KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) leads the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week, earning 18 first-place votes. The Top-6 is unchanged from a week ago with a combined 30-1; Marian (Ind.) and Georgetown (Ky.) fell down in the poll after suffering a pair of losses. Kansas Wesleyan, Ottawa (Ariz.), and Indiana Wesleyan claim their place in the Top 10. St. Thomas (Fla.) and College of Idaho leap up in the rankings replacing Cumberlands (Ky.) and Avila (Mo.).
Northwestern continues to be ranked #2, with Morningside in the three spot. Dordt moved up one position to 18th.
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18] | 5-0 | 444 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 6-0 | 425 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 5-0 | 412 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 6-0 | 392 |
| 5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 4-0 | 377 |
| 6 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-1 | 353 |
| 7 | 9 | Baker (Kan.) | 5-1 | 340 |
| 8 | 10 | Kansas Wesleyan | 6-0 | 326 |
| 9 | 11 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 6-0 | 292 |
| 10 | 14 | Indiana Wesleyan | 4-1 | 291 |
| 11 | 12 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 4-2 | 268 |
| 12 | 13 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 4-1 | 261 |
| 13 | 8 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 4-1 | 221 |
| 14 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 4-2 | 216 |
| 15 | 17 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 6-0 | 203 |
| 16 | 16 | Bethel (Kan.) | 5-1 | 202 |
| 17 | 20 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 5-0 | 160 |
| 18 | 19 | Dordt (Iowa) | 4-1 | 157 |
| 19 | 23 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 5-1 | 144 |
| 20 | 15 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 5-1 | 120 |
| 21 | 24 | Montana Western | 5-2 | 79 |
| 22 | 25 | Langston (Okla.) | 5-0 | 73 |
| 23 | 18 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 3-2 | 50 |
| 24 | NR | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 6-0 | 36 |
| 25 | NR | College of Idaho | 4-2 | 35 |
Dropped from the poll: Cumberlands (Ky.); Avila (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 26; Cumberlands (Ky.) 18; Avila (Mo.) 17; Benedictine (Kan.) 14; Arizona Christian 5
