2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 4 (October 2)
Oct 02, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwestern (Iowa) leads their fifth straight NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Rating presented by FirstDown PlayBook in the 2023 season, earning all 18 first-place votes. Grand View (Iowa), Morningside (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, and Marian (Ind.) remain in second through fifth. The rest of the Top 25 contains the same teams with Concordia (Mich.) moving up the most places.
Rating Methodology
- The rating 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 or division.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater 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 TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [18] | 5-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 5-0 | 401 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 5-0 | 387 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 5-0 | 368 |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 4-0 | 352 |
| 6 | 6 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-0 | 339 |
| 7 | 8 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 6-0 | 305 |
| 8 | 9 | Carroll (Mont.) | 5-0 | 300 |
| 9 | 7 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-2 | 299 |
| 10 | 10 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 4-1 | 269 |
| 11 | 11 | Montana Tech | 4-1 | 260 |
| 12 | 12 | College of Idaho | 4-1 | 234 |
| 13 | 15 | Concordia (Mich.) | 4-0 | 219 |
| 14 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 4-0 | 216 |
| 15 | 16 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3-2 | 186 |
| 16 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 3-2 | 156 |
| 17 | 13 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 4-1 | 152 |
| 18 | 18 | Evangel (Mo.) | 6-0 | 147 |
| 19 | 20 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-1 | 113 |
| 20 | 21 | Texas Wesleyan | 4-1 | 106 |
| 21 | 22 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 4-2 | 86 |
| 22 | 23 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 4-1 | 79 |
| 23 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-1 | 57 |
| 24 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-2 | 55 |
| 25 | 25 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 4-1 | 47 |
Dropped From Top 25: None
Receiving Votes: Montana Western 32; Louisiana Christian 20; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 11; Baker (Kan.) 6; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5
