TMU Remains a Top-25 Fixture; TWU Receives Votes
October 23, 2024
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 continues to be ranked in the top 25, landing at No. 23 with 124 voting points.
Meanwhile, Tennessee Wesleyan enters the fray, having garnered four 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.) [17] | 12-0-0 | 480 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 11-0-0 | 464 |
| 3 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) | 14-1-1 | 448 |
| 4 | 4 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 12-0-0 | 427 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee Southern | 13-1-1 | 421 |
| 6 | 7 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 13-1-1 | 380 |
| 7 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 12-0-3 | 350 |
| 7 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-1 | 350 |
| 9 | 12 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 13-1-0 | 348 |
| 10 | 13 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-2-2 | 336 |
| 11 | 11 | College of Idaho | 10-0-2 | 329 |
| 12 | 6 | Life (Ga.) | 11-3-1 | 311 |
| 13 | 8 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 11-3-0 | 307 |
| 14 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 10-1-1 | 269 |
| 15 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-2-2 | 251 |
| 16 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 9-2-3 | 242 |
| 17 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-4-0 | 219 |
| 18 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 11-3-1 | 212 |
| 19 | 21 | Hope International (Calif.) | 12-1-1 | 192 |
| 20 | 18 | Georgia Gwinnett | 10-5-1 | 182 |
| 21 | 19 | John Brown (Ark.) | 8-5-1 | 156 |
| 22 | 23 | Science and Arts (Okla.) | 12-1-1 | 142 |
| 23 | 22 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 12-1-2 | 124 |
| 24 | 24 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-3-1 | 95 |
| 25 | 25 | Northwestern Ohio | 9-3-3 | 80 |
Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 72, Hastings (Neb.) 50, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 34, Xavier (La.) 27, Clarke (Iowa) 27, Bethel (Tenn.) 20, Taylor (Ind.) 15, The Master's (Calif.) 8, Grace (Ind.) 4, Tennessee Wesleyan 4, Eastern Oregon 3