2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 1 (September 6)
Kansas City, Mo. – Spring Arbor (Mich.) retains the No. 1 spot in the first regular season top 25 rating of the 2023 season, garnering 16 first-place votes. Cumberlands (Ky.) and William Carey (Miss.) each jump up two spots to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively; as three teams join the top 25 this week with No. 21 Hastings (Neb.), No. 22 Georgia Gwinnett, and No. 25 OUAZ (Ariz.).
Rating Methodology
- The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents), 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete rating calendar, click here
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [16] | 3-0-0 | 496 |
| 2 | 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) [1] | 4-0-1 | 473 |
| 3 | 5 | William Carey (Miss.) [1] | 4-0-0 | 464 |
| 4 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) | 4-0-1 | 462 |
| 5 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-0-1 | 434 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 2-0-1 | 417 |
| 7 | 8 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 1-0-1 | 386 |
| 8 | 10 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-1-0 | 376 |
| 9 | 7 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 4-1-1 | 372 |
| 10 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 3-0-0 | 367 |
| 11 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 0-0-0 | 324 |
| 12 | 14 | Indiana Wesleyan | 2-1-2 | 318 |
| 13 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 2-2-1 | 312 |
| 14 | 17 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 4-0-0 | 284 |
| 15 | 15 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 4-0-1 | 277 |
| 16 | 20 | John Brown (Ark.) | 4-0-0 | 273 |
| 17 | 19 | College of Idaho | 2-1-1 | 231 |
| 18 | 25 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 2-1-1 | 220 |
| 19 | 22 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 0-1-2 | 189 |
| 20 | 18 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 0-2-1 | 175 |
| 21 | NR | Hastings (Neb.) | 3-0-0 | 148 |
| 22 | NR | Georgia Gwinnett | 2-1-1 | 140 |
| 23 | 23 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 4-1-0 | 131 |
| 24 | 20 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 1-3-0 | 97 |
| 25 | NR | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 4-1-0 | 87 |
Dropped from Top 25: Grace (Ind.), Missouri Valley, Reinhardt (Ga.)
Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 74, Benedictine (Kan.) 71, Taylor (Ind.) 58, St. Thomas (Fla.) 59, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 47, Grace (Ind.) 44, Missouri Valley 25, Reinhardt (Ga.) 23, Eastern Oregon 18, Hope International (Calif.) 15, Bellevue (Neb.) 10, Bethel (Tenn.) 9, University of Northwestern Ohio 9, Jamestown (N.D.) 6, Louisiana Christian 4
