Truett McConnell Maintains Top 15 Presence
August 29, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Truett McConnell is the lone Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team to receive votes in the latest NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced on Wednesday.
Truett McConnell landed at No. 14 with 262 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."
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Cumberlands (Ky.) [14] | 3-0-0 | 448 |
| 2 | 2 | William Carey (Miss.) [2] | 1-0-0 | 436 |
| 3 | 4 | Tennessee Southern | 3-0-0 | 420 |
| 4 | 5 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-0-0 | 401 |
| 5 | 6 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 1-0-0 | 388 |
| 6 | 9 | Life (Ga.) | 3-0-0 | 365 |
| 7 | 3 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 0-1-0 | 338 |
| 8 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-0-0 | 337 |
| 9 | 10 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-0-0 | 333 |
| 10 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-0-0 | 295 |
| 11 | 11 | Hope International (Calif.) | 0-0-0 | 285 |
| 12 | 7 | John Brown (Ark.) | 1-1-0 | 284 |
| 13 | 22 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 1-0-0 | 272 |
| 14 | 13 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 1-0-0 | 262 |
| 15 | 16 | Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) | 1-0-0 | 237 |
| 16 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 2-1-0 | 227 |
| 17 | 19 | Marian (Ind.) | 2-1-0 | 192 |
| 18 | 21 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 1-0-0 | 174 |
| 19 | 20 | College of Idaho | 0-0-0 | 165 |
| 20 | 23 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 1-0-0 | 164 |
| 21 | 25 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1-0-0 | 155 |
| 22 | RV | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 2-0-0 | 118 |
| 23 | 17 | Hastings (Neb.) | 0-0-1 | 115 |
| 24 | 15 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 1-2-0 | 93 |
| 25 | 18 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 1-1-0 | 73 |
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 62, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 61, Missouri Valley 46, Northwestern Ohio 37, Georgia Gwinnett 33, Campbellsville (Ky.) 32, Siena Heights (Mich.) 18, Science and Arts (Okla.) 11, UC Merced (Calif.) 11, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 9, Friends (Kan.) 8, Bethel (Ind.) 6, Eastern Oregon 4, Bellevue (Neb.) 3, Carroll (Mont.) 2, Xavier (La.) 2, Taylor (Ind.) 2