2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1 (August 28)
Kansas City, Mo. – Cumberlands (Ky.) holds the top spot in the first regular season NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Poll with 14 first-place votes. William Carey (Miss.) follows in second receiving two first-place votes. Aquinas (Mich.) squeaked into the top five this week, while Life (Ga.) looks in at No. 6. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) made the largest jump from the preseason poll as they sit at 13th in the nation, and MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) joins the poll at No. 22.
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.) [14] | 3-0-0 | 448 |
| 2 | 2 | William Carey (Miss.) [2] | 1-0-0 | 436 |
| 3 | 4 | Tennessee Southern | 3-0-0 | 420 |
| 4 | 5 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 3-0-0 | 401 |
| 5 | 6 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 1-0-0 | 388 |
| 6 | 9 | Life (Ga.) | 3-0-0 | 365 |
| 7 | 3 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 0-1-0 | 338 |
| 8 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-0-0 | 337 |
| 9 | 10 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-0-0 | 333 |
| 10 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-0-0 | 295 |
| 11 | 11 | Hope International (Calif.) | 0-0-0 | 285 |
| 12 | 7 | John Brown (Ark.) | 1-1-0 | 284 |
| 13 | 22 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 1-0-0 | 272 |
| 14 | 13 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 1-0-0 | 262 |
| 15 | 16 | Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) | 1-0-0 | 237 |
| 16 | 14 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 2-1-0 | 227 |
| 17 | 19 | Marian (Ind.) | 2-1-0 | 192 |
| 18 | 21 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 1-0-0 | 174 |
| 19 | 20 | College of Idaho | 0-0-0 | 165 |
| 20 | 23 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 1-0-0 | 164 |
| 21 | 25 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1-0-0 | 155 |
| 22 | RV | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 2-0-0 | 118 |
| 23 | 17 | Hastings (Neb.) | 0-0-1 | 115 |
| 24 | 15 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 1-2-0 | 93 |
| 25 | 18 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 1-1-0 | 73 |
Dropped From Top 25: Missouri Valley
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 62, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 61, Missouri Valley 46, Northwestern Ohio 37, Georgia Gwinnett 33, Campbellsville (Ky.) 32, Siena Heights (Mich.) 18, Science and Arts (Okla.) 11, UC Merced (Calif.) 11, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 9, Friends (Kan.) 8, Bethel (Ind.) 6, Eastern Oregon 4, Bellevue (Neb.) 3, Carroll (Mont.) 2, Xavier (La.) 2, Taylor (Ind.) 2