NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week Nine (November 8)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The last regular season edition of the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll features movement from four of the previous Top Five rankings. Northwestern (Iowa) drops down two slots after losing to the new No. 2 Morningside. Grand View (Iowa) bumped up one spot and Kansas Wesleyan takes fifth place. Baker (Kan.) and Langston (Okla.) had the most dramatic slide down the rankings - six and seven spots respectfully. Two new teams make the Top 25 with Central Methodist (Mo.) and Dordt (Iowa). This week actually features a Top 26 by way of a tie at #25 with Dordt and Langston both receiving 26 adjusted points.
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] | 9-0 | 444 |
| 2 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 9-0 | 427 |
| 3 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 10-0 | 404 |
| 4 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-1 | 391 |
| 5 | 6 | Kansas Wesleyan | 10-0 | 377 |
| 6 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 8-1 | 364 |
| 7 | 8 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-2 | 342 |
| 8 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 7-2 | 325 |
| 9 | 10 | Concordia (Mich.) | 7-1 | 306 |
| 10 | 11 | Bethel (Kan.) | 9-1 | 284 |
| 11 | 5 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-2 | 271 |
| 12 | 12 | Keiser (Fla.) | 7-2 | 264 |
| 13 | 13 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 8-1 | 232 |
| 14 | 14 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 7-2 | 222 |
| 15 | 15 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 7-1 | 213 |
| 16 | 17 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 7-2 | 179 |
| 17 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 7-2 | 176 |
| 18 | 19 | College of Idaho | 7-2 | 149 |
| 19 | 20 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 7-2 | 135 |
| 20 | 21 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 6-2 | 116 |
| 21 | 24 | Arizona Christian | 7-2 | 88 |
| 22 | NR | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 8-2 | 63 |
| 23 | 25 | Montana Western | 7-3 | 52 |
| 24 | 22 | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | 7-3 | 48 |
| T-25 | NR | Dordt (Iowa) | 6-3 | 26 |
| T-25 | 18 | Langston (Okla.) | 7-2 | 26 |
Dropped from the poll: Bethel (Tenn.)
Receiving Votes: Faulkner (Ala.) 7; Valley City State (N.D.) 8; Southeastern (Fla.) 6; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 6
