KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw one team ranked and two receive votes in the first NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 poll of the 2024 season, released Wednesday by the national office.
College of Idaho moved one spot to No. 19 and will play its first counting contest on Friday against No. 6-ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Carroll College and Eastern Oregon University received votes.
2024 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 1
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) [14] |
3-0-0 |
448 |
| 2 |
2 |
William Carey (Miss.) [2] |
1-0-0 |
436 |
| 3 |
4 |
Tennessee Southern |
3-0-0 |
420 |
| 4 |
5 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
3-0-0 |
401 |
| 5 |
6 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
1-0-0 |
388 |
| 6 |
9 |
Life (Ga.) |
3-0-0 |
365 |
| 7 |
3 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
0-1-0 |
338 |
| 8 |
8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
0-0-0 |
337 |
| 9 |
10 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
2-0-0 |
333 |
| 10 |
12 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
2-0-0 |
295 |
| 11 |
11 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
0-0-0 |
285 |
| 12 |
7 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
1-1-0 |
284 |
| 13 |
22 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
1-0-0 |
272 |
| 14 |
13 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
1-0-0 |
262 |
| 15 |
16 |
Indiana Wesleyan (Ind.) |
1-0-0 |
237 |
| 16 |
14 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
2-1-0 |
227 |
| 17 |
19 |
Marian (Ind.) |
2-1-0 |
192 |
| 18 |
21 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
1-0-0 |
174 |
| 19 |
20 |
College of Idaho |
0-0-0 |
165 |
| 20 |
23 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
1-0-0 |
164 |
| 21 |
25 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
1-0-0 |
155 |
| 22 |
RV |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
2-0-0 |
118 |
| 23 |
17 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
0-0-1 |
115 |
| 24 |
15 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
1-2-0 |
93 |
| 25 |
18 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
1-1-0 |
73 |
Dropped From Top 25: Missouri Valley
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 62, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 61, Missouri Valley 46, Northwestern Ohio 37, Georgia Gwinnett 33, Campbellsville (Ky.) 32, Siena Heights (Mich.) 18, Science and Arts (Okla.) 11, UC Merced (Calif.) 11, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 9, Friends (Kan.) 8, Bethel (Ind.) 6,
Eastern Oregon 4, Bellevue (Neb.) 3,
Carroll (Mont.) 2, Xavier (La.) 2, Taylor (Ind.) 2
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.