Reinhardt Garners Votes in Latest NAIA Poll
September 18, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team earned votes in the second regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.
Reinhardt received 42 voting points to drop out of the top 25 as it now sits one spot out.
The Eagles are 1-2 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] | 3-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 3-0 | 400 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 3-0 | 387 |
| 4 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 3-0 | 362 |
| 5 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-0 | 350 |
| 6 | 7 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 3-0 | 335 |
| 7 | 8 | College of Idaho | 2-0 | 310 |
| 8 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-2 | 306 |
| 9 | 9 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 2-0 | 297 |
| 10 | 10 | Carroll (Mont.) | 3-0 | 278 |
| 11 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 2-1 | 246 |
| 12 | 12 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-0 | 244 |
| 13 | 13 | Texas Wesleyan | 3-0 | 222 |
| 14 | 17 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 3-0 | 190 |
| 15 | 16 | Montana Tech | 2-1 | 186 |
| 16 | 19 | Dordt (Iowa) | 3-0 | 168 |
| 17 | 21 | Concordia (Mich.) | 3-0 | 166 |
| 18 | 15 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 1-2 | 130 |
| 19 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-0 | 91 |
| 20 | 25 | Evangel (Mo.) | 4-0 | 85 |
| 21 | 20 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 2-2 | 69 |
| 22 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 2-1 | 61 |
| 23 | 23 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 1-2 | 59 |
| 24 | 24 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 2-1 | 54 |
| 25 | 18 | Graceland (Iowa) | 3-1 | 43 |
Receiving Votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 42; Missouri Valley 38; Southeastern (Fla.) 34; Montana Western 23; Louisiana Christian 8; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6