2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 9 (November 1)
Nov 01, 2023
Kansas City, Mo. – William Carey (Miss.) retained the top spot in the ninth edition of the NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 as it earned all 18 first-place votes. The top nine teams remained the same from a week ago, while Marian (Ind.) and Tennessee Southern flipped. Oklahoma Wesleyan and OUAZ (Ariz.) both climbed two spots this week, rising to No. 16 and No. 21, respectively.
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 | WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [18] | 17-0-0 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 14-0-2 | 477 |
| 3 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 12-0-3 | 471 |
| 4 | 4 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 15-1-1 | 446 |
| 5 | 5 | Columbia (Mo.) | 14-1-1 | 433 |
| 6 | 6 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 15-1-2 | 417 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 13-1-4 | 400 |
| 8 | 8 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 14-0-3 | 384 |
| 9 | 9 | John Brown (Ark.) | 14-2-1 | 364 |
| 10 | 11 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-2-3 | 351 |
| 11 | 10 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 13-3-2 | 342 |
| 12 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 10-4-2 | 321 |
| 13 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 12-1-2 | 305 |
| 14 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 12-2-2 | 297 |
| 15 | 15 | College of Idaho | 16-1-1 | 272 |
| 16 | 18 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 13-1-3 | 252 |
| 17 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 12-3-2 | 250 |
| 18 | 16 | Keiser (Fla.) | 11-5-2 | 228 |
| 19 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 11-4-2 | 205 |
| 20 | 20 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 14-2-2 | 196 |
| 21 | 23 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 12-2-1 | 163 |
| 22 | 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 15-1-2 | 153 |
| 23 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 9-3-4 | 141 |
| 24 | 24 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 11-3-4 | 110 |
| 25 | 25 | Taylor (Ind.) | 10-3-4 | 98 |
Dropped from Top 25: N/A
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 83, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 77, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 54, Bellevue (Neb.) 41, Life (Ga.) 39, Campbellsville (Ky.) 29, Hope International (Calif.) 19, Siena Heights (Mich.) 7, Reinhardt (Ga.) 7, UC Merced (Calif.) 7, Tennessee Wesleyan 3, Northwestern Ohio 3
