Reinhardt Sits Tight in NAIA Poll at No. 23

October 17, 2023

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

Reinhardt received 59 voting points to remain at No. 23.

The Eagles are 4-2 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]	7-0	418
2	2	Grand View (Iowa)	6-0	401
3	3	Morningside (Iowa)	7-0	387
4	4	Indiana Wesleyan	7-0	367
5	5	Marian (Ind.)	6-0	356
6	7	Carroll (Mont.)	6-0	333
7	8	Keiser (Fla.)	4-2	323
8	9	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	5-1	307
9	10	College of Idaho	6-1	289
10	12	Bethel (Tenn.)	6-1	259
11	14	Georgetown (Ky.)	4-1	256
12	10	Concordia (Mich.)	5-1	227
13	15	Evangel (Mo.)	7-0	222
14	6	Southwestern (Kan.)	6-1	202
15	19	Montana Western	5-1	175
16	16	Montana Tech	4-2	170
17	13	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	4-3	148
18	18	Benedictine (Kan.)	5-2	144
19	17	Texas Wesleyan	5-1	143
20	20	Dickinson State (N.D.)	6-1	120
21	21	St. Thomas (Fla.)	4-3	91
22	22	Dordt (Iowa)	5-1	83
23	23	Reinhardt (Ga.)	4-2	59
24	24	OUAZ (Ariz.)	5-1	48
25	NR	Friends (Kan.)	6-1	39

Receiving Votes: Louisiana Christian 34; Baker (Kan.) 24