KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Francis (Ind.) extended its top-ranked streak to five-straight, as the Cougars were the unanimous No. 1 in the second regular-season edition of the 2017 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the National Office announced Monday. Saint Francis earned 366 total points. Morningside holds the longest active streak with 128-straight Top 25 mentions. Northwestern College jumped 5 spots to number 19 from 24th
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2017 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Saint Francis (Ind.) (16) | 3-0 | 366 |
| 2 | 2 | Baker (Kan.) | 4-0 | 352 |
| 3 | 3 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-0 | 335 |
| 4 | 4 | Morningside (Iowa) | 4-0 | 327 |
| 5 | 5 | Montana Tech | 3-0 | 310 |
| 6 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-0 | 295 |
| 7 | 7 | Doane (Neb.) | 3-0 | 278 |
| 8 | 9 | Grand View (Iowa) | 3-1 | 251 |
| 9 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 1-1 | 248 |
| 10 | 10 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 3-0 | 237 |
| 11 | 13 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3-0 | 223 |
| 12 | 12 | Arizona Christian | 3-0 | 216 |
| 13 | 14 | Southern Oregon | 3-0 | 210 |
| 14 | 16 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 4-0 | 183 |
| 15 | 15 | Langston (Okla.) | 2-0 | 176 |
| 16 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-0 | 165 |
| 17 | 18 | Tabor (Kan.) | 1-1 | 123 |
| 18 | 20 | Sterling (Kan.) | 2-1 | 103 |
| 19 | 24 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 3-0 | 101 |
| 20 | 21 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 2-1 | 88 |
| 21 | RV | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 4-0 | 81 |
| 22 | 19 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-1 | 48 |
| 23 | 11 | Eastern Oregon | 1-2 | 47 |
| 24 | 25 | Kansas Wesleyan | 2-1 | 37 |
| T25 | RV | Concordia (Mich.) | 3-0 | 35 |
| T25 | RV | Hastings (Neb.) | 3-0 | 35 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (No. 22); St. Ambrose (Iowa) (No. 23)
Others Receiving Votes: St. Ambrose (Iowa) 21; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 18; Midland (Neb.) 8; Peru State (Neb.) 6.
