Milligan Men's Soccer Tabbed at No. 4 in NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Wednesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) revealed the 2024 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll No. 2. The newest poll listed the Milligan men's soccer team as the No. 4-ranked squad in the land following a 5-1 triumph at home against NCAA Divison II King University and a 3-3 draw at Anglin Field against WVU Tech.
The Buffs were awarded 423 points in the poll, placing them three spots back from their previous spot atop 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. A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
The full poll is listed below:
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | T2 | St. Thomas (Fla.) [10] | 3-0-0 | 472 |
| 2 | T2 | Dalton State (Ga.) [8] | 5-0-0 | 467 |
| 3 | 5 | Bethel (Ind.) | 4-0-2 | 433 |
| 4 | 1 | Milligan (Tenn.) [2] | 2-0-1 | 423 |
| 5 | 7 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 6-0-0 | 411 |
| 6 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1-1-0 | 376 |
| 7 | 15 | Indiana Wesleyan | 6-0-0 | 366 |
| 8 | 14 | William Penn (Iowa) | 6-0-1 | 362 |
| 9 | 8 | Mobile (Ala.) | 4-1-1 | 350 |
| 10 | 6 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-1-2 | 330 |
| 11 | T9 | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 309 |
| 12 | 20 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-0-1 | 307 |
| 13 | 19 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 6-0-0 | 279 |
| 14 | 11 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 3-0-2 | 277 |
| 15 | 17 | Columbia (Mo.) | 2-1-1 | 249 |
| 16 | 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 2-0-2 | 245 |
| 17 | T9 | Indiana Tech | 1-1-2 | 231 |
| 18 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-1-1 | 199 |
| 19 | 18 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-1-1 | 195 |
| 20 | 13 | Grace (Ind.) | 0-3-2 | 139 |
| 21 | RV | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-1-1 | 124 |
| 22 | 23 | Southern Oregon | 3-1-0 | 78 |
| 23 | RV | Westcliff (Calif.) | 3-1-0 | 77 |
| 24 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 4-1-0 | 62 |
| 25 | 24 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 1-1-2 | 56 |
Dropped From Top 25: Rio Grande (Ohio), Florida National, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Tennessee Southern 53, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 47, Missouri Baptist 43, Warner Pacific (Ore.) 42, Louisiana Christian 41, Rio Grande (Ohio) 35, William Woods (Mo.) 32, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 30, UC Merced (Calif.) 21, Life (Ga.) 17, Concordia (Neb.) 17, Northwestern Ohio 16, Central Methodist (Mo.) 16, Aquinas (Mich.) 9, Madonna (Mich.) 8, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 7, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 5, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 5, Thomas (Ga.) 4, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, John Brown (Ark.) 3, Midland (Neb.) 2, OUAZ (Ariz.) 2