Milligan Men's Soccer Sticks at No. 11 in NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Wednesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) revealed the outcome of the 2024 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4. The Milligan University men's soccer team remained at the same spot that they held in the previous poll, No. 11 in the nation. They amassed 278 points in the poll.
Since the dissemination of the previous rankings, the Buffs have earned a trio of wins without a loss or tie, outscoring their opponents by a 10-2 margin in that span. They earned a 3-0 shutout over Johnson at home, before a 3-2 triumph at St. Andrews and a 4-0 win over Reinhardt at Anglin Field.
Below is the full poll:
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) [13] | 9-0-1 | 418 |
| 2 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan [3] | 9-1-0 | 402 |
| 3 | 7 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-1-1 | 368 |
| 4 | 1 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 7-1-1 | 367 |
| 5 | 8 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 9-0-2 | 354 |
| 6 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 11-1-0 | 351 |
| 7 | 10 | Missouri Valley | 9-1-1 | 335 |
| 8 | 6 | William Penn (Iowa) | 11-1-1 | 330 |
| 9 | 3 | Bethel (Ind.) | 9-2-2 | 301 |
| 10 | 9 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 7-1-1 | 290 |
| 11 | 11 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 7-0-3 | 278 |
| 12 | 13 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-0-2 | 273 |
| 13 | 17 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-1-1 | 250 |
| 14 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-1 | 248 |
| 15 | 12 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 8-1-3 | 239 |
| 16 | 15 | Columbia (Mo.) | 6-1-2 | 218 |
| 17 | 18 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 7-1-3 | 200 |
| 18 | 16 | Indiana Tech | 7-1-2 | 196 |
| 19 | 21 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 9-1-1 | 153 |
| 20 | 23 | Madonna (Mich.) | 9-1-2 | 133 |
| 21 | 20 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 5-4-3 | 108 |
| 22 | 22 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 9-2-1 | 101 |
| 23 | RV | UC Merced (Calif.) | 7-0-2 | 73 |
| 24 | 24 | Southern Oregon | 8-2-1 | 62 |
| 25 | RV | Louisiana Christian | 7-1-2 | 58 |
Dropped From Top 25: Central Methodist (Mo.), Baker (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 57, LSU Shreveport (La.) 52, Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 49, William Woods (Mo.) 32, Trinity Christian (Ill.) 20, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 18, Huntington (Ind.) 16, John Brown (Ark.) 15, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 15, Baker (Kan.) 11, Carroll (Mont.) 9, Oklahoma City 8, Georgia Gwinnett 7, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 6, Aquinas (Mich.) 4, Governors State (Ill.) 3, Marian (Ind.) 3, Tennessee Southern 2, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 2, Grace (Ind.) 2