1. Grand View (Iowa)

Record: 3-0

The Vikings went on the road for the first time, Saturday, earning a 24-7 win at (RV) Baker (Kan.), led by Bryant Williams' 106 rushing yards and 89 more catching the ball. Tracy Davis helped cement the win with an interception. Grand View will celebrate homecoming, Saturday, against Saint Ambrose (Iowa) at Noon CT.

2. Keiser (Fla.)

Record: 3-0

Keiser scored 21 first-quarter points and never looked back in a 42-12 win over (RV) Cumberlands (Ky.), as Shea Spencer threw three touchdown passes, including a 71-yard strike to Mauricio Porcha, who ended the game with 92 yards receiving. The Seahawks open their league slate in The Sun, Saturday, hosting Thomas (Ga.) at 6 p.m. ET.

3. Benedictine (Kan.)

Record: 3-1

Jackson Dooley became Benedictine's all-time leading passer in a 48-10 win at Clarke (Iowa), pushing his career mark to 7,961 yards after completing 17-of-28 for 422 yards and five touchdowns. The Ravens return home Saturday to host Peru State (Neb.), in a Heart of Ameirca North-South crossover game on the first weekend of divisional play in the Heart.

4. Morningside (Iowa)

Record: 2-1

Morningside used a Jack Brickhouse interception and a strip-sack for Cale Pittenger, scooped up by Teyel Lowe, and the Mustang offense scored 21 fourth-quarter points to beat Midland (Neb.), 55-37 in Sioux City. Morningside goes on the road in the GPAC, this week, traveling to Hastings (Neb.) at 1 p.m. CT.

5. Indiana Wesleyan

Record: 3-1

Brock Thomason's walk-off interception secured a one-point, come-from-behind win over Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), as Braxton Myers hauled in five recpetions for 121 yards and one of Arjun Lothe's two touchdowns to move IWU to 3-1 in 2025. The win sets up a top-20 matchup Saturday at Marian (Ind.) at 1:05 p.m. ET.

6. Montana Tech  

Record: 4-0

Montana Tech resumed one of the NAIA's toughest early season schedules with a 37-14 win over then-No. 24 Southern Oregon, as Levi Torgerson grabbed eight receptions for 222 yards and all four Jarrett Wilson touchdowns. The slate of ranked opponents continues for the Orediggers, Saturday, as College of Idaho visits at Noon MT, after the Yotes entered the poll this week at No. 25.

7. Friends (Kan.) 

Record: 4-0

Friends continued its string of dominant peformances across divisions in the KCAC, last week, with a 59-15 win over Tabor (Kan.), setting up Saturday's second-to-last cross-divisional game against (RV) Evangel (Mo.) at 6 p.m. CT. The Falcons are the only team in the NAIA to amass more than 200 points in total, leading the association at 64 points per game. Friends also boasts the best yards-gained average by opponents in the NAIA at 135.3.

8. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 

Record: 4-0

Lindsey Wilson's abrupt run into the NAIA top 10 continued with its closest win of four this season, a 35-27 win at Reinhardt (Ga.) on Saturday. The Blue Raiders buckled down in the second half after trailing by 10 at intermission, outscoring the Eagles 21-3 over the final two quarters to stay unbeaten in 2025. Lindsey Wilson is off, this week, setting up an Oct. 4 battle in the Top 25 with Georgetown (Ky.).

9. Montana Western 

Record: 2-1

Montana Western made it back-to-back wins over Frontier East opponents, topping Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 35-21 in Billings on Saturday. Michael Palandri threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns, adding 50 yards and a score on the ground, aided by Eli Nourse, who had 12 catches for 148 yards and a touchdown. Up next, a home game against a ranked opponent as No. 20 Dickinson State (N.D.) looks to rebound at 1 p.m. MT. 

10. St. Thomas (Fla.)

Record: 2-1

The Bobcats got back in the win column with a pivotal matchup between teams in the Mid-South and The Sun, beating then-No. 6 Georgetown (Ky.) 26-7 in Miami Gardens. St. Thomas led wire-to-wire, up 17-0 at halftime before Georgetown's lone touchdown of the day. STU's defense carried the day, forcing four Georgetown turnovers, including a 40-yard scoop-and-score for Elijah Henry to secure the 19-point win.