Posted: Oct 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