2019 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll Three (Sept. 30)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside (Iowa) stayed at the top and claimed the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the Top 25 for a fourth week in a row. This is the 12th consecutive poll the Mustangs finished in the No. 1 spot.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)
- The Mustangs topped the chart withall 17 votes and 392 total points.
- The top eight teams remained the same from the previous poll (Sept. 23).
- No. 10 College of Idaho made program history this week as it entered the top 10 for the first time.
- No. 25 Bethel (Kan.) also made program history this week. The Threshers joinedthe poll this week as the lone newcomer.
- Southeastern (Fla.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Bethel (Tenn.) and Montana Western all made positive movement moving climbing the ladder three spots each.
- Carroll (Mont.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 57, followed by former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55) Morningside (32), Georgetown (Ky.) (25) and Marian (22).
- Morningside holds the longest active streak with 153-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.
2019 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 3 (September 30)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) | 3-0 | 392 |
| 2 | 2 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 5-0 | 377 |
| 3 | 3 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 3-0 | 362 |
| 4 | 4 | Kansas Wesleyan | 5-0 | 342 |
| 5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 4-0 | 327 |
| 6 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-0 | 320 |
| 7 | 7 | Grand View (Iowa) | 5-0 | 295 |
| 8 | 8 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 4-0 | 282 |
| 9 | 10 | College of Idaho | 4-0 | 276 |
| 10 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 4-0 | 259 |
| 11 | 13 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 3-0 | 240 |
| 12 | 15 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 3-0 | 208 |
| 13 | 16 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 3-1 | 187 |
| 14 | 17 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 3-1 | 175 |
| 15 | 9 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 1-2 | 174 |
| 16 | 19 | Montana Western | 4-0 | 172 |
| 17 | 18 | Langston (Okla.) | 2-1 | 163 |
| 18 | 12 | Evangel (Mo.) | 4-1 | 145 |
| 19 | 20 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 4-0 | 124 |
| 20 | 21 | Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) | 4-0 | 104 |
| 21 | 14 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-2 | 97 |
| 22 | 24 | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-0 | 91 |
| 23 | 25 | Montana Tech | 3-1 | 59 |
| 24 | 22 | Baker (Kan.) | 3-2 | 39 |
| 25 | NR | Bethel (Kan.) | 4-0 | 38 |
Dropped Out: Cumberland (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 19, Cumberland (Tenn.) 10, Sterling (Kan.) 3
