2022-23 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason (August 10, 2022)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tennessee Southern will begin the 2022 season as the No. 1 team in the nation in the preseason edition of the Top 25. The Firehawks earned all 18, first-place votes. Aside from breaking the tie at No. 12 from the postseason edition, every institution remained in the same spot from December of 2021.
Poll Methodology
- The poll 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 ratings) 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 ratings calendar, click here
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason (August 10, 2022)
| RANK | LAST YEAR | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | 2021 RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee Southern [18] | 23-1 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | William Carey (Miss.) | 22-1 | 482 |
| 3 | 3 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 20-2 | 466 |
| 4 | 4 | Oregon Tech | 20-3-1 | 448 |
| 5 | 5 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 18-2-1 | 433 |
| 6 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 16-3 | 421 |
| 7 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 17-5-1 | 398 |
| 8 | 8 | Westmont (Calif.) | 13-2-5 | 386 |
| 9 | 9 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 21-2-1 | 369 |
| 10 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 16-6-2 | 352 |
| 11 | 11 | John Brown (Ark.) | 18-2 | 333 |
| 12 | T12 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 20-2-1 | 318 |
| 13 | T12 | Indiana Wesleyan | 17-4 | 317 |
| 14 | 14 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 13-5 | 289 |
| 15 | 15 | Columbia (Mo.) | 18-4 | 272 |
| 16 | 16 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 14-5-1 | 247 |
| 17 | 17 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 18-3 | 243 |
| 18 | 18 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 13-7-1 | 218 |
| 19 | 19 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 19-4 | 212 |
| 20 | 20 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 15-4 | 185 |
| 21 | 21 | Missouri Valley | 14-6-1 | 177 |
| 22 | 22 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 14-5-1 | 149 |
| 23 | 23 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 13-5 | 137 |
| 24 | 24 | Grace (Ind.) | 15-7-1 | 124 |
| 25 | 25 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 14-6-1 | 120 |
Dropped from Top 25: N/A
Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 67, Science & Arts (Okla.) 57, Georgia Gwinnett 53, Jamestown (N.D.) 48, Hope International (Calif.) 35, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 34, Northwestern Ohio 19, College of Idaho 15, Judson (Ill.) 7, Louisiana Christian 6, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 6, Southern Oregon 4, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 3, Middle Georgia State 3.
