2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 7 (October 18)
Kansas City, Mo. – The top five remain unchanged in the seventh edition of the NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches' Top 25. William Carey (Miss.) continued to hold their position at No. 1 with 17-of-18 first-place votes, while No. 2 Spring Arbor (Mich.) received one first-place vote this week. The only teams that did not remain at the same rank this week were, Southeastern (Fla.), Truett McConnell (Ga.), Campbellsville (Ky.), and Benedictine (Kan.).
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 | William Carey (Miss.)[17] | 16-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [1] | 12-0-1 | 479 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-0-2 | 469 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 12-1-1 | 447 |
| 5 | 5 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 13-0-1 | 427 |
| 6 | 6 | Columbia (Mo.) | 11-1-1 | 426 |
| 7 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 11-0-2 | 397 |
| 8 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-1-3 | 384 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-1-3 | 366 |
| 10 | 10 | John Brown (Ark.) | 11-2-0 | 365 |
| 11 | 11 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 11-3-2 | 334 |
| 12 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-3-1 | 318 |
| 13 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-0-2 | 311 |
| 14 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 10-2-2 | 290 |
| 15 | 15 | College of Idaho | 12-1-1 | 268 |
| 16 | 15 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 10-1-3 | 261 |
| 17 | 18 | Keiser (Fla.) | 8-4-2 | 236 |
| 18 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-2-2 | 234 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 7-2-4 | 194 |
| 20 | 21 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 11-2-2 | 188 |
| 20 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 8-4-2 | 188 |
| 22 | 22 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 10-2-0 | 165 |
| 23 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 11-1-2 | 144 |
| 24 | NR | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 4-5-3 | 107 |
| 25 | NR | Benedictine (Kan.) | 9-2-4 | 106 |
Dropped from Top 25: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Georgia Gwinnett
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 85, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 59, Bellevue (Neb.) 56, Georgia Gwinnett 28, Northwestern Ohio 27, Life (Ga.) 24, Reinhardt (Ga.) 23, Hope International (Calif.) 16, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 14, UC Merced (Calif.) 9, Bethel (Tenn.) 5
