KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For a sixth time this season, Northwestern (Iowa) sits atop the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Rating presented by FirstDown PlayBook, claiming all 18 available first-place votes. Grand View (Iowa), Morningside (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, and Marian (Ind.) remain in the same spot from a week ago. Montana Western and Louisiana Christian move into the rankings and Georgetown (Ky.) taking the largest leap moving up five 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] |
6-0 |
418 |
| 2 |
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
5-0 |
401 |
| 3 |
3 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
6-0 |
387 |
| 4 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
6-0 |
368 |
| 5 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
5-0 |
355 |
| 6 |
7 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
6-0 |
328 |
| 7 |
8 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
5-0 |
319 |
| 8 |
9 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
3-2 |
311 |
| 9 |
10 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
4-1 |
287 |
| 10 |
12 |
College of Idaho |
5-1 |
262 |
| 10 |
13 |
Concordia (Mich.) |
5-0 |
262 |
| 12 |
6 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
5-1 |
235 |
| 13 |
15 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
4-2 |
221 |
| 14 |
19 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
3-1 |
220 |
| 15 |
18 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
6-0 |
184 |
| 16 |
11 |
Montana Tech |
4-2 |
165 |
| 17 |
20 |
Texas Wesleyan |
4-1 |
132 |
| 18 |
21 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
4-2 |
122 |
| 19 |
RV |
Montana Western |
4-1 |
118 |
| 20 |
22 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
5-1 |
107 |
| 21 |
16 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
3-3 |
96 |
| 22 |
14 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
4-1 |
93 |
| 23 |
24 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
3-2 |
64 |
| 24 |
25 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
4-1 |
54 |
| 25 |
RV |
Louisiana Christian |
6-0 |
33 |
Dropped From Top 25: Cumberlands (Ky.); St. Francis (Ill.)
Receiving Votes: St. Francis (Ill.) 28; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 28; Roosevelt (Ill.) 25; Baker (Kan.) 8
