Reinhardt, Bluefield Appear in NAIA Preseason Football Poll
August 21, 2023
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 286 voting points to land at No. 10 in the poll.
Meanwhile, Bluefield received 13 votes to fall four 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 | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Northwestern (Iowa) [17] | 13-1 | 418 |
| 2 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 10-4 | 383 |
| 3 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 13-1 | 379 |
| 4 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) | 11-1 | 375 |
| 5 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-2 | 340 |
| 6 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-2 | 335 |
| 7 | 6 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 11-2 | 317 |
| 8 | 4 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 13-1 | 311 |
| 9 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-2 | 294 |
| 10 | 9 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-2 | 286 |
| 11 | 10 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 9-2 | 238 |
| 12 | 18 | College of Idaho | 8-2 | 237 |
| 13 | 11 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 9-3 | 231 |
| 14 | 15 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-2 | 209 |
| 15 | 16 | Carroll (Mont.) | 8-3 | 144 |
| 16 | 24 | Montana Tech | 7-3 | 130 |
| 17 | 19 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 7-2 | 125 |
| 18 | 13 | Avila (Mo.) | 10-2 | 122 |
| 19 | 17 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-3 | 118 |
| 20 | NR | Kansas Wesleyan | 8-3 | 115 |
| 21 | 22 | Texas Wesleyan | 9-2 | 113 |
| 21 | 21 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 7-3 | 113 |
| 23 | 14 | Bethel (Kan.) | 9-1 | 75 |
| 24 | 23 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 7-3 | 70 |
| 25 | 25 | Dordt (Iowa) | 7-3 | 33 |
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian 30; Evangel (Mo.) 23; Concordia (Mich.) 20; Bluefield (Va.) 13; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10; Montana Western 6; Southeastern (Fla.) 4; Louisiana Christian 3