KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Morningside (Iowa) garners the No. 1 ranking in the ninth regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday.
Morningside is 9-1 on the year with its only loss coming to NCAA Division III No. 1 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 33-30, on Sept. 24. The Mustangs are currently tied atop the Great Plains Athletic Conference standings with No. 4 Doane (Neb.) at 8-0. The two sides determine the conference champion Saturday at 1 p.m. in Sioux City, Iowa.
Elsewhere in the GPAC, Dakota Wesleyan moved up to 15th, while Northwestern fell out of the polls from the 22 spot.
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Morningside (Iowa) (14) | 9-1 | 340 |
| 2 | 3 | Baker (Kan.) | 9-1 | 321 |
| 3 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 9-1 | 307 |
| 4 | 5 | Doane (Neb.) (1) | 9-0 | 301 |
| 5 | 6 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 8-0 | 293 |
| 6 | 9 | Montana Tech | 8-1 | 275 |
| 7 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 7-2 | 260 |
| 8 | 1 | Southern Oregon | 7-2 | 253 |
| 9 | 10 | Tabor (Kan.) | 9-1 | 240 |
| 10 | 13 | Montana Western | 7-2 | 224 |
| 11 | 14 | Kansas Wesleyan | 9-1 | 205 |
| 12 | 17 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-2 | 193 |
| 13 | 7 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-1 | 184 |
| 14 | 15 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 7-2 | 176 |
| 15 | 18 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 8-2 | 157 |
| 16 | 12 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-3 | 127 |
| 17 | 11 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 7-3 | 125 |
| 18 | 21 | Point (Ga.) | 7-2 | 116 |
| 19 | 19 | William Penn (Iowa) | 7-3 | 115 |
| 20 | 23 | Robert Morris (Ill.) | 6-3 | 104 |
| 21 | 24 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-2 | 77 |
| 22 | 16 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 7-3 | 66 |
| 23 | 25 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 7-2 | 57 |
| 24 | RV | Arizona Christian | 7-3 | 30 |
| 25 | RV | Faulkner (Ala.) | 6-3 | 24 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Cumberlands (Ky.) (No. 20); Northwestern (Iowa) (No. 22)
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 11; Cumberlands (Ky.) 9; Sterling (Kan.) 3.
