Women's Soccer Ranked #17 to Begin the Season
Kansas City, Mo. – Cumberlands (Ky.), the reigning national champions from a season ago sit atop the 2024 preseason coaches' poll. The Patriots received 14-of-18 first-place votes. William Carey (Miss.), Runner-up last season received the remaining four first-place votes to kick off their season in second. Spring Arbor (Mich.), Tennessee Southern, and Central Methodist (Mo.) round out the top-5 as a new season of NAIA Women's Soccer kicks off.
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.
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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
