KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) once again is the highest ranked team in the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches’ Top 25 Poll earning 17 first-place votes. Morningside (Iowa) is ranked third and received the 18th first-place vote. The biggest move up the charts was Indiana Wesleyan leaping 11 spots and the further decline was 11 positions from Olivet Nazarene (Ill.).
Northwestern remains in the two spot after a dominant performance against Doane, and Dordt fell one spot to 20th even with a win against Concordia.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [17] | 2-0 | 418 |
| 2 | 2 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 4-0 | 400 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 3-0 | 388 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand View (Iowa) | 4-0 | 370 |
| 5 | 5 | Concordia (Mich.) | 2-0 | 354 |
| 6 | 7 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 2-1 | 331 |
| 7 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 1-1 | 314 |
| 8 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 2-1 | 307 |
| 9 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-0 | 292 |
| 10 | 12 | Baker (Kan.) | 3-1 | 275 |
| 11 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 2-0 | 259 |
| 12 | 16 | Kansas Wesleyan | 3-0 | 231 |
| 13 | 14 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 220 |
| 14 | 25 | Indiana Wesleyan | 2-0 | 197 |
| 15 | 15 | Avila (Mo.) | 3-0 | 193 |
| 16 | 18 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 3-0 | 165 |
| 17 | 6 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 1-1 | 147 |
| 18 | 10 | Bethel (Kan.) | 2-1 | 137 |
| 19 | 16 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 1-1 | 118 |
| 20 | 21 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 3-0 | 103 |
| 20 | 19 | Dordt (Iowa) | 2-1 | 103 |
| 22 | 20 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 3-0 | 100 |
| 23 | 23 | Montana Western | 3-1 | 84 |
| 24 | 22 | Arizona Christian | 2-1 | 55 |
| 25 | NR | Faulkner (Ala.) | 3-0 | 38 |
Dropped from the poll: Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 19; College of Idaho 16; Cumberlands (Ky.) 11
