Reinhardt Returns to NAIA Top 25

September 25, 2023

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

Reinhardt received 54 voting points to make a return visit to the top 25, landing at No. 24.

The Eagles are 2-2 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]	4-0	418
2	2	Grand View (Iowa)	4-0	401
3	3	Morningside (Iowa)	4-0	387
4	4	Indiana Wesleyan	4-0	366
5	5	Marian (Ind.)	3-0	352
6	6	Bethel (Tenn.)	4-0	336
7	8	Keiser (Fla.)	1-2	310
8	9	Southwestern (Kan.)	5-0	304
9	10	Carroll (Mont.)	4-0	300
10	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	3-1	266
11	15	Montana Tech	3-1	250
12	7	College of Idaho	3-1	226
13	14	St. Francis (Ill.)	4-0	220
14	16	Dordt (Iowa)	3-0	208
15	17	Concordia (Mich.)	3-0	198
16	18	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	2-2	153
17	23	St. Thomas (Fla.)	2-2	137
18	20	Evangel (Mo.)	5-0	130
19	19	Cumberlands (Ky.)	4-0	123
20	12	Georgetown (Ky.)	2-1	117
21	13	Texas Wesleyan	3-1	97
22	21	Benedictine (Kan.)	3-2	87
23	24	Dickinson State (N.D.)	3-1	65
24	NR	Reinhardt (Ga.)	2-2	54
25	22	OUAZ (Ariz.)	3-1	51

Receiving Votes: Montana Western 31; Louisiana Christian 20; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 9; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5; Baker (Kan.) 3