2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 2 (September 13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bethel (Ind.) continues to lead the table in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating as the Pilots capture all 18 first-place votes. The top seven teams remain unchanged from a week ago, with the lone difference being the tie broken between Mid-America Christian (Okla.) and Dalton State (Ga.). Grand View (Iowa) and Westcliff (Calif.) move into the rankings with a combined 11-0 record.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated 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 rater 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 TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Bethel (Ind.) [18] | 5-0-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 4-0-1 | 478 |
| 3 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 3-0-2 | 462 |
| 4 | 4 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 2-0-1 | 454 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 4-1-0 | 427 |
| 6 | 6 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2-0-1 | 416 |
| 7 | 7 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-0-2 | 406 |
| 8 | 10 | William Carey (Miss.) | 5-1-1 | 392 |
| 9 | 7 | Mobile (Ala.) | 1-2-1 | 352 |
| 10 | 15 | Grace (Ind.) | 4-2-0 | 336 |
| 11 | 12 | Georgia Gwinnett | 3-1-2 | 306 |
| 12 | 14 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1-1-2 | 305 |
| 13 | 16 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-0-0 | 298 |
| 14 | 11 | William Penn (Iowa) | 5-1-1 | 297 |
| 15 | 9 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-1-1 | 292 |
| 16 | 13 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-2-1 | 287 |
| 17 | 19 | Florida National | 6-1-0 | 251 |
| 18 | RV | Grand View (Iowa) | 5-0-0 | 230 |
| 19 | 20 | Life (Ga.) | 2-1-1 | 198 |
| 20 | 25 | CIU (S.C.) | 4-0-1 | 164 |
| 21 | 17 | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 125 |
| 22 | 21 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-2-0 | 124 |
| 23 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 3-2-0 | 123 |
| 24 | RV | Westcliff (Calif.) | 6-0-0 | 113 |
| 25 | 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 2-1-0 | 95 |
Dropped From Top 25: Indiana Wesleyan; Southern Oregon
Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 82; Cumberlands (Ky.) 77; Concordia (Neb.) 67; Indiana Wesleyan 66; Missouri Baptist 48; Vanguard (Calif.) 30; Southeastern (Fla.) 28; Southern Oregon 19; Louisiana Christian 15; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 12; Indiana Tech 8; John Brown (Ark.) 7; Tennessee Wesleyan 7; Arizona Christian 5; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 4; Menlo (Calif.) 4; Faulkner (Ala.) 3
