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2023 NAIA football rankings

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2023 NAIA football rankings
Season2023
PostseasonSingle-elimination
National championsKeiser
Conference with most teams in final pollHAAC and Frontier (4)
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The 2023 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings are conducted on a week-to-week basis starting after week three.

Legend

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  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week or no change
  Selected for College Football Playoff
(#–#)
  Win–loss record
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  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NAIA Coaches' poll

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Preseason
August 21[1]
Week 1
September 11[2]
Week 2
September 18[3]
Week 3
September 25[4]
Week 4
October 2[5]
Week 5
October 9[6]
Week 6
October 16[7]
Week 7
October 23[8]
Week 8
October 30[9]
Week 9
November 6[10]
Week 10 (Final)
November 12[11]
1.Northwestern (IA) (17)Northwestern (IA) (2–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (3–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (4–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (18) (5–0)Northwestern (IA) (6–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (7–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (8–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (9–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (10–0) (18)Northwestern (IA) (11–0) (18)1.
2.Keiser (1)Grand View (2–0)Grand View (3–0)Grand View (4–0)Grand View (5–0)Grand View (5–0)Grand View (6–0)Grand View (7–0)Grand View (8–0)Grand View (9–0)Grand View (10–0)2.
3.Grand ViewMorningside (2–0)Morningside (3–0)Morningside (4–0)Morningside (5–0)Morningside (6–0)Morningside (7–0)Morningside (8–0)Indiana Wesleyan (8–0)Indiana Wesleyan (9–0)Keiser (8–2)3.
4.MorningsideKeiser (1–1)Indiana Wesleyan (3–0)Indiana Wesleyan (4–0)Indiana Wesleyan (5–0)Indiana Wesleyan (6–0)Indiana Wesleyan (7–0)Indiana Wesleyan (7–0)Marian (IN) (8–0)Keiser (7–2)Georgetown (KY) (8–1)4.
5.Indiana WesleyanIndiana Wesleyan (2–0)Marian (IN) (3–0)Marian (IN) (3–0)Marian (IN) (4–0)Marian (IN) (5–0)Marian (IN) (6–0)Marian (IN) (7–0)Morningside (8–1)College of Idaho (8–1)Marian (IN) (9–1)5.
6.Marian (IN)Marian (IN) (2–0)Bethel (TN) (3–0)Bethel (TN) (4–0)Bethel (TN) (5–0)Southwestern (KS) (6–0)Carroll (MT) (6–0)Keiser (5–2)Keiser (6–2)Georgetown (KY) (7–1)Indiana Wesleyan (9–1)6.
7.Benedictine (KS)Bethel (TN) (2–0)College of Idaho (3–0)Keiser (1–2)Southwestern (KS) (6–0)Carroll (MT) (5–0)Keiser (4–2)Lindsey Wilson (6–1)College of Idaho (8–1)Marian (IN) (8–1)Bethel (TN) (10–1)7.
8.Bethel (TN)College of Idaho (3–0)Keiser (1–2)Southwestern (KS) (5–0)Carroll (MT) (5–0)Keiser (3–2)Lindsey Wilson (5–1)College of Idaho (7–1)Georgetown (KY) (6–1)Bethel (TN) (9–1)Montana Western (9–1)8.
9.Lindsey WilsonSouthwestern (KS) (3–0)Southwestern (KS) (4–0)Carroll (MT) (4–0)Keiser (2–2)Lindsey Wilson (4–1)College of Idaho (6–1)Georgetown (KY) (5–1)Bethel (TN) (8–1)Evangel (10–0)Evangel (11–0)9.
10.ReinhardtCarroll (MT) (2–0)Carroll (MT) 3–0)Lindsey Wilson (3–1)Lindsey Wilson (4–1)College of Idaho (5–1) тBethel (TN) (6–1)Bethel (TN) (7–1)Evangel (9–0)Montana Western (8–1)College of Idaho (8–2) т10.
11.Southwestern (KS)Lindsey Wilson (1–1)Lindsey Wilson (2–1)Montana Tech (3–1)Montana Tech (4–1)Concordia (MI) (5–0) тGeorgetown (KY) (4–1)Carroll (MT) (6–1)Lindsey Wilson (6–2)Lindsey Wilson (7–2)Morningside (9–2) т11.
12.College of IdahoGeorgetown (KY) (2–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–0)College of Idaho (3–1)College of Idaho (4–1)Bethel (TN) (5–1)Concordia (MI) (5–1)Evangel (8–0)Carroll (MT) (7–1)Morningside (8–2)Saint Xavier (7–3) т12.
13.Saint XavierTexas Wesleyan (2–0)Texas Wesleyan (3–0)St. Francis (IL) (4–0)Concordia (MI) (4–0)Saint Xavier (4–2)Evangel (7–0)Montana Western (6–1)Montana Western (7–1)Saint Xavier (6–3)OUAZ (8–1)13.
14.St. Thomas (FL)Reinhardt (1–1)St. Francis (IL) (3–0)Dordt (3–0)Dordt (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (3–1)Southwestern (KS) (6–1)Benedictine (KS) (6–2)Benedictine (KS) (7–2)Benedictine (KS) (8–2)Dordt (8–2)14.
15.Carroll (MT)Saint Xavier (1–1)Montana Tech (2–1)Concordia (MI) (3–0)Saint Xavier (3–2)Evangel (6–0)Montana Western (5–1)Saint Xavier (4–3)Saint Xavier (5–3)Texas Wesleyan (8–1)St. Thomas (FL) (8–3)15.
16.Montana TechMontana Tech (1–1)Dordt (3–0)Saint Xavier (2–2)St. Thomas (FL) (3–2)Montana Tech (4–2)Montana Tech (4–2)Texas Wesleyan (6–1)Texas Wesleyan (7–1)Carroll (MT) (7–2)Dickinson State (9–1)16.
17.OUAZSt. Francis (IL) (1–1)Concordia (MI) (3–0)St. Thomas (FL) (2–2)St. Francis (IL) (4–1)Texas Wesleyan (4–1)Saint Xavier (4–3)St. Thomas (FL) (5–3)St. Thomas (FL) (6–3)Dordt (7–2)Montana Tech (7–3)17.
18.AvilaGraceland (3–0)Saint Xavier (1–2)Evangel (5–0)Evangel (6–0)Benedictine (KS) (4–2)Benedictine (KS) (5–2)Dickinson State (6–1)Dickinson State (7–1)St. Thomas (FL) (7–3)Reinhardt (8–2)18.
19.Dickinson StateDordt (2–0)Cumberlands (KY) (4–0)Cumberlands (KY) (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–1)Montana Western (4–1)Texas Wesleyan (5–1)Concordia (MI) (5–2)OUAZ (8–1)OUAZ (7–1)Lindsey Wilson (7–3)19.
20.Kansas WesleyanBenedictine (KS) (1–2)Evangel (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–1)Texas Wesleyan (4–1)Dickinson State (5–1)Dickinson State (6–1)OUAZ (6–1)Concordia (MI) (6–2)Dickinson State (8–1)Baker (8–2)20.
21.Texas WesleyanConcordia (MI) (2–0)Benedictine (KS) (2–2)Texas Wesleyan (3–1)Benedictine (KS) (4–2)St. Thomas (FL) (3–3)St. Thomas (FL) (4–3)Baker (6–1)Reinhardt (6–2)Reinhardt (7–2)Louisiana Christian (9–1)21.
22.Georgetown (KY)OUAZ (1–1)OUAZ (2–1)Benedictine (KS) (3–2)Dickinson State (4–1)Dordt (4–1)Dordt (5–1)Reinhardt (5–2)Montana Tech (5–3)Baker (7–2)MidAmerica Nazarene (9–2)22.
23.Bethel (KS)St. Thomas (FL) (1–2)St. Thomas (FL) (1–2)Dickinson State (3–1)Cumberlands (KY) (4–1)Reinhardt (3–2)Reinhardt (4–2)Montana Tech (4–3)Dordt (6–2)Montana Tech (6–3)Friends (9–2)23.
24.St. Francis (IL)Dickinson State (2–1)Dickinson State (2–1)Reinhardt (2–2)Reinhardt (2–2)OUAZ (4–1)OUAZ (5–1)Southwestern (KS) (6–2)Southwestern (KS) (7–2)Friends (8–2)Carroll (MT) (7–3)24.
25.DordtEvangel (3–0)Graceland (3–1)OUAZ (3–1)OUAZ (4–1)Louisiana Christian (6–0)Friends (6–1)Dordt (5–2)Baker (6–2)Louisiana Christian (8–1)Benedictine (KS) (8–3)25.
Preseason
August 21[1]
Week 1
September 11[2]
Week 2
September 18[3]
Week 3
September 25[4]
Week 4
October 2[5]
Week 5
October 9[6]
Week 6
October 16[7]
Week 7
October 23[8]
Week 8
October 30[9]
Week 9
November 6[10]
Week 10 (Final)
November 12[11]
Dropped:
Avila (1–2)
Bethel (KS) (2–1)
Kansas Wesleyan (1–2)
Dropped:
Reinhardt (1–2)
Dropped:
Graceland (3–2)
NoneDropped:
Cumberlands (KY) (4–1)
St. Francis (IL) (4–1)
Dropped:
Louisiana Christian
Dropped:
Friends
NoneDropped:
Concordia (MI)
Southwestern (KS)
Dropped:
Texas Wesleyan

References

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  1. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25 - Preseason (August 21)". naia.org. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 1 (September 11th)". naia.org. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 2 (September 18)". naia.org. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 3 (September 25)". naia.org. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 4 (October 2)". naia.org. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 5 (October 9)". naia.org. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 6 (October 16)". naia.org. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 7 (October 23)". naia.org. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 8 (October 30)". naia.org. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 9 (November 6)". naia.org. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "2023 NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Coaches' Top 25 Rating - Final (November 12)". naia.org. Retrieved November 13, 2023.