Rating Methodology

  • The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
  • The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater 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 appear on.
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 2 Mid-America Christian (Okla.) [18] 6-0-1 498
2 3 Dalton State (Ga.) 3-0-3 468
3 6 St. Thomas (Fla.) 4-0-1 461
4 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5-2 431
5 10 Grace (Ind.) 5-2 420
6 7 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5-0-2 417
7 8 William Carey (Miss.) 7-1-1 409
7 1 Bethel (Ind.) 5-2-1 409
9 4 Rio Grande (Ohio) 3-1-1 385
10 12 Oklahoma Wesleyan 3-1-2 337
11 9 Mobile (Ala.) 2-2-2 330
12 11 Georgia Gwinnett 4-1-2 320
13 13 Bethel (Tenn.) 6-1 293
14 15 Columbia (Mo.) 2-1-2 269
15 14 William Penn (Iowa) 5-1-2 266
16 17 Florida National 6-1 251
17 16 Keiser (Fla.) 1-2-2 249
18 19 Life (Ga.) 2-1-2 233
19 RV Cumberlands (Ky.) 3-1-2 197
20 RV Indiana Wesleyan 7-1 195
21 RV Union (Ky.) 6-0 185
22 21 Missouri Valley 2-3 146
23 20 CIU (S.C.) 5-0-2 134
24 22 Central Methodist (Mo.) 3-2-2 106
25 RV Concordia (Neb.) 7-0 96

Dropped From Top 25: Grand View (Iowa); Madonna (Mich.); Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Westcliff (Calif.)

Receiving Votes: Madonna (Mich.) 79; Missouri Baptist 75; UC Merced (Calif.) 58; Southeastern (Fla.) 37; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 35; Grand View (Iowa) 34; Southern Oregon 30; Arizona Christian 21; Louisiana Christian 14; Faulkner (Ala.) 8; Westcliff (Calif.) 7; Tennessee Wesleyan 3; Florida Memorial 3; Menlo (Calif.) 3; Campbellsville (Ky.) 3