2022-23 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - September 14th
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sporting an unblemished record, Central Methodist (Mo.) is awarded 15 of the 18 first-place votes in this week's NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Mobile (Ala.) remains in the second position with Mid-America Christian (Okla.) and St. Thomas (Fla.) leaping 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 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [15] | Heart | 3-0-1 | 496 |
| 2 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) [3] | Southern States | 3-0-1 | 484 |
| 3 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest | 2-0-2 | 458 |
| 4 | 6 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | Sooner | 5-1-0 | 444 |
| 5 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | The Sun | 2-0-0 | 435 |
| 6 | 5 | Missouri Valley | Heart | 2-1-1 | 407 |
| 7 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | The Sun | 2-0-2 | 403 |
| 8 | 7 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Heart | 3-1-1 | 390 |
| 9 | 10 | Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States | 5-0-2 | 374 |
| 10 | 12 | Georgia Gwinnett | Continental | 5-0-1 | 355 |
| 11 | 16 | University of Northwestern Ohio | Wolverine-Hoosier | 4-0-2 | 339 |
| 12 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | Crossroads | 4-0-3 | 329 |
| 13 | 11 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Golden State | 4-1-1 | 298 |
| 14 | 17 | Bethel (Ind.) | Crossroads | 4-1-1 | 281 |
| 15 | 14 | Indiana Tech | Wolverine-Hoosier | 1-0-3 | 250 |
| 16 | 9 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Kansas Collegiate | 1-3-1 | 242 |
| 17 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 3-2-1 | 239 |
| 18 | 19 | Florida National | Continental | 4-0-0 | 218 |
| 19 | 15 | William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States | 1-1-1 | 184 |
| 20 | 21 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Chicagoland | 5-1-0 | 170 |
| 21 | 22 | Tennessee Wesleyan | Appalachian | 2-0-2 | 164 |
| 22 | 24 | Life (Ga.) | Southern States | 6-0-0 | 159 |
| 23 | 23 | Missouri Baptist | American Midwest | 4-0-0 | 151 |
| 24 | 13 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | River States | 3-2-0 | 149 |
| 25 | 25 | Corban (Ore.) | Cascade | 5-0-0 | 111 |
Dropped From Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 81; Indiana Wesleyan 71; UC Merced (Calif.) 32; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 30; William Penn (Iowa) 26; LSU Shreveport (La.) 16; Viterbo (Wis.) 15; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 14; Hastings (Neb.) 11; Milligan (Tenn.) 10; Southeastern (Fla.) 9; Grand View (Iowa) 9; Hope International (Calif.) 8; WVU Tech 8; Louisiana Christian 7; Baker (Kan.) 6; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 6; Southern Oregon 5; Governors State (Ill.) 4
