Reinhardt Maintains NAIA Top 25 Presence

October 2, 2023

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

Reinhardt received 55 voting points to hold steady 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]	5-0	418
2	2	Grand View (Iowa)	5-0	401
3	3	Morningside (Iowa)	5-0	387
4	4	Indiana Wesleyan	5-0	368
5	5	Marian (Ind.)	4-0	352
6	6	Bethel (Tenn.)	5-0	339
7	8	Southwestern (Kan.)	5-0	305
8	9	Carroll (Mont.)	5-0	300
9	7	Keiser (Fla.)	2-2	299
10	10	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	4-1	269
11	11	Montana Tech	4-1	260
12	12	College of Idaho	4-1	234
13	15	Concordia (Mich.)	4-0	219
14	14	Dordt (Iowa)	4-0	216
15	16	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	3-2	186
16	17	St. Thomas (Fla.)	3-2	156
17	13	St. Francis (Ill.)	4-1	152
18	18	Evangel (Mo.)	6-0	147
19	20	Georgetown (Ky.)	2-1	113
20	21	Texas Wesleyan	4-1	106
21	22	Benedictine (Kan.)	4-2	86
22	23	Dickinson State (N.D.)	4-1	79
23	19	Cumberlands (Ky.)	4-1	57
24	24	Reinhardt (Ga.)	2-2	55
25	25	OUAZ (Ariz.)	4-1	47

Receiving Votes: Montana Western 32; Louisiana Christian 20; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 11; Baker (Kan.) 6; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5