2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason (August 14)
Aug 14, 2024
Kansas City, Mo. — Cumberlands (Ky.), the reigning national champions from a season ago sit atop the 2024 preseason coaches’ poll. The Patriots received 14-of-18 first-place votes. William Carey (Miss.), Runner-up last season received the remaining four first-place votes to kick off their season in second. Spring Arbor (Mich.), Tennessee Southern, and Central Methodist (Mo.) round out the top-5 as a new season of NAIA Women’s Soccer kicks off.
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”.
For the first preseason poll, there is no column referencing the last time, as polls are new and different from the rating system.
RANK
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 Cumberlands (Ky.) [14] 17-1-4 533
2 William Carey (Miss.) [4] 24-0-1 526
3 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 20-1-2 504
4 Tennessee Southern 16-5-3 464
5 Central Methodist (Mo.) 19-3-1 457
6 Aquinas (Mich.) 17-1-4 451
7 John Brown (Ark.) 18-3-1 387
8 Keiser (Fla.) 13-7-2 359
9 Life (Ga.) 15-5-2 358
10 Cumberland (Tenn.) 16-2-3 356
11 Hope International (Calif.) 17-4-2 345
12 Columbia (Mo.) 17-2-1 320
13 Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 18-3-2 280
14 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 17-2-2 271
15 Bethel (Tenn.) 11-4-3 245
16 Indiana Wesleyan 15-3-4 242
17 Hastings (Neb.) 16-3-3 238
18 Benedictine (Kan.) 14-4-5 234
19 Marian (Ind.) 13-4-3 219
20 College of Idaho 18-2-2 201
21 OUAZ (Ariz.) 13-4-2 192
22 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 13-3-3 188
23 Southeastern (Fla.) 11-5-3 178
24 Missouri Valley 15-4-3 157
25 Oklahoma Wesleyan 16-3-3 155
Receiving Votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 72; St. Thomas (Fla.) 71; Northwestern Ohio 51; UC Merced (Calif.) 51; Ottawa (Kan.) 40; Siena Heights (Mich.) 38; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 37; Tennessee Wesleyan 24; Campbellsville (Ky.) 19; Texas A&M Texarkana 17; Xavier (La.) 14; Taylor (Ind.) 14; Bellevue (Neb.) 12; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 11; Carroll (Mont.) 9; Eastern Oregon 8; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 8; Midland (Neb.) 5; Georgia Gwinnett 5; LSU Alexandria (La.) 3