2006 NAIA Football Postseason Final Rating

Jan 18, 2007

Jan. 18, 2007

2006 NAIA Football Ratings

OLATHE, Kan. - Sioux Falls (S.D.) took all 15 first-place votes to claim the top spot in the final 2006 NAIA Football Top 25 after beating Saint Francis (Ind.) 23-19 Dec. 16 in Hardin County, Tenn., for the NAIA Football Championship.

Saint Francis is second after its runner-up finish in the title game, while the top five rounds out with NAIA Semifinalists Missouri Valley and Saint Xavier (Ill.), as well as Quarterfinalist Carroll (Mont.) at No. 5. Northwestern (Iowa) begins the bottom half of the Top 10 at No. 6, followed in order by Bethel (Tenn.), Morningside (Iowa), St. Ambrose (Iowa) and Georgetown (Ky.), all of which were playoff participants.

The poll is conducted by the NAIA Headquarters and is comprised of coaches representing all 10 NAIA football conferences and its Independent football playing institutions.

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	2	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	15	14-0	375
2	1	St. Francis (Ind.)		13-1	360
3	5	Missouri Valley		13-1	342
4	9	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		10-3	330
5	4	Carroll (Mont.)		11-2	307
6	6	Northwestern (Iowa)		11-2	294
7	8	Bethel (Tenn.)		10-3	293
8	13	Morningside (Iowa)		9-3	264
9	3	St. Ambrose (Iowa)		10-1	252
10	7	Georgetown (Ky.)		9-2	249
11	11	Montana State-Northern		9-3	220
12	12	Black Hills State (S.D.)		8-3	217
13	10	Friends (Kan.)		9-2	175
14	15	Jamestown (N.D.)		8-3	173
15	14	Bethel (Kan.)		9-2	162
16	16	Walsh (Ohio)		9-3	157
17	17	Ohio Dominican		7-3	138
18	19	Benedictine (Kan.)		8-3	118
19	18	Malone (Ohio)		7-3	106
20	20	Kansas Wesleyan		8-2	91
21	21	Northwestern Oklahoma		6-4	60
22	22	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)		7-3	54
23	23	Nebraska Wesleyan		7-3	45
24	24	Virginia-Wise		8-3	43
25	25	Sterling (Kan.)		7-3	26

Others Receiving Votes: Cumberlands (Ky.), 8; Belhaven (Miss.), 5; Montana Tech, 5; Geneva (Pa.), 3; Graceland (Iowa), 3.

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2006 NAIA Football Postseason Final Rating

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