2023 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 4 (September 27)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mid-America Christian (Okla.) retains the top spot in the Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating with 17 first place votes. Dalton State (Ga.) stays second and St. Thomas (Fla.) grabs the final first-place vote to sit in third. Grace (Ind.) leapfrogs Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) for fourth. Missouri Baptist and Madonna (Mich.) join the Top 25 this week after receiving votes last time.
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 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [17] | 6-0-2 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 5-0-3 | 477 |
| 3 | 3 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [1] | 6-0-1 | 468 |
| 4 | 5 | Grace (Ind.) | 7-2-0 | 438 |
| 5 | 4 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 6-2-1 | 419 |
| 6 | 6 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 6-0-3 | 413 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-1-1 | 407 |
| 8 | 7 | Bethel (Ind.) | 7-2-1 | 393 |
| 9 | 9 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 5-1-1 | 382 |
| 10 | 10 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 5-1-2 | 357 |
| 11 | 11 | Mobile (Ala.) | 4-2-2 | 330 |
| 12 | 14 | Columbia (Mo.) | 4-1-3 | 315 |
| 13 | 13 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 7-1-0 | 297 |
| 14 | 16 | Florida National | 6-1-1 | 268 |
| 15 | 17 | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-2-3 | 252 |
| 16 | 15 | William Penn (Iowa) | 6-1-3 | 251 |
| 17 | 12 | Georgia Gwinnett | 4-2-3 | 244 |
| 18 | 18 | Life (Ga.) | 4-1-2 | 242 |
| 19 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-1-3 | 219 |
| 20 | 20 | Indiana Wesleyan | 9-1-0 | 217 |
| 21 | 21 | Union (Ky.) | 8-0-0 | 189 |
| 22 | 22 | Missouri Valley | 4-3-0 | 151 |
| 23 | 25 | Concordia (Neb.) | 8-0-1 | 122 |
| 24 | RV | Missouri Baptist | 4-1-3 | 108 |
| 25 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) | 5-2-1 | 67 |
Dropped From Top 25: CIU (S.C.); Central Methodist (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Westcliff 63; Tennessee Wesleyan 54; Southern Oregon 52; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 40; Baker (Kan.) 34; Louisiana Christian 34; Reinhardt (Ga.) 27; Southeastern (Fla.) 20; Faulkner (Ala.) 19; Arizona Christian 9; UC Merced (Calif.) 8; Menlo (Calif.) 3; CIU (S.C.) 3; Thomas (Ga.) 3
