Courtesy: Dalton State (Ga.) Athletics
Courtesy: Dalton State (Ga.) Athletics

2024 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4 (October 9)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dalton State (Ga.) is the new top team in the latest NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll, earning 13 of 16 first-place votes. Oklahoma Wesleyan jumps two spots to second and is awarded three first-place votes. Mobile (Ala.) rises four spots to third while St. Thomas (Fla.) falls to fourth. Bellevue (Neb.) rounds out the top five. 

Poll Methodology:

  • The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
  • A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
  • The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes for the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 points for third-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.
  • 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 2 Dalton State (Ga.) [13] 9-0-1 418
2 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan [3] 9-1-0 402
3 7 Mobile (Ala.) 10-1-1 368
4 1 St. Thomas (Fla.) 7-1-1 367
5 8 Bellevue (Neb.) 9-0-2 354
6 5 Indiana Wesleyan 11-1-0 351
7 10 Missouri Valley 9-1-1 335
8 6 William Penn (Iowa) 11-1-1 330
9 3 Bethel (Ind.) 9-2-2 301
10 9 Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-1-1 290
11 11 Milligan (Tenn.) 7-0-3 278
12 13 William Carey (Miss.) 9-0-2 273
13 17 Keiser (Fla.) 6-1-1 250
14 14 Cumberland (Tenn.) 10-1 248
15 12 Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 8-1-3 239
16 15 Columbia (Mo.) 6-1-2 218
17 18 Bethel (Tenn.) 7-1-3 200
18 16 Indiana Tech 7-1-2 196
19 21 Westcliff (Calif.) 9-1-1 153
20 23 Madonna (Mich.) 9-1-2 133
21 20 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5-4-3 108
22 22 Central Methodist (Mo.) 9-2-1 101
23 RV UC Merced (Calif.) 7-0-2 73
24 24 Southern Oregon 8-2-1 62
25 RV Louisiana Christian 7-1-2 58

Dropped From Top 25: Central Methodist (Mo.), Baker (Kan.)

Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 57, LSU Shreveport (La.) 52, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 49, William Woods (Mo.) 32, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 20, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 18, Huntington (Ind.) 16, John Brown (Ark.) 15, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 15, Baker (Kan.) 11, Carroll (Mont.) 9, Oklahoma City 8, Georgia Gwinnett 7, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 6, Aquinas (Mich.) 4, Governors State (Ill.) 3, Marian (Ind.) 3, Tennessee Southern 2, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 2, Grace (Ind.) 2

Championship Information

men's soccer

67TH ANNUAL
MEN'S SOCCER

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 1 - 8, 2025
Orange Beach Sportsplex
Orange Beach, Alabama

First & Second Round
Nov. 20 - 22, 2025
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