2019 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll One (Sept. 16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside College claim the No. 1 spot in the 2019 Coaches’ Top 25 for a second week in a row. The Mustangs are now 2-0 after having outscored their opponents 136-14 over the course of the last two games.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)
- The Mustangs start the 2019 season 2-0 with their most recent victory over then-No.24 Dordt (Iowa) 56-14.
- Morningside received all 17 first place votes
- The Benedictine (Kan.) Ravens claimed the No. 2 spot, prior to the 2018 post-season poll.
- Siena Heights (Mich.), Ottawa (Ariz.) and Cumberland (Tenn.) joined the poll as newcomers on Monday
- No. 9 Grand View (Iowa) and No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) both broke into the top 10 for the first time in 2019 this week
- The biggest jump belonged to Montana Western who moved five spots up from No. 25 to No. 20
- No. 11 College of Idaho and No. 14 Evangel (Mo.) also made positive movement, both teams climbed the ladder four spots
- Carroll (Mont.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 57, followed by former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55) Morningside (30), Georgetown (Ky.) (25) and Marian (22).
- Morningside holds the longest active streak with 151-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 – Poll 1 (September 16)
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [17] | 2-0 | 392 |
2 | 2 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 3-0 | 377 |
3 | 3 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 362 |
4 | 4 | Kansas Wesleyan | 3-0 | 342 |
5 | 5 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 1-0 | 327 |
6 | 6 | Concordia (Mich.) | 2-0 | 315 |
7 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 1-0 | 302 |
8 | 10 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-0 | 271 |
9 | 12 | Grand View (Iowa) | 3-0 | 270 |
10 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 2-0 | 258 |
11 | 15 | College of Idaho | 3-0 | 232 |
12 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-0 | 231 |
13 | 8 | Baker (Kan.) | 2-1 | 202 |
14 | 18 | Evangel (Mo.) | 3-0 | 189 |
14 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-0 | 189 |
16 | 9 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 1-1 | 151 |
17 | 19 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 1-0 | 140 |
18 | 16 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 2-1 | 134 |
19 | 14 | Langston (Okla.) | 1-1 | 127 |
20 | 25 | Montana Western | 2-0 | 109 |
21 | 22 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 1-0 | 104 |
22 | NR | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 2-0 | 66 |
23 | NR | Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) | 2-0 | 54 |
24 | 23 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 2-1 | 44 |
25 | NR | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-0 | 33 |
Dropped Out: Dordt (Iowa) and Georgetown (Ky.)
Others Receiving Votes: Keiser (Fla.) 12, Montana Tech 10, Sterling (Kan.) 9, Midland (Neb.) 4, Hastings (Neb.) 3, Kentucky Christian 3