Courtesy: Cumberlands (Ky.) Athletics
Courtesy: Cumberlands (Ky.) Athletics

2024 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2 (September 11)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cumberlands (Ky.) remains at the top of the NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Poll with 16 first-place votes. After a pair of big wins last week, Keiser (Fla.) jumped six spots, to land at second in the nation, receiving the remaining two first-place votes. William Carey (Miss.), Aquinas (Mich.), and Tennessee Southern round out the top five in the second regular season poll of the season, while Campbellsville (Ky.), Missouri Valley, and Georgia Gwinnett joined the poll this week.

Poll Methodology:

  • The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
  • A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
  • The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes for the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 points for third-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.
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 Cumberlands (Ky.) [16] 5-0-0 479
2 8 Keiser (Fla.) [2] 3-0-0 461
3 2 William Carey (Miss.) 4-1-0 437
4 5 Aquinas (Mich.) 3-0-0 419
5 3 Tennessee Southern 5-1-0 413
6 4 Central Methodist (Mo.) 5-0-1 409
7 6 Life (Ga.) 5-0-0 389
8 9 Cumberland (Tenn.) 6-0-0 372
9 7 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 3-1-0 351
10 10 Columbia (Mo.) 4-1-0 305
11 13 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 1-1-2 283
12 12 John Brown (Ark.) 2-2-1 271
13 19 College of Idaho 2-0-1 260
14 21 Oklahoma Wesleyan 2-0-2 251
15 15 Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) 3-2-0 250
16 17 Marian (Ind.) 4-1-1 248
17 16 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 3-1-1 229
18 22 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6-0-0 208
19 11 Hope International (Calif.) 1-1-0 203
20 RV Campbellsville (Ky.) 5-0-0 174
21 14 Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 2-1-1 163
22 18 OUAZ (Ariz.) 2-1-1 154
23 RV Missouri Valley 3-3-0 114
24 RV Georgia Gwinnett 4-1-1 105
25 23 Hastings (Neb.) 3-1-1 68

Dropped From Top 25: Bethel (Tenn.), Southeastern (Fla.), Benedictine (Kan.)

Receiving Votes: Northwestern Ohio 67, Science & Arts (Okla.) 66, Bethel (Tenn.) 60, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 45, UC Merced (Calif.) 30, Southeastern (Fla.) 27, St. Thomas (Fla.) 20, Oregon Tech 9, Bethel (Ind.) 8, Eastern Oregon 7, Xavier (La.) 2, Benedictine (Kan.) 2

Championship Information

NAIA Women's Soccer Championship

42nd ANNUAL
WOMEN'S SOCCER 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 1-8, 2025
Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex
Pensacola, Fla.  

First & Second Round
Nov. 20-22, 2025
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