Kansas City, Mo. – Spring Arbor (Mich.) kicks off the 2023 Women’s Soccer Preseason Top 25 at No. 1 garnering 17 first-place votes. The top five overall teams from the final rating in 2022 remained the same but had some movement as Keiser (Fla.) fell two spots to No. 3, and Cumberlands (Ky.) dropped one spot to No. 4, while Marian (Ind.), and William Carey (Miss.) held strong at No. 2 and No. 5, respectively.
Rating Methodology
- The rating 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 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete rating calendar, click here
2023 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 – Preseason (August 16, 2023)
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 4 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) [17] | 19-1-3 | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) | 21-1-2 | 481 |
| 3 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [1] | 22-1-1 | 464 |
| 4 | 3 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 18-2-3 | 453 |
| 5 | 5 | William Carey (Miss.) | 16-3-2 | 434 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 22-1-1 | 410 |
| 7 | 8 | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 16-5-3 | 403 |
| 8 | 13 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 21-3-1 | 368 |
| 9 | 16 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 17-2-3 | 364 |
| 10 | 7 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 19-3-1 | 363 |
| 11 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 14-4-2 | 331 |
| 12 | 11 | Columbia (Mo.) | 17-3-2 | 320 |
| 13 | 10 | Missouri Valley | 15-3-3 | 317 |
| 14 | 14 | Indiana Wesleyan | 14-4-2 | 293 |
| 15 | 17 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 13-5-1 | 262 |
| 16 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | 17-5-2 | 248 |
| 17 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 14-5-1 | 241 |
| 18 | 19 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 17-3-1 | 195 |
| 19 | RV | College of Idaho | 16-4-2 | 192 |
| 20 | 21 | John Brown (Ark.) | 15-5-0 | 184 |
| 20 | RV | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 12-6-2 | 184 |
| 22 | RV | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 15-6-1 | 173 |
| 23 | 20 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 16-3-1 | 139 |
| 24 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 14-6-0 | 111 |
| 25 | 23 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 15-5-0 | 109 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 99, Jamestown (N.D.) 88, Taylor (Ind.) 75, Bellevue (Neb.) 40, OUAZ (Ariz.) 33, Westcliff (Calif.) 32, Hastings (Neb.) 20, Southern Oregon 15, Georgia Gwinnett 9, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 3.