2016 NAIA football rankings

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One human poll makes up the 2016 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. When the regular season is complete, the NAIA will conduct a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the 2016 NAIA Football National Championship.

Poll Release Dates

The poll release dates are scheduled to be: [1]

Week by week poll

Week 0-Spring
Apr 11[2]		Week 0-Preseason
Aug 8[3]		Week 1-Poll 1
Sep 12[4]		Week 2-Poll 2
Sep 19[5]		Week 3-Poll 3
Sep 26[6]		Week 4-Poll 4
Oct 3[7]		Week 5-Poll 5
Oct 10[8]		Week 6-Poll 6
Oct 17[9]		Week 7-Poll 7
Oct 24[10]		Week 8-Poll 8
Oct 31[11]		Week 9-Poll 9
Nov 7[12]		Week 10-Final
Nov 13[13]		Week 11-Postseason
Dec 20[14]
1.Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)Marian (IN)1.
2.Southern OregonSouthern OregonMorningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Saint Francis (IN)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)2.
3.Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Baker (KS)Doane (NE)Reinhardt (GA)Reinhardt (GA)Reinhardt (GA)Reinhardt (GA)Reinhardt (GA)Reinhardt (GA)3.
4.Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Doane (NE)Reinhardt (GA)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN) (T)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)4.
5.Baker (KS)Baker (KS)Doane (NE)(T)Doane (NE)Reinhardt (GA)Saint Francis (IN)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA) (T)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)5.
6.Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Reinhardt (GA)(T)Reinhardt (GA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Montana TechMontana Tech6.
7.Montana TechMontana TechLindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Montana TechMontana TechDoane (NE)Doane (NE)7.
8.Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Grand View (IA)Southern OregonMontana TechDoane (NE)Doane (NE)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)8.
9.Doane (NE)Doane (NE)Saint Xavier (IL)Southern OregonSouthern OregonSouthern Oregon (T)Montana TechDoane (NE)Missouri Valley (MO)Missouri Valley (MO)Eastern OregonEastern Oregon9.
10.Reinhardt (GA)Saint Xavier (IL)Kansas Wesleyan (T)Montana TechMontana TechMontana TechDoane (NE)Georgetown (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Kansas WesleyanGrand View (IA)10.
11.Saint Xavier (IL)Reinhardt (GA)Eastern Oregon (T)Missouri Valley (MO)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Missouri Valley (MO)Eastern OregonEastern OregonGrand View (IA)Missouri Valley (MO)11.
12.Campbellsville (KY)Lindsey Wilson (KY)Southern OregonBenedictine (KS)Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Dickinson State (ND) (T)Dickinson State (ND)Kansas WesleyanMissouri Valley (MO)Tabor (KS)12.
13.Lindsey Wilson (KY)Kansas WesleyanMontana TechTabor (KS)Missouri Valley (MO)Missouri Valley (MO)Missouri Valley (MO)Eastern Oregon (T)Kansas WesleyanTabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Sterling (KS)13.
14.Kansas WesleyanSt. Francis (IL)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Georgetown (KY)Kansas WesleyanKansas Wesleyan (T)Dickinson State (ND)Kansas WesleyanDakota Wesleyan (SD)Southeastern (FL)Southeastern (FL)Dickinson State (ND)14.
15.Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Eastern OregonDickinson State (ND)Dickinson State (ND) (T)Kansas WesleyanDakota Wesleyan (SD)Georgetown (KY)Sterling (KS)Sterling (KS) (T)Robert Morris (IL)15.
16.Montana WesternDakota Wesleyan (SD)Missouri Valley (MO)Concordia (NE)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Dakota Wesleyan (SD) (T)Eastern Oregon (T)Bethel (TN)Tabor (KS)Dickinson State (ND)Dickinson State (ND) (T)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)16.
17.St. Francis (IL)Campbellsville (KY)Tabor (KS)Saint Xavier (IL)Eastern OregonEastern Oregon (T)Dakota Wesleyan (SD) (T)Southern OregonSoutheastern (FL)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Kansas Wesleyan17.
18.Dickinson State (ND)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)(T)Sterling (KS)Benedictine (KS)(T)Dakota State (SD)Bethel (TN)Tabor (KS)Sterling (KS)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Concordia (NE)18.
19.Point (GA)Faulkner (AL)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)(T)Faulkner (AL)Midland (NE)(T)Bethel (TN)Dakota State (SD)Benedictine (KS)Bethel (TN)Robert Morris (IL)Robert Morris (IL)Montana Western19.
20.Benedictine (KS)Arizona ChristianConcordia (NE)Kansas WesleyanDakota State (SD)Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)Southeastern (FL)Arizona ChristianWilliam Penn (IA)William Penn (IA)Southeastern (FL)20.
21.St. Ambrose (IA)Dickinson State (ND)Carroll (MT)Dickinson State (ND)Concordia (NE)Midland (NE)Midland (NE)Montana WesternConcordia (NE)Concordia (NE)Concordia (NE)Langston (OK)21.
22.Arizona ChristianCarroll (MT)Dickinson State (ND)(T)Dakota Wesleyan (SD)Peru State (NE)Montana WesternPeru State (NE)Midland (NE)Benedictine (KS)Wayland Baptist (TX)Montana WesternArizona Christian22.
23.Georgetown (KY)William Penn (IA)Montana Western (T)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Bethel (TN)Concordia (MI)Southeastern (FL)Dakota State (SD)Southern OregonBethel (TN)Langston (OK)William Penn (IA) (T)23.
24.Faulkner (AL)St. Ambrose (IA)Faulkner (AL)Dakota State (SD)Montana WesternPeru State (NE)Concordia (NE)Robert Morris (IL)Robert Morris (IL)Montana WesternBenedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS) (T)24.
25.William Penn (IA)Montana WesternRocky Mountain (MT)
Sterling (KS)Rocky Mountain (MT)Montana WesternSterling (KS)Dakota State (SD)Langston (OK)Arizona ChristianGeorgetown (KY)25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 11[15]		Week 0-Preseason
Aug 8[16]		Week 1-Poll 1
Sep 12[17]		Week 2-Poll 2
Sep 19[18]		Week 3-Poll 3
Sep 26[19]		Week 4-Poll 4
Oct 3[20]		Week 5-Poll 5
Oct 10[21]		Week 6-Poll 6
Oct 17[22]		Week 7-Poll 7
Oct 24[23]		Week 8-Poll 8
Oct 31[24]		Week 9-Poll 9
Nov 7[25]		Week 10-Final
Nov 13[26]		Week 11-Postseason
Dec 20[27]
Dropped:
Point (GA)		Dropped:
  • St. Francis (IL)
  • Campbellsville (KY)
  • Arizona Christian
  • William Penn (IA)
  • St. Ambrose (IA)
Dropped:
  • Carroll (MT)
  • Montana Western
  • Rocky Mountain (MT)
Dropped:
  • Saint Xavier (IL)
  • Faulkner (AL)
  • Mid America Nazarene (KS)
  • Webber International (FL)
Dropped:
  • Concordia (NE)
  • Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
  • Concordia (MI)
  • Rocky Mountain (MT)
Dropped:
  • Peru State (NE)
  • Concordia (NE)
Dropped:
  • Montana Western
  • Midland (NE)
Dropped:
  • Arizona Christian
  • Benedictine (KS)
  • Southern Oregon
  • Dakota State (SD)
Dropped:
  • Wayland Baptist (TX)
  • Bethel (TN)
Dropped:
NONE		None

Leading Vote-Getters

Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the final poll of the 2016 regular season, the team and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.

There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.

In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.

Team Total #1 Rankings
Carroll (MT)57(6)
Sioux Falls (SD)55(3)
Georgetown (KY)25(2)
Marian (IN)24(2)
Morningside (IA)20
Saint Xavier (IL)14(1)
Northwestern Oklahoma State12(1)
Southern Oregon5(1)
Grand View (IA)4(1)
Lindsey Wilson (KY)4
Azusa Pacific (CA)3
Saint Francis (IN)3
Cumberlands (KY)2

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Football Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Polls - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 11, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  12. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2016 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Polls - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 11, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  16. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  17. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  18. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  19. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  20. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  21. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  23. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  24. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  25. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  26. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  27. ↑ "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

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