2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Sept. 21)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Morningside (Iowa) claims the No. 1 ranking in the second regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday.

Morningside (Iowa) garners the No. 1 ranking for the 18th time in program history. The Mustangs were the unanimous pick, receiving all 15 first-place votes and 340 total points. The Mustangs (3-0) put their unbeaten record on the line Thursday against NCAA Division III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater.

The Frontier Conference – No. 4 Southern Oregon, No. 6 Carroll (Mont.), No. 16 Montana Western and No. 21 Montana Tech – and the Great Plains Athletic Conference – Morningside, No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 13 Doane (Neb.) and Dakota Wesleyan – lead all conferences with four ranked teams each.

RANK	LAST TIME^	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	2015 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	2	Morningside (Iowa) (15)	3-0	340
2	3	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	3-0	327
3	6	Baker (Kan.)	4-0	300
T4	4	Southern Oregon	2-1	290
T4	5	Faulkner (Ala.)	2-0	290
6	7	Carroll (Mont.)	2-1	269
7	11	Robert Morris (Ill.)	3-0	266
8	1	Marian (Ind.)	2-1	262
9	8	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	3-1	236
10	9	Northwestern (Iowa)	3-0	226
11	10	Grand View (Iowa)	3-1	216
12	12	William Penn (Iowa)	3-1	191
13	14	Doane (Neb.)	3-0	184
14	17	Saint Francis (Ind.)	3-0	164
15	16	Valley City State (N.D.)	3-1	154
16	19	Montana Western	3-0	149
17	22	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	4-0	119
18	21	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	2-2	113
19	24	Reinhardt (Ga.)	3-0	96
20	24	Tabor (Kan.)	2-1	89
21	15	Montana Tech	2-1	68
22	13	Missouri Valley	2-2	61
23	20	Webber International (Fla.)	2-2	51
24	RV	Kansas Wesleyan	3-0	32
25	NR	Peru State (Neb.)	3-1	24