24