Sept. 10, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) remained at the top and claimed all 17 possible first-place votes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Football Top 25 Poll, announced this afternoon. USF, who defeated Midland Lutheran (Neb.) 69-3 last Saturday, started the season at No. 1 in the preseason poll. The same team stayed at No. 2 as St. Francis (Ind.) posted 408 total points, just 17 shy of Sioux Falls.
St. Xavier (Ill.) jumped up two spots to No. 3 this week while Carroll (Mont.) stayed at No. 4 and Northwestern (Iowa) slid up to No. 5. Five teams found themselves in the Top 25 after being left out in the preseason. Graceland had perhaps the biggest jump of any team as the YellowJackets took down then-No. 3 Missouri Valley 28-23 on the road last Saturday. Graceland is tied with Morningside (Iowa) at No. 19.
The poll was voted upon by a 17 member-panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and independents.
The second regular season poll will be released on Monday, Sept. 17.
2007 NAIA Football Top 25 Poll - Sept. 10 (Rating #1)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
17 |
2-0 |
425 |
|
2 |
2 |
St. Francis (Ind.) |
|
2-0 |
408 |
|
3 |
5 |
St. Xavier (Ill.) |
|
2-0 |
378 |
|
4 |
4 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
|
2-0 |
356 |
|
5 |
7 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
|
2-0 |
344 |
|
6 |
6 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
|
2-1 |
317 |
|
7 |
12 |
Montana State-Northern |
|
2-0 |
315 |
|
8 |
13 |
Ohio Dominican |
|
2-0 |
300 |
|
9 |
8 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
|
0-1 |
289 |
|
10 |
3 |
Missouri Valley |
|
1-1 |
236 |
|
11 |
16 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
|
2-0 |
228 |
|
12 |
14 |
Friends (Kan.) |
|
1-0 |
215 |
|
13 |
22 |
Virginia-Wise |
|
3-0 |
207 |
|
14 |
9 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
|
0-1 |
156 |
|
15 |
18 |
McKendree (Ill.) |
|
1-0 |
152 |
|
16 |
15 |
Walsh (Ohio) |
|
1-1 |
136 |
|
17 |
17 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
|
2-1 |
134 |
|
18 |
NR |
Lindenwood (Mo.) |
|
2-0 |
122 |
|
T19 |
NR |
Graceland (Iowa) |
|
2-0 |
110 |
|
T19 |
11 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
|
1-1 |
110 |
|
21 |
NR |
Bethel (Kan.) |
|
1-0 |
91 |
|
22 |
NR |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
|
1-1 |
89 |
|
23 |
NR |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
|
2-0 |
79 |
|
24 |
10 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) |
|
0-2 |
74 |
|
25 |
21 |
Northwestern Oklahoma |
|
1-2 |
53 |
Others receiving votes:
Cumberlands (Ky.) 36; Montana Tech 29; Benedictine (Kan.) 21; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 15; Malone (Ohio)
14; Concordia (Neb.) 12; Kansas Wesleyan 11; William Jewell (Mo.) 11; Quincy (Ill.) 10; Hastings (Neb.)
7; Shorter (Ga.) 7; Langston (Okla.) 5
