2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 9 (November 6)
Nov 06, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the 10th consecutive time, Northwestern (Iowa) leads the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Rating presented by FirstDown PlayBook, with the Red Raiders received all 18 first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.) is back in the Top 5 while College of Idaho makes the lead five for the first time since March 22, 2021.
Rating Methodology
- The rating 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 or division.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater 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 TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [18] | 10-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 9-0 | 402 |
| 3 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 9-0 | 386 |
| 4 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 7-2 | 365 |
| 5 | 7 | College of Idaho | 8-1 | 341 |
| 6 | 8 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 7-1 | 336 |
| 7 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 8-1 | 334 |
| 8 | 9 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 9-1 | 299 |
| 9 | 10 | Evangel (Mo.) | 10-0 | 278 |
| 10 | 13 | Montana Western | 8-1 | 272 |
| 11 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 7-2 | 266 |
| 12 | 5 | Morningside (Iowa) | 8-2 | 247 |
| 13 | 15 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 6-3 | 217 |
| 14 | 14 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 8-2 | 203 |
| 15 | 16 | Texas Wesleyan | 8-1 | 186 |
| 16 | 12 | Carroll (Mont.) | 7-2 | 163 |
| 17 | 23 | Dordt (Iowa) | 7-2 | 155 |
| 18 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 7-3 | 153 |
| 19 | 19 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 7-1 | 143 |
| 20 | 18 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-1 | 125 |
| 21 | 21 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 7-2 | 103 |
| 22 | 25 | Baker (Kan.) | 7-2 | 68 |
| 22 | 22 | Montana Tech | 6-3 | 68 |
| 24 | RV | Friends (Kan.) | 8-2 | 41 |
| 25 | RV | Louisiana Christian | 8-1 | 22 |
Dropped From Top 25: Concordia (Mich.); Southwestern (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 15; Roosevelt (Ill.) 11; Concordia (Mich.) 7; Southwestern (Kan.) 6
