Dordt moves up, Northwestern out of the NAIA Football Coaches Top 25, Grand View again #1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grand View (Iowa) retained the top spot in the fourth regular-season edition of the NAIA football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, Oct. 6.

Dordt (Iowa) moved up two spots to No. 11. The Defenders moved up from No. 13 after a 51-0 win over Briar Cliff on Saturday. Dordt is now 4-0 and totaled 293 points in the voting, just four points behind number 10 Campellsville, Ky. Morningside is once again the highest ranked GPAC team at number four. Concordia, also 4-0 on the season moved up two positions to number 17. Northwestern dropped out of the top 25 following a 10-9 loss to Hastings. It’s the first time since the 2017 preseason poll that the Red Raiders have not be in the top 25, ending a streak of 102 consecutive ratings that Northwestern had been ranked.

TrendRankLast PollInstitution [First-Place Votes]RecordPoints
11Grand View (Iowa) [15]5-0435
22Keiser (Fla.)4-0421
33Benedictine (Kan.)5-1404
44Morningside (Iowa)4-1386
56Friends (Kan.)6-0359
67Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)5-0354
75Montana Tech6-0349
88Montana Western4-1340
99St. Thomas (Fla.)3-1316
1012Campbellsville (Ky.)5-0297
1113Dordt (Iowa)4-0293
1214Marian (Ind.)4-1280
1315OUAZ (Ariz.)4-0256
1416Indiana Wesleyan4-2221
1417Carroll (Mont.)4-1221
1618Southwestern (Kan.)5-1203
1719Concordia (Neb.)4-0197
1810Southeastern (Fla.)3-1190
1911Georgetown (Ky.)3-2169
2021Texas Wesleyan3-2155
2124McPherson (Kan.)6-0146
2225College of Idaho4-1140
2323MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)5-1129
24RVOlivet Nazarene (Ill.)3-188
25RVSaint Francis (Ind.)4-182

Receiving Votes: William Penn (Iowa) 79; Cumberland (Tenn.) 35; Evangel (Mo.) 27; Bethel (Tenn.) 11; Kansas Wesleyan 11; Louisiana Christian 11; Taylor (Ind.) 10; Northwestern (Iowa) 7; Florida Memorial 5; Peru State (Neb.) 2

Dropped out of Top 25: William Penn (Iowa), Northwestern (Iowa)

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