2005 NAIA football rankings

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  NAIA National Champion
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One human poll made up the 2005 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 2005 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 12
Week Poll 2
Sep 19
Week Poll 3
Sep 26
Week Poll 4
Oct 03
Week Poll 5
Oct 10
Week Poll 6
Oct 17
Week Poll 7
Oct 24
Week Poll 8
Oct 31
Week Poll 9
Nov 07
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 18
1.Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)*Carroll (MT)1.
2.Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)2.
3.Georgetown (KY)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)3.
4.Azusa Pacific (CA)Georgetown (KY)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Sioux Falls (SD) (T)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)4.
5.Sioux Falls (SD)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Georgetown (KY)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)St. Ambrose (IA) (T)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Cumberlands (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)5.
6.Dickinson State (SD)McKendree (IL)Morningside (IA)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Cumberlands (KY)Georgetown (KY)Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)6.
7.Lindenwood (MO)Morningside (IA)Montana TechSt. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA) (T)St. Ambrose (IA)Pikeville (KY)Georgetown (KY)Tabor (KS)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Montana Tech7.
8.Northwestern Oklahoma StateMontana TechGraceland (IA)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) (T)Pikeville (KY)Cumberlands (KY)Tabor (KS)Saint Xavier (IL)McKendree (IL)McKendree (IL)Evangel (MO)8.
9.McKendree (IL)Cumberlands (KY)McKendree (IL)Pikeville (KY)Pikeville (KY)Montana TechGeorgetown (KY)Saint Xavier (IL)St. Ambrose (IA)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Azusa Pacific (CA)Saint Xavier (IL)9.
10.MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Dickinson State (SD)Saint Xavier (IL)Montana TechMontana TechCumberlands (KY)Tabor (KS)St. Ambrose (IA)McKendree (IL)Azusa Pacific (CA)Evangel (MO)McKendree (IL)10.
11.Montana TechGraceland (IA)Geneva (PA)Cumberlands (KY) (T)Cumberlands (KY)Tabor (KS)Walsh (OH)McKendree (IL)Montana TechWalsh (OH)Montana TechDickinson State (SD)11.
12.Morningside (IA)Trinity International (IL)Pikeville (KY)Tabor (KS) (T)Tabor (KS)Georgetown (KY)Graceland (IA)Pikeville (KY)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Cumberlands (KY)Graceland (IA)Azusa Pacific (CA)12.
13.Hastings (NB)Benedictine (KS)St. Ambrose (IA)Georgetown (KY)Graceland (IA)Graceland (IA)McKendree (IL)Montana TechAzusa Pacific (CA)Evangel (MO)Pikeville (KY)Graceland (IA)13.
14.Cumberlands (KY)Saint Xavier (IL)Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma StateGeorgetown (KY)McKendree (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Azusa Pacific (CA)Walsh (OH)Pikeville (KY)St. Ambrose (IA)Geneva (PA)14.
15.Lambuth (TN)Northwestern Oklahoma StateNebraska WesleyanGraceland (IA)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)Valley City State (ND)Walsh (OH)Evangel (MO)Montana TechDickinson State (SD)Pikeville (KY)15.
16.Trinity International (IL)Pikeville (KY) (T)Cumberlands (KY)Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)Urbana (OH)Montana TechWebber International (FL)Pikeville (KY)Graceland (IA)Geneva (PA)St. Ambrose (IA)16.
17.Saint Xavier (IL)Geneva (PA) (T)Tabor (KS)Valley City State (ND)Missouri ValleyEastern OregonAzusa Pacific (CA)Urbana (OH)Graceland (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)17.
18.Pikeville (KY)St. Ambrose (IA)Azusa Pacific (CA)Walsh (OH)Urbana (OH)Valley City State (ND)Webber International (FL)Evangel (MO)Kansas WesleyanValley City State (ND)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)18.
19.Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Valley City State (ND)Geneva (PA)Eastern OregonEvangel (MO)Northwestern Oklahoma StateKansas WesleyanValley City State (ND)Dickinson State (SD)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)19.
20.Northwestern (IA)Azusa Pacific (CA)Walsh (OH)Missouri ValleySterling (KS)Azusa Pacific (CA)Urbana (OH)Graceland (IA)Dickinson State (SD)Geneva (PA)Cumberlands (KY)Kansas Wesleyan20.
21.Walsh (OH)Hastings (NB)Dickinson State (SD)Nebraska WesleyanValley City State (ND)Northwestern Oklahoma StateKansas WesleyanValley City State (ND)Geneva (PA)Northwestern (IA)Kansas WesleyanCumberlands (KY)21.
22.St. Ambrose (IA)Nebraska Wesleyan (T)Virginia-WiseBenedictine (KS)Evangel (MO)Webber International (FL)Missouri ValleyDickinson State (SD)Northwestern (IA)Webber International (FL)Valley City State (ND)Valley City State (ND)22.
23.Graceland (IA)Olivet Nazarene (IL) (T)Benedictine (KS)Urbana (OH)Northwestern Oklahoma StateBlack Hills State (SD)Evangel (MO)Eastern OregonWebber International (FL)Kansas WesleyanBethel (TN)Bethel (TN)23.
24.Minot State (ND)Walsh (OH)Trinity International (IL)Sterling (KS)Webber International (FL)Bacone (OK)Dickinson State (SD)Geneva (PA)Urbana (OH)Bethel (TN)Black Hills State (SD)Black Hills State (SD)24.
25.Montana State-NorthernValley City State (ND)Sterling (KS)Eastern OregonGeneva (PA)Kansas WesleyanEastern OregonBenedictine (KS)Midland Lutheran (NB)Texas CollegeTexas College25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 12
Week Poll 2
Sep 19
Week Poll 3
Sep 26
Week Poll 4
Oct 03
Week Poll 5
Oct 10
Week Poll 6
Oct 17
Week Poll 7
Oct 24
Week Poll 8
Oct 31
Week Poll 9
Nov 07
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 18
Dropped:
  • Lambuth (TN)
  • Lindenwood (MO)
  • Minot State (ND)
  • Montana State-Northern
  • Northwestern (IA)
Dropped:
  • Hastings (NB)
  • Olivet Nazarene (IL)
Dropped:
  • Dickinson State (SD)
  • Trinity International (IL)
  • Virginia-Wise
Dropped:
  • Benedictine (KS)
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
  • Geneva (PA)
  • Missouri Valley
  • Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
  • Bacone (OK)
  • Black Hills State (SD)
Dropped:
  • Missouri Valley
  • Northwestern Oklahoma State
Dropped:
  • Eastern Oregon
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
  • Benedictine (KS)
  • Urbana (OH)
Dropped:
  • Midland Lutheran (NB)
  • Webber International (FL)
None

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