Sioux Falls (S.D.) Claims No. 1 Spot Again in Football Top 25 Poll

Sep 10, 2007

Sept. 10, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) remained at the top and claimed all 17 possible first-place votes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Football Top 25 Poll, announced this afternoon. USF, who defeated Midland Lutheran (Neb.) 69-3 last Saturday, started the season at No. 1 in the preseason poll. The same team stayed at No. 2 as St. Francis (Ind.) posted 408 total points, just 17 shy of Sioux Falls.

St. Xavier (Ill.) jumped up two spots to No. 3 this week while Carroll (Mont.) stayed at No. 4 and Northwestern (Iowa) slid up to No. 5. Five teams found themselves in the Top 25 after being left out in the preseason. Graceland had perhaps the biggest jump of any team as the YellowJackets took down then-No. 3 Missouri Valley 28-23 on the road last Saturday. Graceland is tied with Morningside (Iowa) at No. 19.

The poll was voted upon by a 17 member-panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and independents.

The second regular season poll will be released on Monday, Sept. 17.

2007 NAIA Football Top 25 Poll - Sept. 10 (Rating #1)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1^st PLACE VOTES	2007 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	17	2-0	425
2	2	St. Francis (Ind.)		2-0	408
3	5	St. Xavier (Ill.)		2-0	378
4	4	Carroll (Mont.)		2-0	356
5	7	Northwestern (Iowa)		2-0	344
6	6	Bethel (Tenn.)		2-1	317
7	12	Montana State-Northern		2-0	315
8	13	Ohio Dominican		2-0	300
9	8	Georgetown (Ky.)		0-1	289
10	3	Missouri Valley		1-1	236
11	16	Jamestown (N.D.)		2-0	228
12	14	Friends (Kan.)		1-0	215
13	22	Virginia-Wise		3-0	207
14	9	St. Ambrose (Iowa)		0-1	156
15	18	McKendree (Ill.)		1-0	152
16	15	Walsh (Ohio)		1-1	136
17	17	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)		2-1	134
18	NR	Lindenwood (Mo.)		2-0	122
T19	NR	Graceland (Iowa)		2-0	110
T19	11	Morningside (Iowa)		1-1	110
21	NR	Bethel (Kan.)		1-0	91
22	NR	Nebraska Wesleyan		1-1	89
23	NR	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		2-0	79
24	10	Black Hills State (S.D.)		0-2	74
25	21	Northwestern Oklahoma		1-2	53

Others receiving votes:
Cumberlands (Ky.) 36; Montana Tech 29; Benedictine (Kan.) 21; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 15; Malone (Ohio)
14; Concordia (Neb.) 12; Kansas Wesleyan 11; William Jewell (Mo.) 11; Quincy (Ill.) 10; Hastings (Neb.)
7; Shorter (Ga.) 7; Langston (Okla.) 5

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Sioux Falls (S.D.) Claims No. 1 Spot Again in Football Top 25 Poll

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