Truett McConnell Climbs 2 Spots in NAIA Coaches' Poll
October 9, 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 climbed two spots in this week's poll, landing at No. 22 as it garnered 107 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.) [16] | 10-0-0 | 450 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 8-0-0 | 435 |
| 3 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-1-1 | 418 |
| 4 | 4 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 9-0-0 | 403 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee Southern | 9-1-1 | 392 |
| 6 | 6 | Life (Ga.) | 10-1-0 | 364 |
| 7 | 7 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 10-1-1 | 355 |
| 8 | 8 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 9-2-0 | 342 |
| 9 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 9-0-2 | 334 |
| 10 | 11 | Columbia (Mo.) | 6-1-1 | 298 |
| 11 | 12 | College of Idaho | 7-0-2 | 291 |
| 12 | 16 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 11-0-0 | 289 |
| 13 | 10 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-2-2 | 269 |
| 14 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 8-1-1 | 255 |
| 15 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 6-2-2 | 234 |
| 16 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 8-3-0 | 221 |
| 17 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 8-2-2 | 214 |
| 18 | 18 | Georgia Gwinnett | 7-4-1 | 196 |
| 19 | 19 | John Brown (Ark.) | 6-4-1 | 181 |
| 20 | 22 | Missouri Valley | 8-3-1 | 177 |
| 21 | 21 | Hope International (Calif.) | 8-1-0 | 176 |
| 22 | 24 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 9-1-2 | 107 |
| 23 | 24 | Science and Arts (Okla.) | 9-1-1 | 103 |
| 24 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 9-2-1 | 82 |
| 25 | RV | Northwestern Ohio | 7-3-2 | 73 |
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 65, Hastings (Neb.) 54, The Master's (Calif.) 25, Bethel (Tenn.) 23, Clarke (Iowa) 19, Xavier (La.) 18, Taylor (Ind.) 17, OUAZ (Ariz.) 11, Carroll (Mont.) 8, Grace (Ind.) 7, St. Thomas (Fla.) 5, Texas A&M Texarkana 3