KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked and another receive votes on the NAIA 2023 Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 rating, released Wednesday by the national office.
After taking the top spot in the
CCC preseason poll, Warner Pacific University reached No. 18 as the sole CCC team to appear on the poll. Southern Oregon University received votes.
The CCC teams are preparing for the conference season which will kick off on September 15th.
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
6 |
Bethel (Ind.) [18] |
24-1-1 |
498 |
| 2 |
4 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
18-4-1 |
482 |
| 3 |
20 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
19-3-3 |
455 |
| 4 |
1 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
16-2-3 |
432 |
| 5 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
13-7-4 |
427 |
| 6 |
2 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
19-2-2 |
423 |
| 7 |
11 |
Missouri Valley |
15-5-1 |
413 |
| 8 |
5 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
14-3-2 |
394 |
| 9 |
10 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
13-3-3 |
359 |
| 9 |
9 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
13-1-3 |
359 |
| 11 |
7 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
11-2-5 |
334 |
| 12 |
3 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
16-1-5 |
326 |
| 13 |
17 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
14-6-3 |
277 |
| 14 |
15 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
15-4-3 |
266 |
| 15 |
8 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
14-4-3 |
251 |
| 16 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
11-3-6 |
236 |
| 17 |
16 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
15-0-6 |
217 |
| 18 |
21 |
Warner Pacific (Ore.) |
19-1-3 |
200 |
| 19 |
22 |
Indiana Tech |
12-3-7 |
173 |
| 20 |
17 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
16-2-3 |
161 |
| 21 |
RV |
Florida National |
11-3-3 |
151 |
| 22 |
23 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
16-2-2 |
150 |
| 23 |
14 |
Life (Ga.) |
14-3-1 |
146 |
| 24 |
RV |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
12-4-3 |
126 |
| 25 |
17 |
Northwestern Ohio |
14-3-4 |
110 |
Dropped From Poll: Corban (Ore.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Williams Baptist (Ark.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberlands (Ky.) 91; Columbia International (S.C.) 87; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 68; LSU Shreveport (La.) 67; Vanguard (Calif.) 45; Indiana Wesleyan 38; WVU Tech (W.Va.) 27; Concordia (Neb.) 27; Missouri Baptist 27; William Penn (Iowa) 18; Milligan (Tenn.) 15; Ottawa (Kan.) 8;
Southern Oregon 7; Cumberland (Tenn.) 3; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 3; Louisiana Christian 3; UC Merced (Calif.) 3; Science & Arts (Okla.) 3
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 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete men’s soccer ratings calendar, click here.