Reinhardt Continues to Occupy NAIA Top 25 Spot
September 9, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team earned votes in the preseason edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.
Reinhardt garnered 52 voting points to land at No. 22 in the poll.
The Eagles are 1-1 on the season.
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."
| POSITION | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [14] | 2-0 | 349 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) [2] | 1-0 | 337 |
| 3 | 4 | College of Idaho | 2-0 | 315 |
| 4 | 5 | Grand View (Iowa) | 1-0 | 305 |
| 5 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 2-0 | 298 |
| 6 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 1-0 | 275 |
| 7 | 8 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 2-0 | 261 |
| 8 | 9 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 1-0 | 256 |
| 9 | 11 | Montana Western | 1-0 | 236 |
| 10 | 12 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 1-0 | 215 |
| 11 | 3 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 1-1 | 205 |
| 12 | 19 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 2-0 | 179 |
| 12 | 13 | Dordt (Iowa) | 1-0 | 179 |
| 14 | 10 | Morningside (Iowa) | 1-1 | 167 |
| 15 | 21 | Montana Tech | 2-0 | 156 |
| 16 | 14 | Evangel (Mo.) | 2-0 | 144 |
| 16 | 15 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 2-0 | 144 |
| 18 | 17 | Baker (Kan.) | 1-0 | 115 |
| 19 | NR | Texas Wesleyan | 2-0 | 80 |
| 20 | 23 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 1-0 | 71 |
| 21 | 24 | Friends (Kan.) | 2-0 | 65 |
| 22 | 19 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 1-1 | 52 |
| 23 | RV | Southern Oregon | 1-0 | 49 |
| 24 | 16 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 0-1 | 34 |
| 25 | 20 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 1-1 | 26 |
Receiving Votes: Southwestern (Kan.) 9, St. Francis (Ill.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 5