2019 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll Postseason (Dec. 27)
Dec 27, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After defeating Marian (Ind.) 40-38 in the 2019 NAIA National Championship, Morningside (Iowa) completed another undefeated season and remained atop the NAIA Coaches’ Postseason Top 25 poll. The Mustangs received all 17 first-place votes bringing the trophy back to Sioux City two years in a row.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)
- Despite being outscored 24-19 in the second half, No. 1 Morningside (Iowa) (14-0) came away with a 40-38 victory to win its second red banner in program history and complete a second straight unbeaten season.
- Marian finishes 2019 No. 2 overall, with a final record of 12-1.
- Grand View (Iowa) checked-in at No. 3. It is the highest ranking for the team since Nov. 15, 2015 when the Vikings were ranked No. 3 two weeks in a row.
- Lindsey Wilson moves to No. 4 in the postseason poll with an impressive 12-1 season falling to Marian 34-24 in the semifinals.
- Cumberlands (Ky.) made the biggest jump moving positively three spots. The Patriots made run in the 2019 NAIA Football National Championship falling to Marian in the quarterfinals.
- Carroll (Mont.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 57, followed by former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55) Morningside (40), Georgetown (Ky.) (25) and Marian (23).
- Morningside holds the longest active streak with 161-straight Top 25 mentions.
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.
2019 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Postseason (Dec. 27)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [17] | 14-0 | 392 |
| 2 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-1 | 377 |
| 3 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 13-1 | 360 |
| 4 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 12-1 | 349 |
| 5 | 5 | College of Idaho | 11-1 | 325 |
| 6 | 3 | Kansas Wesleyan | 12-1 | 320 |
| 7 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-2 | 296 |
| 8 | 9 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 9-3 | 289 |
| 9 | 7 | Keiser (Fla.) | 9-1 | 253 |
| 10 | 8 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-2 | 252 |
| 11 | 11 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 7-3 | 243 |
| 12 | 12 | Concordia (Mich.) | 8-3 | 240 |
| 13 | 13 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 9-3 | 222 |
| 14 | 15 | Baker (Kan.) | 9-3 | 185 |
| 15 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-1 | 182 |
| 16 | 16 | Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) | 9-2 | 166 |
| 17 | 17 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-3 | 163 |
| 18 | 18 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 8-3 | 131 |
| 19 | 19 | Langston (Okla.) | 8-2 | 121 |
| 20 | 20 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 7-3 | 104 |
| 20 | 21 | Evangel (Mo.) | 8-3 | 104 |
| 22 | 22 | Montana Western | 7-3 | 75 |
| 23 | 23 | Waldorf (Iowa) | 7-3 | 49 |
| 24 | 24 | Bethel (Kan.) | 8-3 | 39 |
| 25 | 25 | Carroll (Mont.) | 6-4 | 30 |
Dropped Out: None
Receiving Votes: Midland (Neb.) 8, Indiana Wesleyan 5, MidAmerica Nazarene 4, Sterling (Kan.) 3
