Milligan, Union Represent AAC in NAIA Men's Soccer Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two 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 remains in the top 5 as it received 423 voting points including two first-place votes, putting it at No. 4
Union Commonwealth also received votes, garnering seven.
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 | T2 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [10] | 3-0-0 | 472 |
| 2 | T2 | Dalton State (Ga.) [8] | 5-0-0 | 467 |
| 3 | 5 | Bethel (Ind.) | 4-0-2 | 433 |
| 4 | 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) [2] | 2-0-1 | 423 |
| 5 | 7 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 6-0-0 | 411 |
| 6 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1-1-0 | 376 |
| 7 | 15 | Indiana Wesleyan | 6-0-0 | 366 |
| 8 | 14 | William Penn (Iowa) | 6-0-1 | 362 |
| 9 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 4-1-1 | 350 |
| 10 | 6 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-1-2 | 330 |
| 11 | T9 | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 309 |
| 12 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-0-1 | 307 |
| 13 | 19 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 6-0-0 | 279 |
| 14 | 11 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 3-0-2 | 277 |
| 15 | 17 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-1-1 | 249 |
| 16 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 2-0-2 | 245 |
| 17 | T9 | Indiana Tech | 1-1-2 | 231 |
| 18 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-1-1 | 199 |
| 19 | 18 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-1-1 | 195 |
| 20 | 13 | Grace (Ind.) | 0-3-2 | 139 |
| 21 | RV | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-1-1 | 124 |
| 22 | 23 | Southern Oregon | 3-1-0 | 78 |
| 23 | RV | Westcliff (Calif.) | 3-1-0 | 77 |
| 24 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 4-1-0 | 62 |
| 25 | 24 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 1-1-2 | 56 |
Receiving Votes: Tennessee Southern 53, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 47, Missouri Baptist 43, Warner Pacific (Ore.) 42, Louisiana Christian 41, Rio Grande (Ohio) 35, William Woods (Mo.) 32, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 30, UC Merced (Calif.) 21, Life (Ga.) 17, Concordia (Neb.) 17, Northwestern Ohio 16, Central Methodist (Mo.) 16, Aquinas (Mich.) 9, Madonna (Mich.) 8, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 7, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 5, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 5, Thomas (Ga.) 4, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, John Brown (Ark.) 3, Midland (Neb.) 2, OUAZ (Ariz.) 2