KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grand View (Iowa) and Keiser (Fla.) remained No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest STADIONIC NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, while each of the remaining eight spots in the Top 10 featured a change.
Grand View collected all 13 first-place votes, while Montana Tech moved up two spots to No. 3 and Campbellsville (Ky.) made the biggest jump into the Top 10, climbing four places to No. 10. The movement extended throughout the poll, highlighted by Northwestern (Iowa), which vaulted 11 spots from No. 24 to No. 13. Louisiana Christian, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) and Baker (Kan.) also entered the Top 25 after receiving votes last week.
Ottawa is receiving votes in the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll for the first time since the 2024 preseason poll, released Aug. 19, 2024. The Braves received two votes in that poll. The Braves will play (RV) Southwestern College in a road contest on Saturday, Sept. 19. Kick off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
STADIONIC-NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll (Sept. 14)
| TREND |
RANK |
LAST |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
| ? |
1 |
1 |
Grand View (Iowa) [13] |
3-0 |
| ? |
2 |
2 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
1-1 |
| ? |
3 |
5 |
Montana Tech |
3-0 |
| ? |
4 |
4 |
College of Idaho |
2-0 |
| ? |
5 |
6 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
6 |
T-9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
3-0 |
| ? |
7 |
T-9 |
Friends (Kan.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
8 |
7 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
2-1 |
| ? |
9 |
3 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
2-1 |
| ? |
10 |
14 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
T-11 |
8 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
1-1 |
| ? |
T-11 |
12 |
Marian (Ind.) |
2-1 |
| ? |
13 |
24 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
2-1 |
| ? |
14 |
16 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
15 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
1-1 |
| ? |
16 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
2-0 |
| ? |
17 |
19 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
18 |
21 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
3-0 |
| ? |
T-19 |
RV |
Louisiana Christian |
3-0 |
| ? |
T-19 |
13 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
2-1 |
| ? |
21 |
18 |
Montana Western |
1-1 |
| ? |
22 |
RV |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
2-0 |
| ? |
23 |
25 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
2-1 |
| ? |
T-24 |
RV |
Baker (Kan.) |
2-0 |
| ? |
T-24 |
20 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
1-2 |
Dropped out of the Top 25: Reinhardt (Ga.), Saint Francis (Ind.), Southwestern (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberland (Tenn.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Kansas Wesleyan, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Midland (Neb.), Ottawa (Kan.), OUAZ (Ariz.), Pikeville (Ky.), Southwestern (Kan.), Taylor (ind.)
