Reinhardt, Pikeville Receive Votes in NAIA Football Poll

The August 19, 2024, NAIA Football Coaches' Poll
August 19, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams earned votes in the preseason edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.

Reinhardt garnered 101 voting points to land at No. 18 in the poll.

Meanwhile, Pikeville received 2 votes to fall five spots outside the top 25.

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 INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] POINTS
1 3 Keiser (Fla.) [14] 349
2 1 Northwestern (Iowa) [2] 337
3 4 Georgetown (Ky.) 310
4 10 College of Idaho 308
5 2 Grand View (Iowa) 291
6 6 Indiana Wesleyan  274
7 5 Marian (Ind.) 253
8 7 Bethel (Tenn.) 245
9 10 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 242
10 10 Morningside (Iowa) 236
11 8 Montana Western 227
12 15 St. Thomas (Fla.) 179
13 14 Dordt (Iowa) 171
14 9 Evangel (Mo.) 159
15 16 Dickinson State (N.D.) 149
16 13 OUAZ (Ariz.) 125
17 20 Baker (Kan.) 107
18 18 Reinhardt (Ga.) 101
19 25 Benedictine (Kan.) 95
20 19 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 88
21 17 Montana Tech 82
22 21 Louisiana Christian 44
23 22 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 32
24 23 Friends (Kan.) 28
24 NR Kansas Wesleyan 28

Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 26; Carroll (Mont.) 21; Concordia (Mich.) 13; Ottawa (Kan.) 2; Pikeville (Ky.) 2