KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The latest NAIA Football Coaches Top 25 Poll has four GPAC teams ranked in the top 25.
Morningside leads the conference at number seven, with Dordt ranked 16th, sliiping from number 11. Midland moved into the rankings at number 18 after its win over Northwestern. The Red Raiders are ranked 22nd this week, falling nine spots from number 13 a week ago.
Keiser of Florida reclaimed the number-one ranking, receiving eight first-place votes. Montana Tech is second, followed by College of Idaho, Indiana Wesleyan and Benedictine of Kansas. Last week’s top ranked team, Grand View fell to number 6. Grand View lost to Benedictine College (Kansas), 21–17, on Saturday, in Des Moines It was Grand View’s first loss of the season and snapped the Vikings’ 73-game regular-season winning streak.
RANK LW INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD
1 2 Keiser (Fla.) [8] 1-1
2 3 Montana Tech [4] 4-0
3 4 College of Idaho [1] 3-0
4 6 Indiana Wesleyan 4-0
5 9 Benedictine (Kan.) 3-1
6 1 Grand View (Iowa) 3-1
7 8 Morningside (Iowa) 3-1
8 7 Friends (Kan.) 4-0
9 10 Campbellsville (Ky.) 4-0
10 14 St. Thomas (Fla.) 4-0
11 T-11 Marian (Ind.) 3-1
12 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 3-1
13 15 Carroll (Mont.) 2-1
14 16 Southeastern (Fla.) 2-0
15 18 McPherson (Kan.) 4-0
16 T-11 Dordt (Iowa) 1-2
17 22 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3-0
18 RV Midland (Neb.) 4-0
19 T-19 William Penn (Iowa) 3-1
20 T-19 Louisiana Christian 3-1
21 23 Dakota State (S.D.) 3-1
22 13 Northwestern (Iowa) 2-2
23 T-24 Baker (Kan.) 3-0
24 17 Evangel (Mo.) 3-1
25 T-24 Georgetown (Ky.) 2-2
Dropped out of the Top 25: Montana Western.
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Kansas Wesleyan, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Montana Western, OUAZ (Ariz.), Southwestern (Kan.), Taylor (Ind.).
