Milligan Climbs to Top of NAIA Men's Soccer Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) squads received votes in the preseason edition of the 2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
Milligan moved up to the top spot after collecting eight first-place votes and 464 voting points.
Union Commonwealth and Tennessee Wesleyan each received votes, garnering 22 and 10, respectively.
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 | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Milligan (Tenn.) [8] | 1-0-0 | 464 |
| T2 | 5 | Dalton State (Ga.) [6] | 3-0-0 | 448 |
| T2 | 3 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [1] | 0-0-0 | 448 |
| 4 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 0-0-0 | 435 |
| 5 | 6 | Bethel (Ind.) | 2-0-1 | 417 |
| 6 | 1 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) [3] | 0-0-2 | 414 |
| 7 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 2-0-0 | 381 |
| 8 | 10 | Mobile (Ala.) | 2-0-0 | 372 |
| T9 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 0-0-0 | 323 |
| T9 | 12 | Missouri Valley | 1-0-0 | 323 |
| 11 | 13 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 1-0-1 | 314 |
| 12 | 11 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-0-0 | 307 |
| 13 | 7 | Grace (Ind.) | 0-1-1 | 284 |
| 14 | 16 | William Penn (Iowa) | 2-0-0 | 283 |
| 15 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 1-0-0 | 235 |
| 16 | 20 | William Carey (Miss.) | 2-0-1 | 230 |
| 17 | 14 | Columbia (Mo.) | 1-1-0 | 229 |
| 18 | 22 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 3-0-0 | 228 |
| 19 | RV | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 3-0-0 | 185 |
| 20 | 24 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 2-0-0 | 168 |
| 21 | 22 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 1-1-0 | 139 |
| 22 | 21 | Florida National | 0-0-0 | 131 |
| 23 | 25 | Southern Oregon | 2-0-0 | 124 |
| 24 | RV | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 0-0-2 | 100 |
| 25 | 18 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 0-1-1 | 89 |
Receiving Votes: Westcliff (Calif.) 80, Louisiana Christian 56, Georgia Gwinnett 48, Missouri Baptist 40, Tennessee Southern 24, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 22, UC Merced (Calif.) 18, Concordia (Neb.) 17, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 17, Tennessee Wesleyan 10, John Brown (Ark.) 7, William Woods (Mo.) 5, Benedictine (Kan.) 3, Warner Pacific (Ore.) 3, Thomas (Ga.) 2