TWU joins Union in the NAIA Top 25; Reinhardt Receives Votes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) squads received votes in the sixth regular-season edition of the 2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
Union climbed two spots to check in at No. 15 with 265 voting points.
Tennessee Wesleyan finally cracked the top 25, landing 25th with 97 voting points.
Reinhardt rounds out the group with 13 voting points to fall 10 spots outside the top 25.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions, and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 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 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [14] | 9-0-3 | 494 |
| 2 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) [1] | 7-0-3 | 480 |
| 3 | 3 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [3] | 10-0-1 | 471 |
| 4 | 4 | Grace (Ind.) | 9-2-1 | 442 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 8-2-1 | 430 |
| 6 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-1-1 | 426 |
| 7 | 9 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 9-1-1 | 402 |
| 8 | 7 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 7-1-4 | 376 |
| 9 | 11 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 8-1-3 | 362 |
| 10 | 8 | Bethel (Ind.) | 9-2-2 | 359 |
| 11 | 10 | Mobile (Ala.) | 6-2-2 | 348 |
| 12 | 13 | Florida National | 8-1-2 | 313 |
| 13 | 12 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 9-2-0 | 311 |
| 14 | 14 | William Penn (Iowa) | 8-1-4 | 297 |
| 15 | 17 | Union (Ky.) | 11-0-0 | 265 |
| 16 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 7-3-0 | 240 |
| 17 | 19 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-3-3 | 235 |
| 18 | 15 | Indiana Wesleyan | 10-1-2 | 232 |
| 19 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 5-2-3 | 185 |
| 20 | 22 | Concordia (Neb.) | 11-0-2 | 181 |
| 21 | 16 | Missouri Baptist | 5-2-3 | 177 |
| 22 | 24 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 12-1-0 | 159 |
| 23 | 18 | Columbia (Mo.) | 5-2-4 | 146 |
| 24 | 23 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-3-3 | 131 |
| 25 | RV | Tennessee Wesleyan | 8-2-3 | 97 |
Receiving Votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 64; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 59; Faulkner (Ala.) 37; UC Merced (Calif.) 29; Southern Oregon 28; Louisiana Christian 24; Southeastern (Fla.) 23; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 18; Menlo (Calif.) 16; Reinhardt (Ga.) 13; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 11; Vanguard (Calif.) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 7; Thomas (Ga.) 5; Life (Ga.) 5; John Brown (Ark.) 4; College of Idaho 3