2019 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll Six (Oct. 21)
Oct 21, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Morningside (Iowa) claims the No. 1 spot for the sixth regular season edition of the Top 25 outscoring their opponent 366-70 on the season. Northwestern (Iowa) moved into the top five this week after a win over Concordia (Neb.) Saturday.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)
- No. 1 Morningside maintained their perfect record after a 61-0 win over conference opponent, Jamestown (N.D.) to help them earn all 17 first place votes.
- The victory for the No. 1 Mustangs this weekend was the fifth time this season and 11th time in the past two season that they have scored 50-or-more points.
- Evangel (Mo.) made the biggest positive movement this week. The Crusaders jumped six spots to No. 10 after upsetting No. 5 Benedictine (Kan.) 35-21 on Saturday.
- Waldorf made its way into the Top 25 as the only newcomer this week. The Warriors are 5-2 with their most recent victory over Dakota State 59-9.
- Carroll (Mont.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 57, followed by former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55) Morningside (35), Georgetown (Ky.) (25) and Marian (23).
- Morningside holds the longest active streak with 156-straight Top 25 mentions.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
- Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
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2019 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 6 (October 21)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [17] | 6-0 | 392 |
| 2 | 2 | Kansas Wesleyan | 7-0 | 367 |
| 3 | 3 | Marian (Ind.) | 5-0 | 366 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 7-0 | 347 |
| 5 | 6 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 6-0 | 321 |
| 6 | 7 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 5-1 | 313 |
| 7 | 8 | College of Idaho | 6-0 | 311 |
| 8 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 7-0 | 297 |
| 9 | 11 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 6-0 | 267 |
| 10 | 16 | Evangel (Mo.) | 6-1 | 248 |
| 11 | 13 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-2 | 222 |
| 12 | 18 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-0 | 210 |
| 13 | 14 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 6-1 | 206 |
| 14 | 5 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 5-2 | 201 |
| 15 | 17 | Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) | 7-0 | 195 |
| 16 | 10 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-2 | 177 |
| 17 | 20 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 6-2 | 137 |
| 18 | 21 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 6-1 | 133 |
| 19 | 12 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 5-1 | 130 |
| 20 | 19 | Montana Tech | 4-2 | 100 |
| 21 | 24 | Baker (Kan.) | 5-2 | 97 |
| 22 | 15 | Langston (Okla.) | 4-2 | 88 |
| 23 | 25 | Sterling (Kan.) | 6-1 | 76 |
| 24 | 22 | Montana Western | 4-2 | 30 |
| 25 | NR | Waldorf (Iowa) | 5-2 | 17 |
Dropped Out: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Others Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 14, Indiana Wesleyan 5, Dordt (Iowa) 4, Bethel (Kan.) 3, Pikeville (Ky.) 3
