KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the first regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football poll of the season, the Northwestern College football team (1-1, 1-1 GPAC) remains in the top-5 at No. 4, the NAIA announced Monday.

It marks the 15th-straight NAIA poll that the Red Raiders are ranked inside the top-5. The streak dates back to the Postseason poll of the 2020 season back on May 17, 2021.

Morningside (Iowa) is awarded all 19 first-place votes in the first regular season NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, and is once again ranked number 1. The Top Five teams remain the same, with the lone change being Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Northwestern (Iowa) swapping spots third and fourth places.

GPAC IN THE RANKINGS

No. 1 Morningside Mustangs (2-0, 2-0 GPAC)

No. 4 NORTHWESTERN RED RAIDERS (1-1, 1-1 GPAC)

No. 23 Midland Warriors (3-0, 2-0 GPAC)

NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll - Poll #1 (September 12)

1 Morningside (Iowa) [19]

2 Grand View (Iowa)

3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

4 Northwestern (Iowa)

5 Marian (Ind.)

6 Southwestern (Kan.)

7 Concordia (Mich.)

8 Ottawa (Ariz.)

9 Kansas Wesleyan

10 Georgetown (Ky.)

11 Baker (Kan.)

12 Reinhardt (Ga.)

13 Indiana Wesleyan

14 Keiser (Fla.)

15 Benedictine (Kan.)

16 Bethel (Tenn.)

17 College of Idaho

18 Texas Wesleyan

19 Montana Western

20 Saint Francis (Ind.)

21 Montana Tech

22 Bethel (Kan.)

23 Midland (Neb.)

24 Southeastern (Fla.)

25 St. Thomas (Fla.)

Receiving Votes: Waldorf (Iowa) 28; Arizona Christian 20; Carroll (Mont.) 16; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 15; Dickinson State (N.D.) 13; Siena Heights (Mich.) 11; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 7; Cumberland (Tenn.) 5; Roosevelt (Ill.) 3