NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week One (September 13)
Sep 13, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson continues to lead the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Poll earning all 18 first-place votes. The top-five remains largely unchanged with Keiser (Fla.) falling out and Concordia (Mich.) taking their place. There are 17 teams in the rankings who currently sport an unblemished record.
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.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | WON | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18] | 2-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 3-0 | 398 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 2-0 | 390 |
| 4 | 5 | Grand View (Iowa) | 3-0 | 370 |
| 5 | 6 | Concordia (Mich.) | 1-0 | 354 |
| 6 | 10 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 1-0 | 316 |
| 7 | 8 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 1-1 | 305 |
| 8 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-1 | 302 |
| 9 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 1-1 | 285 |
| 10 | 12 | Bethel (Kan.) | 2-0 | 278 |
| 11 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-0 | 273 |
| 12 | 7 | Baker (Kan.) | 2-1 | 254 |
| 13 | 18 | Eastern Oregon | 2-0 | 227 |
| 14 | 16 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 0-0 | 204 |
| 15 | 21 | Avila (Mo.) | 2-0 | 154 |
| 16 | 24 | Kansas Wesleyan | 2-0 | 145 |
| 16 | 20 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 1-0 | 145 |
| 18 | 23 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 2-0 | 142 |
| 19 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 1-1 | 107 |
| 20 | 25 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 2-0 | 98 |
| 21 | NR | Valley City State (N.D.) | 2-0 | 73 |
| 22 | 15 | Arizona Christian | 1-1 | 70 |
| 23 | NR | Montana Western | 2-1 | 67 |
| 24 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 2-0 | 64 |
| 25 | NR | Indiana Wesleyan | 1-0 | 37 |
Dropped from the poll: College of Idaho, Dickinson State (N.D.), Benedictine (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Faulkner (Ala.) 35; College of Idaho 26; Texas Wesleyan 24; Cumberlands (Ky.) 15; Dickinson State (N.D.) 12; Benedictine (Kan.) 6; Waldorf (Iowa) 5; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 4
