2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 5 (October 4)
Kansas City, Mo. – William Carey (Miss.) continues to hold the No. 1 spot in the fifth NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Rating for the fourth week in a row garnering 13-of-18 first-place votes. Spring Arbor (Mich.) held the No. 2 spot for the fourth straight week earning the remaining five first-place votes. The remainder of the top 5 held strong, while St. Thomas (Fla.) posted the biggest jump, as they moved up eight spots to No. 17.
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 | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [13] | 12-0-0 | 494 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [5] | 10-0-0 | 486 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 8-0-2 | 466 |
| 4 | 4 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 8-0-1 | 438 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 7-1-0 | 437 |
| 6 | 7 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 8-1-1 | 418 |
| 7 | 8 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 10-0-0 | 399 |
| 8 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 8-1-2 | 384 |
| 9 | 10 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 8-1-1 | 358 |
| 10 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 8-1-3 | 356 |
| 11 | 13 | John Brown (Ark.) | 8-2-0 | 343 |
| 12 | 12 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 8-3-1 | 334 |
| 13 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 5-2-1 | 308 |
| 14 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-0-2 | 278 |
| 15 | 15 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 8-2-2 | 276 |
| 16 | 17 | College of Idaho | 9-1-1 | 271 |
| 17 | 25 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 6-1-2 | 226 |
| 18 | 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 4-2-3 | 203 |
| 19 | 11 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-4-2 | 196 |
| 20 | 21 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 7-2-2 | 193 |
| 21 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 9-1-0 | 173 |
| 22 | 20 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-2-3 | 159 |
| 23 | 23 | Missouri Valley | 5-3-2 | 156 |
| 24 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 8-1-1 | 149 |
| 25 | 24 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 4-4-1 | 125 |
Dropped from Top 25: N/A
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 83, Benedictine (Kan.) 39, Campbellsville (Ky.) 32, Louisiana Christian 32, Science & Arts (Okla.) 29, Bellevue (Neb.) 21, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 21, Carroll (Mont.) 15, Reinhardt (Ga.) 12, Jamestown (N.D.) 4, Hope International (Calif.) 3, UC Merced (Calif.) 3, Saint Katherine (Calif.) 3, Bethel (Tenn.) 3
