The Top Five Hold Strong in the Last Coaches' Poll of the season is Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The final poll ahead of the NAIA Women's Soccer Selection Show on Friday, Nov. 14, is here, and the top five in the coaches' poll hold steady through their conference tournament. John Brown (Ark.) climbed back into the top 10 at No. 10 as they will play for the Sooner Athletic Conference Championship later today, Nov. 12. No teams dropped from the top 25, nor joined the final poll.
The last few conference championship matches kick off this afternoon, along with the final auto bids into the 2025 national tournament being secured ahead of the selection show, which will be released on Friday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. CT.
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1. William Carey (Miss.) Notes: The Crusaders took the Southern States tournament crown and punched their ticket to the women's soccer national championship for the 17th year. |
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2. Marian (Ind.) Notes: Marian (Ind.) will play for the Crossroads League trophy later this evening against Grace (Ind.) and look to punch its ticket to the national tournament. |
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3. Keiser (Fla.) Notes: The Seahawks will take on the Fire of Southeastern (Fla.) later tonight for a chance to reach the national tournament once again. The title game between KU and SEU will be featured on UEN starting at 6 p.m. ET |
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4. Missouri Valley Notes: MVC will take on the Eagles of Central Methodist (Mo.) later this evening, looking to claim the Heart of America tournament crown and the last remaining auto bid to the national tournament from the Heart of America conference. The Heart title game will be featured on UEN starting at 7 p.m. CT |
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5. Oklahoma Wesleyan Notes: The Owls already punched their ticket to the national tournament, winning the KCAC regular season title, but will look to claim even more hardware tonight in the conference championship game against Friends (Kan.). OKWU and Friends will be highlighted on UEN this afternoon as a featured game with kick-off scheduled for 1 p.m. CT |
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6. College of Idaho Notes: The Yotes punched their ticket to the national tournament, claiming the regular season title in the Cascade. The CCC championship game will be featured on UEN today with a kickoff at 11 a.m. PT against Eastern Oregon. |
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7. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) Notes: ERAU will play for the GSAC tournament title this evening against The Master's (Calif.), with the winner heading to the national tournament. |
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8. Indiana Wesleyan Notes: The Wildcats were knocked out of the Crossroads League tournament after making a semifinal run. IWU will wait to see their postseason fate on selection show day, Friday, Nov. 14, to see if the book on their season continues. |
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9. Cumberlands (Ky.) Notes: The Patriots fell last night in an overtime heartbreaker to Campbellsville (Ky.), 1-0, for the Mid-South tournament title. Cumberlands (Ky.) now waits for the selection show on Friday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m.CT to find out their postseason fate. |
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10. John Brown (Ark.) Notes: John Brown (Ark.) will take on USAO later this evening in a Sooner showdown. The game is set to kick off at 6 p.m. CT, with the winner punching an automatic ticket to the national tournament. |
| Trend | Rank | Last Time | Institution [First-Place Votes] | Record | Points |
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| ● | 1 | 1 | William Carey (Miss.) [12] | 19-1-0 | 504 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) [6] | 18-0-1 | 498 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 15-2-1 | 473 |
| ● | 4 | 4 | Missouri Valley | 15-0-4 | 456 |
| ● | 5 | 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 18-1-1 | 441 |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | College of Idaho | 16-2-0 | 412 |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 17-0-2 | 386 |
| ▼ | 8 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 14-3-1 | 383 |
| ▲ | 9 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 13-3-3 | 364 |
| ▲ | 10 | 11 | John Brown (Ark.) | 12-2-4 | 337 |
| ▲ | 11 | 13 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-1-2 | 325 |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 18-1-1 | 318 |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Life (Ga.) | 17-2-1 | 316 |
| ▲ | 14 | 16 | Grace (Ind.) | 15-2-3 | 292 |
| ● | 15 | 15 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 12-2-3 | 279 |
| ▼ | 16 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-4-1 | 219 |
| ▲ | 17 | 20 | Science and Arts (Okla.) | 13-2-5 | 212 |
| ● | 17 | 17 | Taylor (Ind.) | 13-2-3 | 212 |
| ▼ | 19 | 18 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 9-5-2 | 204 |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 9-4-6 | 180 |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 13-3-2 | 163 |
| ▼ | 22 | 19 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 9-6-4 | 157 |
| ● | 23 | 23 | Northwestern Ohio | 16-3-0 | 156 |
| ● | 24 | 24 | Georgia Gwinnett | 9-5-5 | 115 |
| ● | 25 | 25 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 16-1-1 | 100 |
| Dropped from Top 25: None | |||||
| Receiving Votes: Oakland City (Ind.) 58; Tennessee Southern 29; Tennessee Wesleyan 27; Columbia (Mo.) 24; Aquinas (Mich.) 20; Hastings (Neb.) 11; Southern Oregon 10; St. Thomas (Fla.) 8; Campbellsville (Ky.) 7; Eastern Oregon 7; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 6; Oklahoma City 6 | |||||
Key:
RV - Receiving Votes
NR - Not Ranked
Climbed -▲
Dropped -▼
Steady - ●
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
