Reinhardt Continues to Occupy NAIA Top 25 Spot

NAIA Football Coaches' Poll was released on Monday, Sept. 9

September 9, 2024

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

Reinhardt garnered 52 voting points to land at No. 22 in the poll.

The Eagles are 1-1 on the season.

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."

POSITION	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Keiser (Fla.) [14]	2-0	349
2	2	Northwestern (Iowa) [2]	1-0	337
3	4	College of Idaho	2-0	315
4	5	Grand View (Iowa)	1-0	305
5	6	Indiana Wesleyan	2-0	298
6	7	Marian (Ind.)	1-0	275
7	8	Bethel (Tenn.)	2-0	261
8	9	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	1-0	256
9	11	Montana Western	1-0	236
10	12	St. Thomas (Fla.)	1-0	215
11	3	Georgetown (Ky.)	1-1	205
12	19	Benedictine (Kan.)	2-0	179
12	13	Dordt (Iowa)	1-0	179
14	10	Morningside (Iowa)	1-1	167
15	21	Montana Tech	2-0	156
16	14	Evangel (Mo.)	2-0	144
16	15	Dickinson State (N.D.)	2-0	144
18	17	Baker (Kan.)	1-0	115
19	NR	Texas Wesleyan	2-0	80
20	23	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	1-0	71
21	24	Friends (Kan.)	2-0	65
22	19	Reinhardt (Ga.)	1-1	52
23	RV	Southern Oregon	1-0	49
24	16	OUAZ (Ariz.)	0-1	34
25	20	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	1-1	26

Receiving Votes: Southwestern (Kan.) 9, St. Francis (Ill.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 5