2002 NAIA football rankings

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  NAIA National Champion
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One human poll made up the 2002 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2002 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Preseason
Aug 20
Week Poll 1
Sep 10
Week Poll 2
Sep 17
Week Poll 3
Sep 24
Week Poll 4
Oct 01
Week Poll 5
Oct 08
Week Poll 6
Oct 15
Week Poll 7
Oct 22
Week Poll 8
Oct 29
Week Poll 9
Nov 05
Week Poll 10
Nov 12
Week Final
Nov 17
Week Postseason
Jan 17
1.Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)*Carroll (MT)1.
2.Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Southern OregonBenedictine (KS)Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateGeorgetown (KY)2.
3.Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Evangel (MO)Northwestern Oklahoma StateMary (ND)Mary (ND)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)Georgetown (KY)Sioux Falls (SD)3.
4.Southern OregonSouthern OregonBenedictine (KS)Mary (ND)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Saint Francis (IN)McKendree (IL)4.
5.Evangel (MO)Evangel (MO)Northwestern Oklahoma StateSt. Ambrose (IA)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Southern OregonSouthern OregonSouthern OregonCarroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Dickinson State (ND)Northwestern Oklahoma State5.
6.Benedictine (KS) (T)Benedictine (KS)Mary (ND)McKendree (IL)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Mary (ND)Southern Oregon6.
7.Mary (ND) (T)Mary (ND)St. Ambrose (IA)Georgetown (KY)Southern OregonSouthern OregonSaint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Mary (ND)McKendree (IL)Mary (ND)7.
8.Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateMcKendree (IL)Walsh (OH)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Mary (ND)Dickinson State (ND)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Saint Francis (IN)8.
9.St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Georgetown (KY)Southern OregonSaint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Dickinson State (ND)Southern OregonSouthern OregonMidAmerica Nazarene (KS)9.
10.Tri-State (IN)Tri-State (IN)Tri-State (IN)Carroll (MT)Valley City State (ND)Valley City State (ND)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Southern OregonMidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Carroll (MT)Dickinson State (ND)10.
11.Valley City State (ND)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)Valley City State (ND)Evangel (MO)Evangel (MO)Minot State (ND)Hastings (NE)Dickinson State (ND)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)11.
12.Concordia (NE)Valley City State (ND)Carroll (MT)Saint Francis (IN)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Hastings (NE)Dickinson State (ND)Mary (ND)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)12.
13.Walsh (OH)McKendree (IL)Hastings (NE)Evangel (MO)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Mary (ND)Mary (ND)Walsh (OH)Minot State (ND)Minot State (ND)Minot State (ND)Minot State (ND)13.
14.McKendree (IL)Hastings (NE)Valley City State (ND)Tri-State (IN)Campbellsville (KY)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Azusa Pacific (CA)Walsh (OH)Valley City State (ND)Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)14.
15.Montana TechBethany (KS)Saint Francis (IN)Campbellsville (KY)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Hastings (NE)Dickinson State (ND)Valley City State (ND)Azusa Pacific (CA) (T)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Montana WesternMontana Western15.
16.Bethany (KS)Saint Francis (IN)Bethany (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Northwestern (IA)Azusa Pacific (CA)Walsh (OH)Azusa Pacific (CA)Minot State (ND) (T)Evangel (MO) (T)Evangel (MO)Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)16.
17.Campbellsville (KY)Kansas WesleyanSaint Xavier (IL)Dickinson State (ND)Missouri Valley (MO)Dickinson State (ND)Saint Xavier (IL)Evangel (MO)Evangel (MO)Tri-State (IN) (T)Walsh (OH)Evangel (MO)Doane (NE)17.
18.Hastings (NE)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Nebraska WesleyanHastings (NE)Saint Xavier (IL)Valley City State (ND)Minot State (ND)Saint Xavier (IL)Walsh (OH)Montana WesternKansas WesleyanKansas Wesleyan18.
19.Saint Francis (IN)Saint Xavier (IL)Campbellsville (KY)Hastings (NE)Azusa Pacific (CA)Minot State (ND)Nebraska WesleyanBethany (KS)Tri-State (IN)Montana WesternKansas WesleyanDoane (NE)Evangel (MO)19.
20.Cumberlands (KY)Montana Tech (T)Dickinson State (ND)Northwestern (IA)Saint Xavier (IL)Lambuth (TN)Evangel (MO)Tri-State (IN)Hastings (NE)Kansas WesleyanMissouri Valley (MO)Missouri Valley (MO)Missouri Valley (MO)20.
21.Kansas WesleyanDoane (NE) (T)Nebraska WesleyanAzusa Pacific (CA) (T)Dickinson State (ND)Cumberland (TN)Saint Xavier (IL)Nebraska WesleyanValley City State (ND)Doane (NE)Tri-State (IN)Tri-State (IN)21.
22.MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Concordia (NE)Azusa Pacific (CA)Missouri Valley (MO) (T)Minot State (ND)Missouri Valley (MO)Montana WesternDoane (NE)Kansas WesleyanMissouri Valley (MO)Lambuth (TN)Northwestern (MN)Walsh (OH)22.
23.Northwestern (MN)Campbellsville (KY)Northwestern (IA)Saint Xavier (IL) (T)Malone (OH)Nebraska WesleyanBethany (KS)Northwestern (IA)Montana WesternDoane (NE)Tri-State (IN)Walsh (OH)Cumberland (TN)23.
24.Saint Xavier (IL)Nebraska WesleyanCulver-Stockton (MO)Culver-Stockton (MO) (T)Nebraska WesleyanCampbellsville (KY)Tri-State (IN)Kansas WesleyanMissouri Valley (MO)Bethany (KS)Northwestern (MN)Hastings (NE)Hastings (NE)24.
25.Doane (NE)Dickinson State (ND)Northwestern (MN)Minot State (ND)Cumberland (TN)Ottawa (KS)Montana WesternNorthwestern (IA)Nebraska WesleyanHastings (NE)Valley City State (ND)Northwestern (MN)25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 20
Week Poll 1
Sep 10
Week Poll 2
Sep 17
Week Poll 3
Sep 24
Week Poll 4
Oct 01
Week Poll 5
Oct 08
Week Poll 6
Oct 15
Week Poll 7
Oct 22
Week Poll 8
Oct 29
Week Poll 9
Nov 05
Week Poll 10
Nov 12
Week Final
Nov 17
Week Postseason
Jan 17
Dropped:
  • Cumberlands (KY)
  • Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
  • Kansas Wesleyan
  • Montana Tech
  • Doane (NE)
  • Concordia (NE)
Dropped:
  • Bethany (KS)
  • Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
  • Tri-State (IN)
  • Culver-Stockton (MO)
Dropped:
  • Northwestern (IA)
  • Malone (OH)
  • Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
  • Lambuth (TN)
  • Missouri Valley (MO)
  • Campbellsville (KY)
Dropped:
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Cumberland (TN)
  • Ottawa (KS)
Dropped:
  • Bethany (KS)
  • Doane (NE)
Dropped:
  • Hastings (NE)
  • Northwestern (IA)
Dropped:
  • Valley City State (ND)
  • Bethany (KS)
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
Lambuth (TN)
Dropped:
Valley City State (ND)

References

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