KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked and two receive votes in the 2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
After taking the top spot in the
CCC preseason poll, College of Idaho reached No. 20 as the sole CCC team to appear on the poll. Carroll College and Eastern Oregon University received votes.
The CCC teams are preparing for the conference season which will kick off on September 20th.
| RANK |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) [14] |
17-1-4 |
533 |
| 2 |
William Carey (Miss.) [4] |
24-0-1 |
526 |
| 3 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
20-1-2 |
504 |
| 4 |
Tennessee Southern |
16-5-3 |
464 |
| 5 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
19-3-1 |
457 |
| 6 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
17-1-4 |
451 |
| 7 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
18-3-1 |
387 |
| 8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
13-7-2 |
359 |
| 9 |
Life (Ga.) |
15-5-2 |
358 |
| 10 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
16-2-3 |
356 |
| 11 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
17-4-2 |
345 |
| 12 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
17-2-1 |
320 |
| 13 |
Truett-McConnell (Ga.) |
18-3-2 |
280 |
| 14 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
17-2-2 |
271 |
| 15 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
11-4-3 |
245 |
| 16 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
15-3-4 |
242 |
| 17 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
16-3-3 |
238 |
| 18 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
14-4-5 |
234 |
| 19 |
Marian (Ind.) |
13-4-3 |
219 |
| 20 |
College of Idaho |
18-2-2 |
201 |
| 21 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
13-4-2 |
192 |
| 22 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
13-3-3 |
188 |
| 23 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
11-5-3 |
178 |
| 24 |
Missouri Valley |
15-4-3 |
157 |
| 25 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
16-3-3 |
155 |
Receiving Votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 72; St. Thomas (Fla.) 71; Northwestern Ohio 51; UC Merced (Calif.) 51; Ottawa (Kan.) 40; Siena Heights (Mich.) 38; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 37; Tennessee Wesleyan 24; Campbellsville (Ky.) 19; Texas A&M Texarkana 17; Xavier (La.) 14; Taylor (Ind.) 14; Bellevue (Neb.) 12; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
11; Carroll (Mont.) 9; Eastern Oregon 8; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 8; Midland (Neb.) 5; Georgia Gwinnett 5; LSU Alexandria (La.) 3
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”.
- For the first preseason poll, there is no column referencing the last time, as polls are new and different from the rating system.