KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the eighth-straight edition, Saint Francis (Ind.) holds the No. 1 ranking in the 2017 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday. The Cougars gathered all 15 first-place votes and 340 total points en route their 11th all-time No. 1 ranking. Morningside holds the longest active streak with 131-straight Top 25 mentions. Additionally, the Mustangs have been ranked within the top 10 in 80-straight polls. Northwestern jumps to 17th, and Dordt College received 3 votes.
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2017 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Saint Francis (Ind.) (15) | 6-0 | 340 |
| 2 | 2 | Baker (Kan.) | 6-0 | 327 |
| 3 | 3 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 5-0 | 312 |
| 4 | 4 | Morningside (Iowa) | 6-0 | 303 |
| 5 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-0 | 286 |
| 6 | 7 | Grand View (Iowa) | 5-1 | 271 |
| 7 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 5-0 | 266 |
| 8 | 9 | Langston (Okla.) | 5-0 | 236 |
| 9 | 10 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 5-0 | 235 |
| 10 | 11 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 4-1 | 223 |
| 11 | 5 | Montana Tech | 4-1 | 213 |
| 12 | 14 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 5-1 | 195 |
| 13 | 13 | Marian (Ind.) | 3-2 | 191 |
| 14 | 15 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 4-1 | 171 |
| 15 | 17 | Sterling (Kan.) | 5-1 | 157 |
| 16 | 18 | Arizona Christian | 5-1 | 139 |
| 17 | 19 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 5-1 | 135 |
| 18 | 21 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 5-1 | 121 |
| T19 | 12 | Doane (Neb.) | 4-2 | 77 |
| T19 | 24 | Hastings (Neb.) | 5-1 | 77 |
| 21 | 20 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-1 | 75 |
| 22 | 23 | SAGU (Texas) | 4-1 | 70 |
| 23 | 16 | Tabor (Kan.) | 3-2 | 68 |
| 24 | RV | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 5-2 | 22 |
| 25 | 25 | Kansas Wesleyan | 4-2 | 19 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (No. 22)
Others Receiving Votes: Montana Western 15; Campbellsville (Ky.) 12; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 7; Peru State (Neb.) 6; Dakota State (S.D.) 3; Dordt (Iowa) 3.
