KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the 2024 NAIA Football GoRout Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the national office announced Monday.

Three of the four teams were ranked in the Top 25, with Evangel University leading the KCAC pack at No. 14, followed by Friends University and Kansas Wesleyan University, which were tied at No. 24. Ottawa University was part of the “Receiving Votes” category of the poll.

The next edition of the NAIA Football GoRout Preseason Coaches’ Poll will be released Monday, September 9.
Poll Methodology:

• The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place, 23 for third-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”

RANK	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	POINTS
1	3	Keiser (Fla.) [14]	349
2	1	Northwestern (Iowa) [2]	337
3	4	Georgetown (Ky.)	310
4	10	College of Idaho	308
5	2	Grand View (Iowa)	291
6	6	Indiana Wesleyan	274
7	5	Marian (Ind.)	253
8	7	Bethel (Tenn.)	245
9	10	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	242
10	10	Morningside (Iowa)	236
11	8	Montana Western	227
12	15	St. Thomas (Fla.)	179
13	14	Dordt (Iowa)	171
14	9	Evangel (Mo.)	159
15	16	Dickinson State (N.D.)	149
16	13	OUAZ (Ariz.)	125
17	20	Baker (Kan.)	107
18	18	Reinhardt (Ga.)	101
19	25	Benedictine (Kan.)	95
20	19	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	88
21	17	Montana Tech	82
22	21	Louisiana Christian	44
23	22	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	32
T24	23	Friends (Kan.)	28
T24	NR	Kansas Wesleyan	28

Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 26; Carroll (Mont.) 21; Concordia (Mich.) 13; Ottawa (Kan.) 2; Pikeville (Ky.) 2.

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