2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 4 (September 27)
Kansas City, Mo. – William Carey (Miss.) continued to hold the No. 1 spot in the fourth NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating, as Spring Arbor (Mich.) occupied the No. 2 spot for the third straight week. There was some shake-up at No. 4 and No. 5, as Aquinas (Mich.) and Columbia (Mo.) vaulted their way into the top five for the first time this season. St. Thomas (Fla.) also clawed their way into the rankings for the first time this season sitting at No. 25.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated 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 | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [13] | 10-0-0 | 494 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [5] | 8-0-0 | 486 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 7-0-2 | 466 |
| 4 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 6-0-1 | 432 |
| 5 | 8 | Columbia (Mo.) | 5-1-0 | 425 |
| 6 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 7-1-1 | 408 |
| 7 | 9 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 7-1-1 | 402 |
| 8 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 8-0-0 | 381 |
| 9 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-1-2 | 372 |
| 10 | 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 6-1-1 | 366 |
| 11 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-3-1 | 345 |
| 12 | 10 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 7-3-1 | 324 |
| 13 | 15 | John Brown (Ark.) | 6-2-0 | 307 |
| 14 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 3-2-1 | 299 |
| 15 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 7-2-1 | 284 |
| 16 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 9-0-1 | 258 |
| 17 | 17 | College of Idaho | 7-1-1 | 245 |
| 18 | 20 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 3-2-2 | 207 |
| 19 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 7-0-1 | 189 |
| 20 | 21 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-1-3 | 187 |
| 21 | 22 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 5-2-2 | 178 |
| 22 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 7-1-0 | 164 |
| 23 | 24 | Missouri Valley | 4-3-2 | 141 |
| 24 | 18 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-4-1 | 132 |
| 25 | NR | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 5-0-2 | 116 |
Dropped from Top 25: Science and Arts (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Science and Arts (Okla.) 77, Eastern Oregon 58, Bellevue (Neb.) 36, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 24, Louisiana Christian 23, Benedictine (Kan.) 23, Campbellsville (Ky.) 22, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Reinhardt (Ga.) 12, Hope International (Calif.) 11, Midland (Neb.) 11, Northwestern Ohio 3, UC Merced (Calif.) 3
