2008 NAIA football rankings

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One human poll made up the 2008 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 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2008 NAIA Football National Championship. [1]

Contents

Poll release dates

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Spring
Apr 21
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 11
Week Poll 1
Sep 15
Week Poll 2
Sep 22
Week Poll 3
Sep 29
Week Poll 4
Oct 06
Week Poll 5
Oct 13
Week Poll 6
Oct 20
Week Poll 7
Oct 27
Week Poll 8
Nov 03
Week Poll 9
Nov 10
Week Final
Nov 16
Week Postseason
Jan 12
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) *Sioux Falls (SD) 1.
2. Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Carroll (MT) 2.
3. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Lindenwood (MO) 3.
4. Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Saint Francis (IN) 4.
5. Bethel (TN) Ohio Dominican Ohio Dominican Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Friends (KS) Morningside (IA) 5.
6. Ohio Dominican Bethel (TN) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Morningside (IA) Cumberlands (KY) 6.
7. Morningside (IA) Morningside (IA) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Virginia-Wise Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Lindenwood (MO) Missouri Valley Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Langston (OK) 7.
8. Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Virginia-Wise Friends (KS) Ohio Dominican Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern (IA) Cumberlands (KY) Cumberlands (KY) Cumberlands (KY) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) 8.
9. Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Friends (KS) Ohio Dominican Lindenwood (MO) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Missouri Valley Lindenwood (MO) Langston (OK) Langston (OK) Langston (OK) Friends (KS) 9.
10. St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) Northwestern (IA) Virginia-Wise Malone (OH) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Union (KY) 10.
11. Friends (KS) Friends (KS) Lindenwood (MO) Lindenwood (MO) Northwestern (IA) Union (KY) Virginia-Wise Virginia-Wise Cumberlands (KY) Northwestern Oklahoma State Lambuth (TN) Union (KY) Shorter (GA) 11.
12. Jamestown (ND) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Union (KY) Virginia-Wise Montana State-Northern Cumberlands (KY) Saint Xavier (IL) Northwestern (IA) Missouri Valley Shorter (GA) Baker (KS) 12.
13. Virginia-Wise Northwestern (IA) Bethel (KS) (T) Bethel (KS) Virginia-Wise Montana State-Northern Black Hills State (SD) Saint Xavier (IL) Langston (OK) Lambuth (TN) Malone (OH) Baker (KS) Dickinson State (SD) 13.
14. MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Virginia-Wise Northwestern (IA) (T) Northwestern (IA) Montana State-Northern Black Hills State (SD) Cumberlands (KY) Union (KY) Bethel (KS) Missouri Valley Ottawa (KS) Dickinson State (SD) St. Ambrose (IA) 14.
15. Northwestern (IA) Northwestern Oklahoma State Montana State-Northern Jamestown (ND) Black Hills State (SD) Ohio Dominican St. Ambrose (IA) Bethel (KS) Northwestern Oklahoma State Baker (KS) Union (KY) St. Ambrose (IA) Lambuth (TN) 15.
16. Cumberlands (KY) Georgetown (KY) Jamestown (ND) Union (KY) St. Ambrose (IA) Cumberlands (KY) Saint Xavier (IL) Langston (OK) Malone (OH) Virginia-Wise Baker (KS) (T) Lambuth (TN) Ohio Dominican 16.
17. Northwestern Oklahoma State Bethel (KS) Georgetown (KY) Montana State-Northern Cumberlands (KY) St. Ambrose (IA) Union (KY) Black Hills State (SD) Lambuth (TN) Ottawa (KS) Dickinson State (SD) (T) Ohio Dominican Missouri Valley 17.
18. Bethel (KS) Black Hills State (SD) (T) Black Hills State (SD) Georgetown (KY) St. Francis (IL) Bethel (KS) Bethel (KS) Malone (OH) Jamestown (ND) Union (KY) Saint Xavier (IL) Missouri Valley Northwestern (IA) 18.
19. Black Hills State (SD) (T) Jamestown (ND) (T) Union (KY) Black Hills State (SD) Midland Lutheran (NB) Saint Xavier (IL) Langston (OK) Montana State-Northern Ottawa (KS) Saint Xavier (IL) Shorter (GA) Northwestern (IA) Virginia-Wise 19.
20. Azusa Pacific (CA) (T) Minot State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Cumberlands (KY) Bethel (KS) Shorter (GA) St. Francis (IL) Jamestown (ND) Dickinson State (SD) Dickinson State (SD) St. Ambrose (IA) Ottawa (KS) Ottawa (KS) 20.
21. Montana Tech Montana Tech Cumberlands (KY) St. Francis (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Langston (OK) Jamestown (ND) Lambuth (TN) Union (KY) Shorter (GA) Northwestern (IA) Virginia-Wise Montana State-Northern 21.
22. Sterling (KS) Cumberlands (KY) St. Francis (IL) Midland Lutheran (NB) Langston (OK) St. Francis (IL) Malone (OH) Ottawa (KS) Shorter (GA) St. Ambrose (IA) Virginia-Wise Malone (OH) Saint Xavier (IL) 22.
23. Georgetown (KY) Azusa Pacific (CA) Southern Nazarene (OK) Langston (OK) Shorter (GA) Jamestown (ND) Ohio Dominican St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Bethel (KS) Ohio Dominican Montana State-Northern Dakota Wesleyan (SD) 23.
24. Malone (OH) Malone (OH) Bethel (TN) Valley City State (ND) Jamestown (ND) (T) Midland Lutheran (NB) Ottawa (KS) Ohio Dominican Baker (KS) Ohio Dominican Montana State-Northern Saint Xavier (IL) Malone (OH) 24.
25. Nebraska Wesleyan McKendree (IL) Midland Lutheran (NB) Saint Xavier (IL) Sterling (KS) (T) Malone (OH) Lambuth (TN) Shorter (GA) Ohio Dominican Minot State (ND) Dakota Wesleyan (SD) Dakota Wesleyan (SD) Jamestown (ND) 25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 21
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 11
Week Poll 1
Sep 15
Week Poll 2
Sep 22
Week Poll 3
Sep 29
Week Poll 4
Oct 06
Week Poll 5
Oct 13
Week Poll 6
Oct 20
Week Poll 7
Oct 27
Week Poll 8
Nov 03
Week Poll 9
Nov 10
Week Final
Nov 16
Week Postseason
Jan 12
Dropped:
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
  • Azusa Pacific (CA)
  • Malone (OH)
  • McKendree (IL)
  • Minot State (ND)
  • Montana Tech
  • Saint Xavier (IL)
Dropped:
  • Bethel (TN)
  • Southern Nazarene (OK)
Dropped:
  • Georgetown (KY)
  • Valley City State (ND)
Dropped:
Sterling (KS)
Dropped:
  • Midland Lutheran (NB)
  • Shorter (GA)
Dropped:
St. Francis (IL)
Dropped:
  • Black Hills State (SD)
  • Montana State-Northern
Dropped:
Jamestown (ND)
Dropped:
  • Bethel (KS)
  • Minot State (ND)
NoneDropped:
Northwestern Oklahoma State

Leading vote-getters

Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2008 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.

In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.

TeamTotal #1 Rankings
Carroll (MT) 53 (5)
Sioux Falls (SD) 30 (2)
Georgetown (KY) 23 (2)
Northwestern Oklahoma State 12 (1)
Azusa Pacific (CA) 3
Saint Francis (IN) 3

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References

  1. "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.