2013 NAIA football rankings

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One human poll makes up the 2013 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. When the regular season is complete, the NAIA plans to sponsor a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the 2013 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates are scheduled to be:[2]

Week by week rankings

Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[3]
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 12[4]
Week 1-Poll 1
Sep 16[5]
Week 2-Poll 2
Sep 23[6]
Week 3-Poll 3
Sep 30[7]
Week 4-Poll 4
Oct 7[8]
1. Marian (Ind.) (10) Morningside (Iowa) (4) Morningside (Iowa) (14) Morningside (Iowa) (14) Morningside (Iowa) (14) Morningside (Iowa) (14) 1.
2. Morningside (Iowa) (3) Marian (Ind.) (8)(T) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) 2.
3. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley (1)(T) Cumberlands (Ky.) Carroll (Mont.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Grand View (Iowa) 3.
4. Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Carroll (Mont.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Grand View (Iowa) Saint Francis (Ind.) 4.
5. Southern Oregon Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Georgetown (Ky.) Benedictine (Kan.) 5.
6. Saint Francis (Ind.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Missouri Valley 6.
7. Cumberlands (Ky.) Montana Tech St. Ambrose (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Benedictine (Kan.) Carroll (Mont.) 7.
8. Georgetown (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Baker (Kan.) Tabor (Kan.) Missouri Valley Ottawa (Kan.) 8.
9. Bethel (Tenn.) Bethel (Tenn.) Grand View (Iowa) Missouri Valley Carroll (Mont.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) 9.
10. St. Ambrose (Iowa) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Tabor (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) Ottawa (Kan.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) 10.
11. Montana Tech St. Ambrose (Iowa) Missouri Valley St. Ambrose (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Baker (Kan.) 11.
12. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Carroll (Mont.) Montana Tech Ottawa (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Georgetown (Ky.) 12.
13. Northwestern (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) Ottawa (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 13.
14. Baker (Kan.) Southern Oregon Benedictine (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Tabor (Kan.) 14.
15. William Penn (Iowa) Baker (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Montana Western Tabor (Kan.) Concordia (Nebr.) 15.
16. Ottawa (Kan.) William Penn (Iowa) Marian (Ind.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Valley City State (N.D.) 16.
17. Grand View (Iowa) Tabor (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Northwestern (Iowa) Concordia (Nebr.) Friends (Kan.)(T) 17.
18. Carroll (Mont.) Ottawa (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Valley City State (N.D.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)(T) 18.
19. Tabor (Kan.) Grand View (Iowa) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Valley City State (N.D.) Montana State-Northern Peru State (Nebr.) 19.
20. Cumberland (Tenn.) Doane (Neb.) William Penn (Iowa) Concordia (Nebr.) Friends (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) 20.
21. Doane (Neb.) Belhaven (Miss.) Northwestern (Iowa) Montana Tech Montana Western Trinity International (Ill.) 21.
22. Benedictine (Kan.) Evangel (Mo.) Robert Morris (Ill.) St. Francis (Ill.) William Penn (Iowa) Nebraska Wesleyan 22.
23. Evangel (Mo.) Langston (Okla.) Faulkner (Ala.) Peru State (Nebr.) Robert Morris (Ill.) Faulkner (Ala.) 23.
24. Valley City State (N.D.) Benedictine (Kan.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Trinity International (Ill.) Peru State (Nebr.) Montana State-Northern 24.
25. Robert Morris (Ill.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Pikeville (Ky.) William Penn (Iowa) Siena Heights (Mich.) St. Francis (Ill.) 25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[9]
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 12[10]
Week 1-Poll 1
Sep 16[11]
Week 2-Poll 2
Sep 23[12]
Week 3-Poll 3
Sep 30[13]
Week 4-Poll 4
Oct 7[14]
Dropped:
Robert Morris (Ill.)
Valley City State (N.D.)
Dropped:
Bethel (Tenn.)
Southern Oregon
Belhaven (Miss.)
Evangel (Mo.)
Langston (Okla.)
Cumberland (Tenn.)
Dropped:
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Marian (Ind.)
Robert Morris (Ill.)
Faulkner (Ala.)
Pikeville (Ky.)
Dropped:
Northwestern (Iowa)
Montana Tech
St. Francis (Ill.)
Trinity International (Ill.)
Dropped:
Montana Western
William Penn (Iowa)
Robert Morris (Ill.)
Siena Heights (Mich.)

References

  1. "2012-2013 NAIA College Football Rankings". Computer Ratings. July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. "2013 Football Top 25 Polls". NAIA.org. August 12, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  3. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
  4. "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 12, 2013.
  5. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 16, 2013.
  6. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 23, 2013.
  7. "2013 Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 30, 2013.
  8. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 7, 2013.
  9. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
  10. "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 12, 2013.
  11. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 16, 2013.
  12. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 23, 2013.
  13. "2013 Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 30, 2013.
  14. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 7, 2013.