2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 2 (September 13)
Kansas City, Mo. – William Carey (Miss.) takes the top spot in the second NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating of 2023, securing 9-of-18 first-place votes sporting an unblemished 6-0-0 record. Spring Arbor (Mich.) drops to No. 2 while receiving the other nine available first-place votes holding a perfect 4-0-0 record. Rounding out the top 5, Cumberlands (Ky.) slipped one spot to No. 3; while No. 4 Marian (Ind.) and No. 5 Keiser (Fla.) hold strong at their respective ranks from last week.
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 | 3 | William Carey (Miss.) [9] | 6-0-0 | 489 |
| 2 | 1 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [9] | 5-0-0 | 488 |
| 3 | 2 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 5-0-2 | 458 |
| 4 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 6-0-1 | 448 |
| 5 | 5 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-1-1 | 447 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 2-0-1 | 414 |
| 7 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 3-0-1 | 400 |
| 8 | 8 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 4-1-1 | 390 |
| 9 | 10 | Columbia (Mo.) | 4-0-0 | 368 |
| 10 | 9 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 5-2-1 | 351 |
| 11 | 12 | Indiana Wesleyan | 4-1-2 | 338 |
| 12 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 4-0-0 | 320 |
| 13 | 13 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 4-2-1 | 301 |
| 14 | 16 | John Brown (Ark.) | 4-1-0 | 278 |
| 15 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 0-2-0 | 277 |
| 16 | 15 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 6-0-1 | 271 |
| 17 | 17 | College of Idaho | 4-1-1 | 243 |
| 18 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 2-2-1 | 219 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 1-2-2 | 214 |
| 20 | 21 | Hastings (Neb.) | 5-0-0 | 182 |
| 21 | 22 | Georgia Gwinnett | 2-1-2 | 164 |
| 22 | 20 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 0-2-2 | 162 |
| 23 | 25 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 5-1-0 | 133 |
| 24 | 23 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 5-2-0 | 123 |
| 25 | NR | Missouri Valley | 1-3-2 | 69 |
Dropped from Top 25: Campbellsville (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 64, St. Thomas (Fla.) 62, Campbellsville (Ky.) 60, Eastern Oregon 47, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 31, Bellevue (Neb.) 28, University of Northwestern Ohio 18, Taylor (Ind.) 15, Louisiana Christian 14, Hope International (Calif.) 12, Southern Oregon 12, Reinhardt (Ga.) 8, Jamestown (N.D.) 7, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 6, Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 3
