NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week Two (September 20)
Sep 20, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) once again is the highest ranked team in the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Poll earning 18 first-place votes. Morningside (Iowa) is ranked third and received the 19th first-place vote. The biggest move up the charts was Indiana Wesleyan leaping 11 spots and the further decline was 11 positions from Olivet Nazarene (Ill.).
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.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18] | 2-0 | 444 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 4-0 | 425 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 3-0 | 412 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 4-0 | 393 |
| 5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 2-0 | 353 |
| 6 | 7 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-1 | 352 |
| 7 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-1 | 331 |
| 8 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 2-1 | 327 |
| 9 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-0 | 308 |
| 10 | 12 | Baker (Kan.) | 3-1 | 293 |
| 11 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 3-0 | 278 |
| 12 | 16 | Kansas Wesleyan | 3-0 | 245 |
| 13 | 14 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 233 |
| 14 | 25 | Indiana Wesleyan | 2-0 | 213 |
| 15 | 15 | Avila (Mo.) | 3-0 | 205 |
| 16 | 18 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 3-0 | 173 |
| 17 | 6 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 1-1 | 157 |
| 18 | 10 | Bethel (Kan.) | 2-1 | 146 |
| 19 | 16 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 1-1 | 129 |
| 20 | 21 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 3-0 | 108 |
| 21 | 20 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 3-0 | 107 |
| 22 | 19 | Dordt (Iowa) | 2-1 | 106 |
| 23 | 23 | Montana Western | 3-1 | 90 |
| 24 | 22 | Arizona Christian | 2-1 | 55 |
| 25 | NR | Faulkner (Ala.) | 3-0 | 42 |
Dropped from the poll: Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 19; College of Idaho 16; Cumberlands (Ky.) 11, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 3
