College: Men's NAIA Preseason Top 25
- by Soccer America , Aug 28, 1998
| Rank/Team | 1997 Record | Final 1997 Ranking |
| 1. Mobile | 13-6-0 | 10 |
| 2. Illinois-Springfield | 18-5-0 | 1 |
| 3. Life | 22-3-1 | 4 |
| 4. William Carey | 15-2-0 | 6 |
| 5. Birmingham-Southern | 16-5-1 | 11 |
| 6. Westmont | 15-4-4 | 15 |
| 7. Seattle | 25-1-2 | 3 |
| 8. Lindsey Wilson | 17-5-1 | 2 |
| 9. Azusa Pacific | 17-3-0 | 7 |
| 10. Baker | 13-8-0 | NR |
| 11. Auburn-Montgomery | 12-8-2 | 13 |
| 12. Rio Grande | 20-4-0 | NR |
| 13. Simon Fraser | 13-7-0 | 16 |
| 14. Harris-Stowe St. | 20-3-0 | 14 |
| 15. Green Mountain | 16-4-0 | 21 |
| 16. Bartlesville Wesleyan | 16-5-1 | NR |
| 17. Houghton | 15-4-0 | 9 |
| 18. Oklahoma City | 16-4-0 | NR |
| 19. Nova Southeastern | 14-8-1 | NR |
| 20. Incarnate Word | 13-3-1 | 23 |
| 21. Fresno Pacific | 12-4-2 | 22 |
| 22. Lindenwood | 10-10-0 | NR |
| 23. Newman | 11-8-0 | 20 |
| 24. Belhaven | 15-4-1 | 8 |
| 25. Lambuth | 14-7-0 | NR |
