Truett McConnell Moves Up in the NAIA Poll; Reinhardt Keeps Picking Up Votes
October 18, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the latest NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
Truett McConnell climbed one spot to No. 20 as it received 188 voting points.
Reinhardt garnered 23 voting points to land seven spots out.
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 | William Carey (Miss.)[17] | 16-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [1] | 12-0-1 | 479 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-0-2 | 469 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 12-1-1 | 447 |
| 5 | 5 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 13-0-1 | 427 |
| 6 | 6 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-1 | 426 |
| 7 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 11-0-2 | 397 |
| 8 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-1-3 | 384 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-1-3 | 366 |
| 10 | 10 | John Brown (Ark.) | 11-2-0 | 365 |
| 11 | 11 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 11-3-2 | 334 |
| 12 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-3-1 | 318 |
| 13 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-0-2 | 311 |
| 14 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 10-2-2 | 290 |
| 15 | 15 | College of Idaho | 12-1-1 | 268 |
| 16 | 15 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 10-1-3 | 261 |
| 17 | 18 | Keiser (Fla.) | 8-4-2 | 236 |
| 18 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-2-2 | 234 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 7-2-4 | 194 |
| 20 | 21 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 11-2-2 | 188 |
| 20 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 8-4-2 | 188 |
| 22 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 10-2-0 | 165 |
| 23 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 11-1-2 | 144 |
| 24 | NR | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 4-5-3 | 107 |
| 25 | NR | Benedictine (Kan.) | 9-2-4 | 106 |
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 85, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 59, Bellevue (Neb.) 56, Georgia Gwinnett 28, Northwestern Ohio 27, Life (Ga.) 24, Reinhardt (Ga.) 23, Hope International (Calif.) 16, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 14, UC Merced (Calif.) 9, Bethel (Tenn.) 5