KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) made program history this week, as the Blue Raiders garner their first-ever No. 1 ranking in the third regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday.
From the GPAC, Morningside falls from the top spot to #4, Doane jumps to 10th after defeating Northwestern, who fell to 15th and Dakota Wesleyan jumped 4 spots to 13th, up from #17
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (12) | 3-0 | 338 |
| 2 | T4 | Southern Oregon (1) | 3-1 | 310 |
| 3 | T4 | Faulkner (Ala.) (1) | 3-0 | 308 |
| 4 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) (1) | 3-1 | 306 |
| 5 | 6 | Carroll (Mont.) | 3-1 | 300 |
| 6 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-1 | 277 |
| 7 | 9 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-1 | 250 |
| 8 | 3 | Baker (Kan.) | 4-1 | 248 |
| 9 | 11 | Grand View (Iowa) | 4-1 | 240 |
| 10 | 13 | Doane (Neb.) | 4-0 | 229 |
| 11 | 14 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 4-0 | 211 |
| 12 | 7 | Robert Morris (Ill.) | 3-1 | 188 |
| 13 | 17 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 5-0 | 183 |
| 14 | 19 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 4-0 | 165 |
| 15 | 10 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 3-1 | 156 |
| 16 | 20 | Tabor (Kan.) | 3-1 | 139 |
| 17 | 16 | Montana Western | 3-1 | 128 |
| 18 | 21 | Montana Tech | 3-1 | 125 |
| 19 | 12 | William Penn (Iowa) | 3-2 | 95 |
| 20 | 25 | Peru State (Neb.) | 4-1 | 94 |
| 21 | 24 | Kansas Wesleyan | 4-0 | 91 |
| 22 | 23 | Webber International (Fla.) | 2-2 | 50 |
| 23 | RV | Benedictine (Kan.) | 3-2 | 45 |
| 24 | NR | St. Francis (Ill.) | 3-1 | 39 |
| 25 | RV | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 3-0 | 18 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Valley City State (N.D.) (No. 15); MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (No. 18); Missouri Valley (No. 22)
Others Receiving Votes: Dickinson State (N.D.) 16; Valley City State (N.D.) 13; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 4; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 4; Langston (Okla.) 4.
