NAIA

Rating	Conference Rating Release Date	National Rating Release Date
Preseason Rating	Monday, January 19	Wednesday, January 21
Rating #1	Monday, February 16	Wednesday, February 18
Rating #2	Monday, March 2	Wednesday, March 4
Rating #3	Monday, March 16	Wednesday, March 18
Rating #4	Monday, March 30	Wednesday, April 1
Final Rating	Monday, April 13	Monday, April 13
Postseason Poll	Monday, April 27	Wednesday, April 29

Rating releases will be linked here as they become available. Please check back biweekly for updates.

Ratings Methodology

The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
The Top 10 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 15 points for each first-place vote, 14 for second-place, 13 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”.