2022-23 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - September 7th
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the first regular season edition of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, three separate teams split the 18 first-place votes. Central Methodist (Mo.) edges out 2021 National Runner-Up Mobile (Ala.) by just two points, with last year's Red Banner winning Keiser slotting third. Columbia (Mo.) remains fourth in the country with Missouri Valley sliding up one spot into the Top Five.
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.”
- For the complete men’s soccer ratings calendar, click here.
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | CONFERENCE | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [7] | Heart | 3-0-1 | 484 |
| 2 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) [5] | Southern States | 3-0-1 | 482 |
| 3 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [6] | The Sun | 1-0-1 | 474 |
| 4 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest | 1-0-2 | 444 |
| 5 | 6 | Missouri Valley | Heart | 1-0-1 | 440 |
| 6 | 8 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | Sooner | 3-1 | 400 |
| 7 | 9 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Heart | 2-1 | 384 |
| 8 | 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | The Sun | 1-0 | 374 |
| 9 | 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Kansas Collegiate | 1-1-1 | 373 |
| 10 | 15 | Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States | 3-0-1 | 355 |
| 11 | 10 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Golden State | 3-1 | 314 |
| 12 | 23 | Georgia Gwinnett | Continental | 3-0-1 | 302 |
| 13 | 13 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | River States | 3-1 | 299 |
| 14 | 7 | Indiana Tech | Wolverine Hoosier | 0-0-3 | 287 |
| 15 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States | 1-0 | 264 |
| 16 | NR | University of Northwestern Ohio | Wolverine Hoosier | 3-0-1 | 258 |
| 17 | 21 | Bethel (Ind.) | Crossroads | 3-1-1 | 255 |
| 18 | NR | Grace (Ind.) | Crossroads | 3-0-2 | 244 |
| 19 | 19 | Florida National | Continental | 3-0 | 173 |
| 20 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 2-2-1 | 152 |
| 21 | NR | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Chicagoland | 3-1 | 124 |
| 22 | NR | Tennessee Wesleyan | Appalachian | 1-0-2 | 112 |
| 23 | NR | Missouri Baptist | American Midwest | 2-0 | 105 |
| 24 | NR | Life (Ga.) | Southern States | 4-0 | 86 |
| 25 | NR | Corban (Ore.) | Cascade | 4-0 | 76 |
Dropped From Poll: Grand View (Iowa); Milligan (Tenn.); Vanguard (Calif.); Columbia International (S.C.)
Receiving Votes: Grand View (Iowa) 74; Hastings (Neb.) 68; Hope International (Calif.) 64; UC Merced 64; Baker (Kan.) 61; Milligan (Tenn.) 53; LSU Shreveport (La.) 45; Bethel (Tenn.) 32; Indiana Wesleyan 28; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 19; WVU Tech 16; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 10; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 9; Governors State (Ill.) 9; Southeastern (Fla.) 9; Southern Oregon 8; Viterbo (Wis.) 8; Vanguard (Calif.) 8; Midland (Neb.) 3
