Milligan, Union Commonwealth Occupy Top 25 Spots
October 23, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) squads have landed in the top 25 of the 2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
Milligan moved up to No. 10, earning 282 voting points.
Union Commonwealth climbed into the top 25, checking in at No. 24 with 85 voting points.
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."
| POSITION | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Dalton State (Ga.) [11] | 12-0-2 | 415 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma Wesleyan [5] | 13-1-0 | 407 |
| 3 | 3 | Mobile (Ala.) | 13-2-1 | 379 |
| 4 | 4 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-1-1 | 365 |
| 5 | 7 | Missouri Valley | 11-1-2 | 362 |
| 6 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 13-1-1 | 361 |
| 7 | 5 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 12-1-2 | 334 |
| 8 | 8 | William Penn (Iowa) | 13-2-1 | 311 |
| 9 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 9-1-1 | 310 |
| 10 | 11 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 10-0-3 | 282 |
| 11 | 13 | Keiser (Fla.) | 7-1-1 | 277 |
| 12 | 15 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 10-1-3 | 255 |
| 12 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-3-0 | 255 |
| 14 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-3-2 | 234 |
| 15 | 9 | Bethel (Ind.) | 10-4-2 | 207 |
| 16 | 17 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 7-3-3 | 196 |
| 17 | 18 | Indiana Tech | 9-1-3 | 186 |
| 18 | 19 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 11-1-2 | 180 |
| 19 | 20 | Madonna (Mich.) | 12-1-3 | 176 |
| 20 | 16 | Columbia (Mo.) | 8-2-4 | 174 |
| 21 | 23 | UC Merced (Calif.) | 8-0-3 | 125 |
| 22 | RV | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 10-2-3 | 94 |
| 23 | 21 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 6-4-4 | 89 |
| 24 | RV | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | 11-1-1 | 85 |
| 25 | 24 | Southern Oregon | 11-3-1 | 59 |
Receiving Votes: Louisiana Christian 43, Central Methodist (Mo.) 42, Clarke (Iowa) 30, Carroll (Mont.) 25, Marian (Ind.) 24, William Woods (Mo.) 24, Life (Ga.) 19, Benedictine (Kan.) 18, Oklahoma City 9, Governors State (Ill.) 9, Grace (Ind.) 6, Rio Grande (Ohio) 6, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 6, Aquinas (Mich.) 5, Huntington (Ind.) 4, Baker (Kan.) 3, John Brown (Ark.) 2, Tennessee Southern 2, Georgia Gwinnett 2