Posted: Oct 23, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team earned votes in the seventh regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Monday.
Reinhardt received 99 voting points, putting it in a tie with Baker (Kan.) at No. 21.
The Eagles are 5-2 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 WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [18] | 8-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 7-0 | 402 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 8-0 | 386 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-0 | 368 |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 7-0 | 355 |
| 6 | 7 | Keiser (Fla.) | 5-2 | 332 |
| 7 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 6-1 | 317 |
| 8 | 9 | College of Idaho | 7-1 | 315 |
| 9 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 5-1 | 281 |
| 10 | 10 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 7-1 | 272 |
| 11 | 6 | Carroll (Mont.) | 6-1 | 249 |
| 12 | 13 | Evangel (Mo.) | 8-0 | 248 |
| 13 | 15 | Montana Western | 6-1 | 244 |
| 14 | 18 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 6-2 | 188 |
| 15 | 17 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-3 | 182 |
| 16 | 19 | Texas Wesleyan | 6-1 | 171 |
| 17 | 21 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 5-3 | 144 |
| 18 | 20 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 6-1 | 131 |
| 19 | 12 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-2 | 129 |
| 20 | 24 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 6-1 | 111 |
| 21 | RV | Baker (Kan.) | 6-1 | 99 |
| 21 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 5-2 | 99 |
| 23 | 16 | Montana Tech | 4-3 | 69 |
| 24 | 14 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 6-2 | 55 |
| 25 | 22 | Dordt (Iowa) | 5-2 | 45 |
Receiving Votes: Friends (Kan.) 16; Louisiana Christian 12; Roosevelt (Ill.) 5; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3; Kansas Wesleyan 3