Courtesy: St. Thomas (Fla.) Athletics
Courtesy: St. Thomas (Fla.) Athletics

2024 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3 (September 25)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The third regular season edition of the NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll sees St. Thomas (Fla.) remain the leader with 11 first-place votes. Second place Dalton State (Ga.) receives the other seven followed by Bethel (Ind.) who stayed third. Oklahoma Wesleyan and Indiana Wesleyan round out the top five at fourth and fifth. 

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”.
RANK LAST TIME INSITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 St. Thomas (Fla.) [11] 6-0-0 473
2 2 Dalton State (Ga.) [7] 7-0-0 470
3 3 Bethel (Ind.) 7-0-2 446
4 6 Oklahoma Wesleyan 5-1-0 415
5 7 Indiana Wesleyan 8-0-0 413
6 8 William Penn (Iowa) 9-0-1 393
7 9 Mobile (Ala.) 6-1-1 371
8 5 Bellevue (Neb.) 6-0-2 354
9 12 Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-0-1 349
10 11 Missouri Valley 6-1-1 335
11 4 Milligan (Tenn.) 4-0-3 330
12 14 Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 5-1-2 285
13 16 William Carey (Miss.) 5-0-2 283
14 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) 8-1-0 268
15 15 Columbia (Mo.) 4-1-2 260
16 17 Indiana Tech 4-1-2 225
17 18 Keiser (Fla.) 3-1-1 223
18 19 Bethel (Tenn.) 5-1-3 181
19 24 Benedictine (Kan.) 9-1-0 177
20 10 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 3-3-3 171
21 23 Westcliff (Calif.) 5-1-1 136
22 RV Central Methodist (Mo.) 8-1-0 89
23 RV Madonna (Mich.) 5-1-2 80
24 22 Southern Oregon 5-2-0 79
25 NR Baker (Kan.) 7-2-0 61

Dropped From Top 25: Grace (Ind.), Georgia Gwinnett, LSU Shreveport (La.)

Receiving Votes: UC Merced (Calif.) 55, Georgia Gwinnett 51, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 46, Grace (Ind.) 34, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 34, William Woods (Mo.) 33, LSU Shreveport (La.) 30, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 27, Louisiana Christian 26, Life (Ga.) 21, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 20, Warner Pacific (Ore.) 17, College of Idaho 10, Oklahoma City 8, Marian (Ind.) 8, John Brown (Ark.) 7, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 5, Tennessee Southern 5, Thomas (Ga.) 4, Concordia (Neb.) 3, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 2

Championship Information

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67TH ANNUAL
MEN'S SOCCER

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec. 1 - 8, 2025
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First & Second Round
Nov. 20 - 22, 2025
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