NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week Four (October 4)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Top-10 teams remain unchanged in the Week Four edition of the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) continues to hold the top ranking in the nation with 18 first place votes and the 19th vote being awarded to Morningside (Iowa). Four new teams entered the grid this week as Faulkner (Ala.) and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) are once again in the Top 25 while Cumberlands (Ky.) and Langston (Okla.) are represented for this first time this season.
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 | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18] | 4-0 | 444 |
2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 6-0 | 425 |
3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 4-0 | 412 |
4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 6-0 | 393 |
5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 3-0 | 376 |
6 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 4-1 | 344 |
6 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-1 | 344 |
8 | 8 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 4-0 | 327 |
9 | 9 | Baker (Kan.) | 5-1 | 315 |
10 | 10 | Kansas Wesleyan | 5-0 | 294 |
11 | 12 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 5-0 | 263 |
12 | 13 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-2 | 243 |
13 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 3-1 | 217 |
14 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 3-1 | 214 |
15 | 16 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 5-0 | 203 |
16 | 15 | Bethel (Kan.) | 4-1 | 200 |
17 | 19 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 5-0 | 172 |
18 | 22 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3-1 | 141 |
19 | 21 | Dordt (Iowa) | 3-1 | 135 |
20 | NR | Faulkner (Ala.) | 4-0 | 103 |
21 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-0 | 102 |
22 | 24 | Avila (Mo.) | 4-1 | 100 |
23 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 4-1 | 91 |
24 | 20 | Montana Western | 4-2 | 27 |
25 | NR | Langston (Okla.) | 5-0 | 26 |
Dropped from the poll: College of Idaho; Eastern Oregon; Roosevelt (Ill.)
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 20; Benedictine (Kan.) 18; Eastern Oregon 17; St. Thomas (Fla.) 9; Roosevelt (Ill.) 3