Posted: Nov 01, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the latest NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
For the third week in a row, Truett McConnell sits at No. 20 as it received 196 voting points.
Reinhardt received seven voting points, while Tennessee Wesleyan picked up three.
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 | WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [18] | 17-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 14-0-2 | 477 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 12-0-3 | 471 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 15-1-1 | 446 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 14-1-1 | 433 |
| 6 | 6 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 15-1-2 | 417 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 13-1-4 | 400 |
| 8 | 8 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 14-0-3 | 384 |
| 9 | 9 | John Brown (Ark.) | 14-2-1 | 364 |
| 10 | 11 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-2-3 | 351 |
| 11 | 10 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 13-3-2 | 342 |
| 12 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 10-4-2 | 321 |
| 13 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 12-1-2 | 305 |
| 14 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 12-2-2 | 297 |
| 15 | 15 | College of Idaho | 16-1-1 | 272 |
| 16 | 18 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 13-1-3 | 252 |
| 17 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 12-3-2 | 250 |
| 18 | 16 | Keiser (Fla.) | 11-5-2 | 228 |
| 19 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 11-4-2 | 205 |
| 20 | 20 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 14-2-2 | 196 |
| 21 | 23 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 12-2-1 | 163 |
| 22 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 15-1-2 | 153 |
| 23 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 9-3-4 | 141 |
| 24 | 24 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 11-3-4 | 110 |
| 25 | 25 | Taylor (Ind.) | 10-3-4 | 98 |
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 83, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 77, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 54, Bellevue (Neb.) 41, Life (Ga.) 39, Campbellsville (Ky.) 29, Hope International (Calif.) 19, Siena Heights (Mich.) 7, Reinhardt (Ga.) 7, UC Merced (Calif.) 7, Tennessee Wesleyan 3, Northwestern Ohio 3