Kansas City Missouri — Saint Francis (Ind.) maintained its No. 1 ranking, as the top five teams in the 2017 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll remained unchanged for a fourth-straight week, the national office announced Monday. The Cougars garnered all 15 first-place votes en route to 340 total points. Morningside remains in the top five at number 4. Doane is ranked number 12 with Northwestern in the 19 spot and Dakota Wesleyan number 22. Hastings of Nebraska is at number 24 to give the GPAC five teams in the latest top 25.
1 Saint Francis (Ind.) (15) 5-0 340
2 Baker (Kan.) 6-0 327
3 Reinhardt (Ga.) 4-0 311
4 Morningside (Iowa) 5-0 302
5 Montana Tech 4-0 289
6 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5-0 274
7 Grand View (Iowa) 5-1 260
8 Southern Oregon 5-0 252
9 Langston (Okla.) 4-0 229
10 Georgetown (Ky.) 4-0 214
11 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 4-1 213
12 Doane (Neb.) 4-1 186
13 Marian (Ind.) 2-2 179
14 Benedictine (Kan.) 5-1 166
15 Southeastern (Fla.) 3-1 156
16 Tabor (Kan.) 3-1 149
17 Sterling (Kan.) 4-1 124
18 Arizona Christian 4-1 115
19 Northwestern (Iowa) 4-1 110
20 Concordia (Mich.) 5-0 106
21 Dickinson State (N.D.) 4-1 105
22 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4-2 58
23 SAGU (Texas) 4-1 32
24 Hastings (Neb.) 4-1 23
25 Kansas Wesleyan 3-2 15
Dropped from the Top 25: Cumberland (Tenn.) (No. 22); Peru State (Neb.) (No. 23); Midland (Neb.) (No. 24)