NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament Qualifiers Begin the Quest to Orange Beach

Nov 14, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The journey to Orange Beach, Ala., begins now as 40 teams have punched their ticket to the First and Second Rounds of the 2025 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament, taking place on Thursday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 22, at campus sites across the nation. Teams that advance out of those rounds will pack their bags and head to Orange Beach, where final site action will commence on December 1 and continue through December 8, until one team stands alone and is crowned a champion.

Last season’s champion, Dalton State (Ga.), will face Warner Pacific (Ore.) in the first round of the West Palm Beach bracket, with fourth-seeded Keiser (Fla.) awaiting the winner on Saturday.

The Heart of America Athletic Conference, Mid-South Conference, Cascade Collegiate Conference, and Southern States Athletic Conference each have four institutions represented in the national tournament field. The most common mascot among participating teams is the Wildcats, appearing four times.

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) makes its 32nd appearance in the national tournament, while Rio Grande (Ohio) will enter the field for the 25th time. La Sierra (Calif.) and Faulkner (Ala.) make their first-ever appearance, while Harris-Stowe (Mo.) qualifies for the first time in 25 years.

Select first-and second-round games across the nation will be broadcast for free on the Urban Edge Network (UEN); others will be streamed on the host institutions’ designated or traditional broadcast partner. All first and second-round streams are produced by the host institution.

Championship Bracket

Watch the Field Reveal on YouTube

INSTITUTION	CONFERENCE	HOW THEY QUALIFIED:
Baker (Kan.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
Bethel (Ind.)	Crossroads League	Tournament Champion
Bethel (Tenn.)	Mid-South Conference	Tournament Champion
Carroll (Mont.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At Large
Concordia (Neb.)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
Dalton State (Ga.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	At-Large
Eastern Oregon	Cascade Collegiate Conference	Regular-Season Champion
Faulkner (Ala.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	At-Large
Georgia Gwinnett	Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)	Tournament Champion
Grace (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
Grand View (Iowa)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
Harris-Stowe (Mo.)	American Midwest Conference	Tournament Champion
Indiana Tech	Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads League	At-Large
John Brown (Ark.)	Sooner Athletic Conference	At-Large
Keiser (Fla.)	The Sun Conference	Tournament Champion
La Sierra (Calif.)	Great Southwest Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Life (Ga.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
LSU Alexandria (La.)	Red River Athletic Conference	At-Large
LSU Shreveport (La.)	Red River Athletic Conference	At-Large
Madonna (Mich.)	Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Milligan (Tenn.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up
Oklahoma City	Sooner Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Oklahoma Wesleyan	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Ottawa (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Regular Season Runner-Up
Rio Grande (Ohio)	River States Conference	At-Large
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	At-Large
Union Commonwealth (Ky.)	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion
Warner Pacific (Ore.)	Cascade Collegiate Conference	Tournament Champion
Westcliff (Calif.)	California Pacific Conference	Tournament Champion
Wiley (Texas)	HBCU Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
William Carey (Miss.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	At-Large
William Penn (Iowa)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
WVU Tech (W.Va.)	River States Conference	Tournament Champion
Xavier (La.)	Red River Athletic Conference	Regular-Season Champion


<table class="table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rank</th>
      <th>University</th>
      <th>Points</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr><td>1</td><td>Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.)</td><td>504</td></tr>
    <tr><td>2</td><td>MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)</td><td>485</td></tr>
    <tr><td>3</td><td>Keiser University (Fla.)</td><td>456</td></tr>
    <tr><td>4</td><td>Bethel University (Ind.)</td><td>455</td></tr>
    <tr><td>5</td><td>Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)</td><td>407</td></tr>
    <tr><td>6</td><td>University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)</td><td>397</td></tr>
    <tr><td>7</td><td>Louisiana State University Shreveport (La.)</td><td>374</td></tr>
    <tr><td>8</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.)</td><td>364</td></tr>
    <tr><td>9</td><td>William Carey University (Miss.)</td><td>354</td></tr>
    <tr><td>10</td><td>Life University (Ga.)</td><td>351</td></tr>
    <tr><td>11</td><td>Cumberland University (Tenn.)</td><td>318</td></tr>
    <tr><td>12</td><td>Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.)</td><td>317</td></tr>
    <tr><td>13</td><td>Grand View University (Iowa)</td><td>281</td></tr>
    <tr><td>14</td><td>Bethel University (Tenn.)</td><td>270</td></tr>
    <tr><td>15</td><td>Madonna University (Mich.)</td><td>262</td></tr>
    <tr><td>16</td><td>William Penn University (Iowa)</td><td>244</td></tr>
    <tr><td>17</td><td>Indiana Tech (Ind.)</td><td>229</td></tr>
    <tr><td>18</td><td>West Virginia University Institute of Technology (W.Va.)</td><td>215</td></tr>
    <tr><td>19</td><td>Dalton State College (Ga.)</td><td>167</td></tr>
    <tr><td>20</td><td>Grace College (Ind.)</td><td>147</td></tr>
    <tr><td>21</td><td>Ottawa University (Kan.)</td><td>118</td></tr>
    <tr><td>22</td><td>Xavier University (La.)</td><td>108</td></tr>
    <tr><td>23</td><td>Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)</td><td>89</td></tr>
    <tr><td>24</td><td>Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)</td><td>75</td></tr>
    <tr><td>25</td><td>University of Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)</td><td>74</td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament Qualifiers Begin the Quest to Orange Beach

NAIA Men’s Soccer National Tournament Qualifiers Begin the Quest to Orange Beach

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