2005 NAIA football rankings

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  NAIA National Champion
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

One human poll made up the 2005 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2005 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 12
Week Poll 2
Sep 19
Week Poll 3
Sep 26
Week Poll 4
Oct 03
Week Poll 5
Oct 10
Week Poll 6
Oct 17
Week Poll 7
Oct 24
Week Poll 8
Oct 31
Week Poll 9
Nov 07
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 18
1. Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) *Carroll (MT) 1.
2. Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) 2.
3. Georgetown (KY) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) 3.
4. Azusa Pacific (CA) Georgetown (KY) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Sioux Falls (SD) (T) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) 4.
5. Sioux Falls (SD) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Georgetown (KY) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) St. Ambrose (IA) (T) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Cumberlands (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) 5.
6. Dickinson State (SD) McKendree (IL) Morningside (IA) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Cumberlands (KY) Georgetown (KY) Tabor (KS) Tabor (KS) Tabor (KS) 6.
7. Lindenwood (MO) Morningside (IA) Montana Tech St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) (T) St. Ambrose (IA) Pikeville (KY) Georgetown (KY) Tabor (KS) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Montana Tech 7.
8. Northwestern Oklahoma State Montana Tech Graceland (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) (T) Pikeville (KY) Cumberlands (KY) Tabor (KS) Saint Xavier (IL) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Evangel (MO) 8.
9. McKendree (IL) Cumberlands (KY) McKendree (IL) Pikeville (KY) Pikeville (KY) Montana Tech Georgetown (KY) Saint Xavier (IL) St. Ambrose (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Azusa Pacific (CA) Saint Xavier (IL) 9.
10. MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Dickinson State (SD) Saint Xavier (IL) Montana Tech Montana Tech Cumberlands (KY) Tabor (KS) St. Ambrose (IA) McKendree (IL) Azusa Pacific (CA) Evangel (MO) McKendree (IL) 10.
11. Montana Tech Graceland (IA) Geneva (PA) Cumberlands (KY) (T) Cumberlands (KY) Tabor (KS) Walsh (OH) McKendree (IL) Montana Tech Walsh (OH) Montana Tech Dickinson State (SD) 11.
12. Morningside (IA) Trinity International (IL) Pikeville (KY) Tabor (KS) (T) Tabor (KS) Georgetown (KY) Graceland (IA) Pikeville (KY) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Cumberlands (KY) Graceland (IA) Azusa Pacific (CA) 12.
13. Hastings (NB) Benedictine (KS) St. Ambrose (IA) Georgetown (KY) Graceland (IA) Graceland (IA) McKendree (IL) Montana Tech Azusa Pacific (CA) Evangel (MO) Pikeville (KY) Graceland (IA) 13.
14. Cumberlands (KY) Saint Xavier (IL) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Georgetown (KY) McKendree (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Azusa Pacific (CA) Walsh (OH) Pikeville (KY) St. Ambrose (IA) Geneva (PA) 14.
15. Lambuth (TN) Northwestern Oklahoma State Nebraska Wesleyan Graceland (IA) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Valley City State (ND) Walsh (OH) Evangel (MO) Montana Tech Dickinson State (SD) Pikeville (KY) 15.
16. Trinity International (IL) Pikeville (KY) (T) Cumberlands (KY) Azusa Pacific (CA) Azusa Pacific (CA) Urbana (OH) Montana Tech Webber International (FL) Pikeville (KY) Graceland (IA) Geneva (PA) St. Ambrose (IA) 16.
17. Saint Xavier (IL) Geneva (PA) (T) Tabor (KS) Valley City State (ND) Missouri Valley Eastern Oregon Azusa Pacific (CA) Urbana (OH) Graceland (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) 17.
18. Pikeville (KY) St. Ambrose (IA) Azusa Pacific (CA) Walsh (OH) Urbana (OH) Valley City State (ND) Webber International (FL) Evangel (MO) Kansas Wesleyan Valley City State (ND) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) 18.
19. Tabor (KS) Tabor (KS) Valley City State (ND) Geneva (PA) Eastern Oregon Evangel (MO) Northwestern Oklahoma State Kansas Wesleyan Valley City State (ND) Dickinson State (SD) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) 19.
20. Northwestern (IA) Azusa Pacific (CA) Walsh (OH) Missouri Valley Sterling (KS) Azusa Pacific (CA) Urbana (OH) Graceland (IA) Dickinson State (SD) Geneva (PA) Cumberlands (KY) Kansas Wesleyan 20.
21. Walsh (OH) Hastings (NB) Dickinson State (SD) Nebraska Wesleyan Valley City State (ND) Northwestern Oklahoma State Kansas Wesleyan Valley City State (ND) Geneva (PA) Northwestern (IA) Kansas Wesleyan Cumberlands (KY) 21.
22. St. Ambrose (IA) Nebraska Wesleyan (T) Virginia-Wise Benedictine (KS) Evangel (MO) Webber International (FL) Missouri Valley Dickinson State (SD) Northwestern (IA) Webber International (FL) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) 22.
23. Graceland (IA) Olivet Nazarene (IL) (T) Benedictine (KS) Urbana (OH) Northwestern Oklahoma State Black Hills State (SD) Evangel (MO) Eastern Oregon Webber International (FL) Kansas Wesleyan Bethel (TN) Bethel (TN) 23.
24. Minot State (ND) Walsh (OH) Trinity International (IL) Sterling (KS) Webber International (FL) Bacone (OK) Dickinson State (SD) Geneva (PA) Urbana (OH) Bethel (TN) Black Hills State (SD) Black Hills State (SD) 24.
25. Montana State-Northern Valley City State (ND) Sterling (KS) Eastern Oregon Geneva (PA) Kansas Wesleyan Eastern Oregon Nebraska Wesleyan (T)
Northwestern (IA) (T)
Benedictine (KS) Midland Lutheran (NB) Texas College Texas College 25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 12
Week Poll 2
Sep 19
Week Poll 3
Sep 26
Week Poll 4
Oct 03
Week Poll 5
Oct 10
Week Poll 6
Oct 17
Week Poll 7
Oct 24
Week Poll 8
Oct 31
Week Poll 9
Nov 07
Week Final
Nov 14
Week Postseason
Jan 18
Dropped:
Lambuth (TN)
Lindenwood (MO)
Minot State (ND)
Montana State-Northern
Northwestern (IA)
Dropped:
Hastings (NB)
Olivet Nazarene (IL)
Dropped:
Dickinson State (SD)
Trinity International (IL)
Virginia-Wise
Dropped:
Benedictine (KS)
Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
Geneva (PA)
Missouri Valley
Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
Bacone (OK)
Black Hills State (SD)
Dropped:
Missouri Valley
Northwestern Oklahoma State
Dropped:
Eastern Oregon
Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
Benedictine (KS)
Urbana (OH)
Dropped:
Midland Lutheran (NB)
Webber International (FL)
Dropped:
None

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