Milligan, Union Garner Votes in NAIA Coaches' 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 | 1 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [11] | 6-0-0 | 473 |
| 2 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) [7] | 7-0-0 | 470 |
| 3 | 3 | Bethel (Ind.) | 7-0-2 | 446 |
| 4 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 5-1-0 | 415 |
| 5 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 8-0-0 | 413 |
| 6 | 8 | William Penn (Iowa) | 9-0-1 | 393 |
| 7 | 9 | Mobile (Ala.) | 6-1-1 | 371 |
| 8 | 5 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 6-0-2 | 354 |
| 9 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 7-0-1 | 349 |
| 10 | 11 | Missouri Valley | 6-1-1 | 335 |
| 11 | 4 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 4-0-3 | 330 |
| 12 | 14 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 5-1-2 | 285 |
| 13 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 5-0-2 | 283 |
| 14 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 8-1-0 | 268 |
| 15 | 15 | Columbia (Mo.) | 4-1-2 | 260 |
| 16 | 17 | Indiana Tech | 4-1-2 | 225 |
| 17 | 18 | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-1-1 | 223 |
| 18 | 19 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-1-3 | 181 |
| 19 | 24 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 9-1-0 | 177 |
| 20 | 10 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-3-3 | 171 |
| 21 | 23 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 5-1-1 | 136 |
| 22 | RV | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 8-1-0 | 89 |
| 23 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) | 5-1-2 | 80 |
| 24 | 22 | Southern Oregon | 5-2-0 | 79 |
| 25 | NR | Baker (Kan.) | 7-2-0 | 61 |
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 55, Georgia Gwinnett 51, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 46, Grace (Ind.) 34, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 34, William Woods (Mo.) 33, LSU Shreveport (La.) 30, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 27, Louisiana Christian 26, Life (Ga.) 21, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 20, Warner Pacific (Ore.) 17, College of Idaho 10, Oklahoma City 8, Marian (Ind.) 8, John Brown (Ark.) 7, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 5, Tennessee Southern 5, Thomas (Fla.) 4, Concordia (Neb.) 3, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 2