NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Week Six (October 18)
Oct 18, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the sixth consecutive week, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) owns the top spot in the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll with 18 of the 19 first-place votes. With the top of the grid unchanged, the biggest movement features four squads. Keiser (Fla.) dropped down seven spots while Valley City State (N.D.) fell eight places after losing over the weekend. College of Idaho was the lone team to leave the poll and Bethel (Tenn.) was the one to slide into the vacated place.
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] | 6-0 | 444 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 7-0 | 425 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 6-0 | 412 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 7-0 | 393 |
| 5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-0 | 376 |
| 6 | 7 | Baker (Kan.) | 6-1 | 356 |
| 7 | 8 | Kansas Wesleyan | 7-0 | 342 |
| 8 | 10 | Indiana Wesleyan | 5-1 | 316 |
| 9 | 9 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 6-0 | 314 |
| 10 | 11 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 5-2 | 292 |
| 11 | 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 5-2 | 262 |
| 12 | 16 | Bethel (Kan.) | 6-1 | 256 |
| 13 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-2 | 226 |
| 14 | 17 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 5-0 | 216 |
| 15 | 18 | Dordt (Iowa) | 5-1 | 187 |
| 16 | 19 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 5-1 | 184 |
| 17 | 20 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 6-1 | 153 |
| 18 | 22 | Langston (Okla.) | 6-0 | 121 |
| 19 | 12 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 4-2 | 119 |
| 20 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 4-2 | 114 |
| 21 | 23 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-2 | 112 |
| 22 | 21 | Montana Western | 5-2 | 101 |
| 23 | 15 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 6-1 | 90 |
| 24 | NR | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-2 | 74 |
| 25 | 24 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 7-0 | 62 |
Dropped from the poll: College of Idaho
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 29; Arizona Christian 6; Dickinson State (N.D.) 3; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 3; Roosevelt (Ill.) 3
