Kansas City Mo. — Fueled by a dominant 56-10 win this past weekend, Southern Oregon locks down the No. 1 ranking in the eighth regular-season edition of the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday. The ninth regular-season installment will be released on Nov. 9.
2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8 (Nov. 2)
1 1 Southern Oregon (8) 7-1 334
2 2 Morningside (Iowa) (6) 8-1 332
3 3 Baker (Kan.) 8-1 307
4 4 Grand View (Iowa) 8-1 292
5 5 Doane (Neb.) (1) 8-0 287
6 7 Saint Francis (Ind.) 8-0 279
7 6 Reinhardt (Ga.) 8-0 274
8 9 Marian (Ind.) 6-2 245
9 10 Montana Tech 7-1 236
10 11 Tabor (Kan.) 8-1 224
11 12 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7-2 213
12 15 Benedictine (Kan.) 7-2 191
13 16 Montana Western 6-2 185
14 17 Kansas Wesleyan 8-1 158
15 8 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 6-2 144
16 18 St. Francis (Ill.) 7-2 142
17 20 Campbellsville (Ky.) 7-2 135
18 19 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 7-2 126
19 13 William Penn (Iowa) 6-3 105
20 21 Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-2 101
21 22 Point (Ga.) 6-2 78
22 23 Northwestern (Iowa) 5-3 61
23 14 Robert Morris (Ill.) 5-3 54
24 RV Dickinson State (N.D.) 7-2 45
25 RV St. Ambrose (Iowa) 6-2 18
Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.) (No. 24); SAGU (Texas) (No. 25)
Others Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian 6; Faulkner (Ala.) 5; Carroll (Mont.) 3.