KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Morningside (Iowa) stays put at the top claiming the No. 1 in the third edition of the NAIA Football FirstDown Playbook Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs earned 17 first-place votes and 418 points for the second week in a row. The top four stayed the same from the previous poll with the addition of Concordia (Mich.) moving up one spot to No. 5.
Northwestern remains at #7, and Dordt University stays at the 18 spot after defeating Panhandle State 53-0 on Saturday.
2020-21 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll – Poll 3 (March 29)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [17] | 8-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) [1] | 6-0 | 400 |
| 3 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-0 | 387 |
| 4 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-0 | 348 |
| 5 | 6 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-2 | 347 |
| 6 | 5 | College of Idaho | 2-0 | 329 |
| 7 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 8-1 | 319 |
| 8 | 8 | Baker (Kan.) | 6-0 | 299 |
| 9 | 10 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 7-0 | 282 |
| 10 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-1 | 281 |
| 11 | 12 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 2-1 | 266 |
| 12 | 13 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 9-0 | 249 |
| 13 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 6-0 | 235 |
| 14 | 16 | Arizona Christian | 8-1 | 197 |
| 15 | 11 | Bethel (Kan.) | 9-1 | 181 |
| 16 | 17 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 4-1 | 163 |
| 17 | 15 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-2 | 156 |
| 18 | 18 | Dordt (Iowa) | 8-2 | 153 |
| 19 | 20 | Avila (Mo.) | 7-1 | 141 |
| 20 | 21 | Eastern Oregon | 2-0 | 132 |
| 21 | 22 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 4-1 | 98 |
| 22 | 23 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 6-2 | 57 |
| 23 | 24 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 2-1 | 53 |
| 24 | NR | Kansas Wesleyan | 7-1 | 46 |
| 25 | NR | Valley City State (N.D.) | 5-2 | 18 |
Dropped Out: Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Receiving Votes: Southeastern (Fla.) 15, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 15, Kentucky Christian 14, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 4, Pikeville (Ky.) 3
