NAIA Preseason Soccer Polls Released

The NAIA Preseason Soccer Polls have been released. On the men’s side, Missouri Valley is 7th, Central Methodist is 12th, and Columbia College is ranked 14th. The women’s poll has CMU ranked 10th, Columbia College 12th, and Missouri Valley 13th. You can find the full NAIA soccer polls with this story at centralmoinfo.com.

2023 NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 – Preseason (August 16, 2023)

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

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

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.