KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked and another two received votes on the first NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 rating of the 2023 season, released Wednesday by the national office.
After a tremendous 4-0 start to the season, Southern Oregon University moved to No. 24 in the first Poll of the year. Oregon Tech and Warner Pacific University received votes.
The CCC teams are preparing for conference season which will kick off on September 15th.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Bethel (Ind.) [17] |
4-0-1 |
498 |
| 2 |
4 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
3-0-1 |
465 |
| 2 |
6 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
4-0 |
465 |
| 4 |
3 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
1-0-1 |
459 |
| 5 |
5 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
3-1 |
429 |
| 6 |
11 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) [1] |
2-0 |
424 |
| 7 |
15 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
2-0-1 |
381 |
| 7 |
2 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
1-2 |
381 |
| 9 |
14 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
2-0-1 |
356 |
| 10 |
9 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
2-1-1 |
339 |
| 11 |
RV |
William Penn (Iowa) |
4-0-1 |
319 |
| 12 |
8 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
2-1-1 |
318 |
| 13 |
9 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
1-2-1 |
306 |
| 14 |
13 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
0-1-1 |
297 |
| 15 |
16 |
Grace (Ind.) |
2-2 |
289 |
| 16 |
24 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
3-0 |
254 |
| 17 |
7 |
Missouri Valley |
0-2 |
231 |
| 18 |
20 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
2-0 |
223 |
| 19 |
21 |
Florida National |
4-1 |
218 |
| 20 |
23 |
Life (Ga.) |
2-1-1 |
160 |
| 21 |
12 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
1-1 |
157 |
| 22 |
17 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
2-2 |
120 |
| 23 |
RV |
Indiana Wesleyan |
4-0 |
108 |
| 24 |
RV |
Southern Oregon |
3-0 |
96 |
| 25 |
RV |
Columbia International (S.C.) |
2-0-1 |
90 |
Dropped From Top 25: Indiana Tech; Northwestern Ohio; Warner Pacific (Ore.)
Receiving Votes: Westcliff (Calif.) 68; Cumberlands (Ky.) 66; Indiana Tech 64; Concordia (Neb.) 63; WVU Tech (W.Va.) 46; Grand View (Iowa) 42; Vanguard (Calif.) 34; Union (Ky.) 24; Missouri Baptist 23; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 20; LSU Shreveport (La.) 19;
Oregon Tech 11; Northwestern Ohio 11; UC Merced (Calif.) 9; Southeastern (Fla.) 8; John Brown (Ark.) 8; Hope International (Calif.) 4; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 4; Louisiana Christian 3;
Warner Pacific (Ore.) 3; Ottawa (Kan.) 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.