2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 9 (November 6)

Nov 06, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the 10th consecutive time, Northwestern (Iowa) leads the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Rating presented by FirstDown PlayBook, with the Red Raiders received all 18 first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.) is back in the Top 5 while College of Idaho makes the lead five for the first time since March 22, 2021.

Rating Methodology

The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list.
The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

RANK	LAST TIME	SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Northwestern (Iowa) [18]	10-0	418
2	2	Grand View (Iowa)	9-0	402
3	3	Indiana Wesleyan	9-0	386
4	6	Keiser (Fla.)	7-2	365
5	7	College of Idaho	8-1	341
6	8	Georgetown (Ky.)	7-1	336
7	4	Marian (Ind.)	8-1	334
8	9	Bethel (Tenn.)	9-1	299
9	10	Evangel (Mo.)	10-0	278
10	13	Montana Western	8-1	272
11	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	7-2	266
12	5	Morningside (Iowa)	8-2	247
13	15	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	6-3	217
14	14	Benedictine (Kan.)	8-2	203
15	16	Texas Wesleyan	8-1	186
16	12	Carroll (Mont.)	7-2	163
17	23	Dordt (Iowa)	7-2	155
18	17	St. Thomas (Fla.)	7-3	153
19	19	OUAZ (Ariz.)	7-1	143
20	18	Dickinson State (N.D.)	8-1	125
21	21	Reinhardt (Ga.)	7-2	103
22	25	Baker (Kan.)	7-2	68
22	22	Montana Tech	6-3	68
24	RV	Friends (Kan.)	8-2	41
25	RV	Louisiana Christian	8-1	22