NAIA Football top 25 poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Northwestern football team kept its No. 2 spot in the NAIA top 25 rating.

Keiser (Fla.) was ranked in the top spot, receiving 15 of the 17 first-place votes. Northwestern, in second, received the remaining two votes. Grand View (Iowa) bumps up to third after winning their 51st straight regular season game. Montana Western leaps up five spots to now sit in fourth followed by Marian (Ind.) who slips one rank.

Northwestern has been in the top 25 in 89 consecutive ratings dating back to August 7, 2017, which ranks fifth in the NAIA.

The Dordt Defender football team moved up two spots in the ratings. The Defenders are no. 10 this week. Dordt took 222 points in the voting after a bye week, and a 38-20 win over Midland in the season opener for the Defenders on September 7. Dordt resumes the 2024 campaign against Hastings on Saturday, September 21.

GPAC IN THE TOP 25

No. 2 Northwestern Red Raiders

No. 10 Dordt Defenders

No. 13 Morningside Mustangs

RANKLAST TIMEINSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]RECORDFINAL POINTS
11Keiser (Fla.) [15]3-0374
22Northwestern (Iowa) [2]2-0361
34Grand View (Iowa)2-0345
49Montana Western2-0319
56Marian (Ind.)2-0314
67Bethel (Tenn.)3-0292
75Indiana Wesleyan2-1283
810St. Thomas (Fla.)2-0281
93College of Idaho2-1266
1012Dordt (Iowa)1-0222
118Saint Xavier (Ill.)1-1211
1215Montana Tech2-0203
1314Morningside (Iowa)2-1197
1412Benedictine (Kan.)2-1171
1511Georgetown (Ky.)1-2166
1616Evangel (Mo.)3-0154
1718Baker (Kan.)2-0141
1819Texas Wesleyan3-0124
1920MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)2-0109
2023Southern Oregon2-083
2121Friends (Kan.)3-078
2216Dickinson State (N.D.)2-168
2325Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)2-138
24RVSouthwestern (Kan.)3-022
25RVSt. Francis (Ill.)2-020

Dropped From Top 25: Reinhardt (Ga.), OUAZ (Ariz.)

Receiving Votes: OUAZ (Ariz.), Southeastern (Fla.), Campbellsville (Ky.)

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