2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 1 (September 6)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the first regular-season edition of the Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, Bethel (Ind.) gathers 17 of the 18 first-place votes, with the other being awarded to St. Thomas (Fla.) who sits in sixth. Dalton State (Ga.) and Mid-America Christian (Okla.) both move up to tie for second, followed by Rio Grande (Ohio) in fourth and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) remaining fifth.
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.) [17] | 4-0-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 4 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 3-0-1 | 465 |
| 2 | 6 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 4-0-0 | 465 |
| 4 | 3 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 1-0-1 | 459 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-1-0 | 429 |
| 6 | 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [1] | 2-0-0 | 424 |
| 7 | 15 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 2-0-1 | 381 |
| 7 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) | 1-2-0 | 381 |
| 9 | 14 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-0-1 | 356 |
| 10 | 9 | William Carey (Miss.) | 2-1-1 | 339 |
| 11 | RV | William Penn (Iowa) | 4-0-1 | 319 |
| 12 | 8 | Georgia Gwinnett | 2-1-1 | 318 |
| 13 | 9 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-2-1 | 306 |
| 14 | 13 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 0-1-1 | 297 |
| 15 | 16 | Grace (Ind.) | 2-2-0 | 289 |
| 16 | 24 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 3-0-0 | 254 |
| 17 | 7 | Missouri Valley | 0-2-0 | 231 |
| 18 | 20 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 2-0-0 | 223 |
| 19 | 21 | Florida National | 4-1-0 | 218 |
| 20 | 23 | Life (Ga.) | 2-1-1 | 160 |
| 21 | 12 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 1-1-0 | 157 |
| 22 | 17 | Madonna (Mich.) | 2-2-0 | 120 |
| 23 | RV | Indiana Wesleyan | 4-0-0 | 108 |
| 24 | RV | Southern Oregon | 3-0-0 | 96 |
| 25 | RV | Columbia International (S.C.) | 2-0-1 | 90 |
Dropped From Top 25: Indiana Tech; Northwestern Ohio; Warner Pacific (Ore.)
Receiving Votes: Westcliff (Calif.) 68; Cumberlands (Ky.) 66; Indiana Tech 64; Concordia (Neb.) 63; WVU Tech (W.Va.) 46; Grand View (Iowa) 42; Vanguard (Calif.) 34; Union (Ky.) 24; Missouri Baptist 23; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 20; LSU Shreveport (La.) 19; Oregon Tech 11; Northwestern Ohio 11; UC Merced (Calif.) 9; Southeastern (Fla.) 8; John Brown (Ark.) 8; Hope International (Calif.) 4; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 4; Louisiana Christian 3; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 3; Ottawa (Kan.) 3
