KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Heading into Homecoming weekend on campus, the Northwestern College football team (5-0, 4-0 GPAC) will remain No. 1 in the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for the fourth-straight regular season poll. Northwestern has now been ranked inside the top-5 for the 29th-straight poll.
The NAIA top-remains the same from last week with no changes. Northwestern at No. 1, Grand View at No. 2, and Morningside at No. 3, Indiana Wesleyan slides No. 4, and Marian (Ind.) at No. 5.
In the GPAC, along with Northwestern and Morningside, the Dordt Defenders hold steady at No. 14 after a 4-0 start to the season and a 61-21 road win at Hastings.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwestern (Iowa) [18] | 5-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 5-0 | 401 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 5-0 | 387 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 5-0 | 368 |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 4-0 | 352 |
| 6 | 6 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-0 | 339 |
| 7 | 8 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 6-0 | 305 |
| 8 | 9 | Carroll (Mont.) | 5-0 | 300 |
| 9 | 7 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-2 | 299 |
| 10 | 10 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 4-1 | 269 |
| 11 | 11 | Montana Tech | 4-1 | 260 |
| 12 | 12 | College of Idaho | 4-1 | 234 |
| 13 | 15 | Concordia (Mich.) | 4-0 | 219 |
| 14 | 14 | Dordt (Iowa) | 4-0 | 216 |
| 15 | 16 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3-2 | 186 |
| 16 | 17 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 3-2 | 156 |
| 17 | 13 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 4-1 | 152 |
| 18 | 18 | Evangel (Mo.) | 6-0 | 147 |
| 19 | 20 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-1 | 113 |
| 20 | 21 | Texas Wesleyan | 4-1 | 106 |
| 21 | 22 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 4-2 | 86 |
| 22 | 23 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 4-1 | 79 |
| 23 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 4-1 | 57 |
| 24 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-2 | 55 |
| 25 | 25 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 4-1 | 47 |
Dropped From Top 25: None
Receiving Votes: Montana Western 32; Louisiana Christian 20; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 11; Baker (Kan.) 6; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5
