NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week Eight (November 1)
Nov 01, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Despite five upsets of teams in the Top 25 Poll from a week ago, the top of the table is remarkably fixed. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) takes home 18 first-place points to lead the nation. Teams two through 12 are unchanged from the previous edition. St. Francis (Ill.), Culver-Stockton (Mo.), Arizona Christian, and
Montana Western have moved back into the rankings.
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 | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | WON | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18] | 8-0 | 444 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-0 | 426 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 8-0 | 411 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 9-0 | 393 |
| 5 | 5 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-1 | 371 |
| 6 | 6 | Kansas Wesleyan | 9-0 | 358 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-1 | 347 |
| 8 | 8 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 7-2 | 325 |
| 9 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 6-2 | 307 |
| 10 | 10 | Concordia (Mich.) | 6-1 | 287 |
| 11 | 11 | Bethel (Kan.) | 8-1 | 278 |
| 12 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-2 | 256 |
| 13 | 15 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 7-1 | 230 |
| 14 | 18 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 5-3 | 219 |
| 15 | 16 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 6-1 | 206 |
| 16 | 21 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 6-2 | 173 |
| 17 | 13 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 6-2 | 166 |
| 18 | 14 | Langston (Okla.) | 7-1 | 137 |
| 19 | 25 | College of Idaho | 6-2 | 130 |
| 20 | 24 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 6-2 | 128 |
| 21 | NR | St. Francis (Ill.) | 5-2 | 84 |
| 22 | NR | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | 7-2 | 59 |
| 23 | 22 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 6-3 | 51 |
| 24 | NR | Arizona Christian | 6-2 | 49 |
| 25 | NR | Montana Western | 6-3 | 27 |
Dropped from the poll: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Faulkner (Ala.); Dordt (Iowa); St. Thomas (Fla.)
Receiving Votes: Dordt (Iowa) 25; Faulkner (Ala.) 20; St. Thomas (Fla.) 20; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 13; Central Methodist (Mo.) 7; Southeastern (Fla.) 7; Valley City State (N.D.) 4; Texas Wesleyan 4; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3
