2024 NAIA football rankings

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2024 NAIA football rankings
Season 2024
Postseason Single-elimination
NAIA football rankings
  2023
2025  

The 2024 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings are conducted on a week-to-week basis, starting after week three.

Contents

Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week or no change
 Selected for NAIA Playoff [1]
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 Number of first place votes
т
Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NAIA Coaches' poll

Preseason
August 19 [2]
Week 1
September 9 [3]
Week 2
September 16 [4]
Week 3
September 23 [5]
Week 4
September 30 [6]
Week 5
October 7 [7]
Week 6
October 14 [8]
Week 7
October 21 [9]
Week 8
October 28 [10]
Week 9
November 4 [11]
Week 10
November 11 [12]
Week 11 (Final)
November 17 [13]
Final
January 6 [14]
1. Keiser (14)Keiser (2–0) (14)Keiser (2–0) (15)Keiser (3–0) (16)Keiser (3–0) (16)Keiser (4–0) (16)Keiser (4–0) (16)Keiser (5–0) (16)Keiser (6–0) (16)Keiser (7–0) (16)Keiser (8–0) (16)Keiser (9–0) (15)Grand View (14–0) (16)1.
2. Northwestern (IA) (2)Northwestern (IA) (1–0) (2)Northwestern (IA) (2–0) (2)Northwestern (IA) (3–0) (1)Northwestern (IA) (4–0) (1)Grand View (5–0) (1)Grand View (5–0) (1)Grand View (6–0) (1)Grand View (7–0) (1)Grand View (8–0) (1)Grand View (9–0) (1)Grand View (10–0)Keiser (12–1)2.
3. Georgetown (KY) College of Idaho (2–0)Grand View (2–0)Grand View (3–0)Grand View (4–0)Indiana Wesleyan (5–1)Indiana Wesleyan (6–1)Indiana Wesleyan (7–1)Indiana Wesleyam (7–1)Indiana Wesleyan (8–1)Indiana Wesleyan (9–1)Indiana Wesleyan (10–1)Morningside (12–2) т3.
4. College of Idaho Grand View (1–0)Montana Western (2–0)Montana Western (3–0)Indiana Wesleyan (4–1)Bethel (TN) (5–0)Dordt (5–0)Dordt (6–0)Montana Western (6–1)Montana Western (7–1)Montana Western (8–1)Montana Western (9–1)Benedictine (KS) (11–3) т4.
5. Grand View Indiana Wesleyan (2–0)Marian (IN) (2–0)Bethel (TN) (3–0)Bethel (TN) (4–0)Dordt (4–0)St. Thomas (FL) (4–1)St. Thomas (FL) (5–1)St. Thomas (FL) (6–1)St. Thomas (FL) (7–1)St. Thomas (FL) (8–1)St. Thomas (FL) (9–1)Montana Western (10–2)5.
6. Indiana Wesleyan Marian (IN) (1–0)Bethel (TN) (3–0)Indiana Wesleyan (3–1)St. Thomas (FL) (3–0)St. Thomas (FL) (3–1)Montana Western (4–1)Montana Western (5–1)Morningside (7–1)Morningside (8–1)Morningside (9–1)Morningside (10–1)Indiana Wesleyan (11–2)6.
7. Marian (IN) Bethel (TN) (2–0)Indiana Wesleyan (2–1)Marian (IN) (3–0)Southern Oregon (4–0)Montana Western (3–1)Morningside (5–1)Benedictine (KS) (6–1)Benedictine (KS) (7–1)Dordt (7–1)Texas Wesleyan (9–0)Texas Wesleyan (10–0)Northwestern (IA) (9–3)7.
8. Bethel (TN) Saint Xavier (1–0)St. Thomas (FL) (2–0)St. Thomas (FL) (2–0)Dordt (3–0)Northwestern (IA) (4–1)Benedictine (KS) (5–1)Morningside (6–1)Southern Oregon (7–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (8–0)Montana Tech (8–2)Montana Tech (9–2)Georgetown (KY) (9–3)8.
9. Saint Xavier Montana Western (1–0)College of Idaho (2–1)Dordt (2–0)Montana Western (3–1)Morningside (4–1)Northwestern (IA) (4–1)Northwestern (IA) (5–1)Northwestern (IA) (6–1)Texas Wesleyan (8–0)Benedictine (KS) (8–2)Benedictine (KS) (9–2)St. Thomas (FL) (9–2)9.
10. Morningside St. Thomas (FL) (1–0)Dordt (1–0)Montana Tech (3–0)Marian (IN) (4–0)Marian (IN) (4–0)Southern Oregon (5–1)Southern Oregon (6–1)Dordt (6–1)Montana Tech (7–2)Northwestern (IA) (7–2)Northwestern (IA) (8–2)Montana Tech (9–3)10.
11. Montana Western Georgetown (KY) (1–1)Saint Xavier (1–1)Saint Xavier (2–1)Morningside (4–1)Benedictine (KS) (5–1)Bethel (TN) (5–1)Texas Wesleyan (6–0)Texas Wesleyan (7–0)Benedictine (KS) (7–2)Georgetown (KY) (7–2)Georgetown (KY) (8–2)Texas Wesleyan (10–1)11.
12. St. Thomas (FL) Benedictine (KS) (2–0)Montana Tech (2–0)Morningside (3–1)Benedictine (KS) (4–1)Montana Tech (4–1)College of Idaho (5–2) тCollege of Idaho (6–2)MidAmerica Nazarene (7–0)Georgetown (KY) (6–2)Baker (8–1)Baker (9–1)Friends (11–2)12.
13. Dordt Dordt (1–0)Morningside (2–1)Benedictine (KS) (3–1)Saint Xavier (3–1)Southern Oregon (4–1)Texas Wesleyan (5–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (6–0)Montana Tech (6–2) тNorthwestern (IA) (6–2)MidAmerica Nazarene (8–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (9–1)Southwestern (KS) (11–2)13.
14. Evangel Morningside (1–1)Benedictine (KS) (2–1)Southern Oregon (3–0)Texas Wesleyan (4–0) тTexas Wesleyan (4–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (5–0)Georgetown (KY) (4–2)Georgetown (KY) (5–2) тCarroll (MT) (7–1)Southern Oregon (8–2)Dickinson State (9–1)Dickinson State (10–2)14.
15. Dickinson State Montana Tech (2–0)Georgetown (KY) (1–2)Georgetown (KY) (1–2)College of Idaho (3–2) тCollege of Idaho (4–2)Montana Tech (4–2)Montana Tech (5–2)Baker (6–1)Baker (7–1)Dickinson State (8–1)OUAZ (8–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (9–2)15.
16. OUAZ Evangel (2–0)Evangel (3–0)Baker (3–0)Montana Tech (3–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (5–0)Georgetown (KY) (3–2)Bethel (TN) (5–1)Evangel (7–0)Southern Oregon (7–2)Dordt (7–2)Southeastern (7–2)OUAZ (8–2)16.
17. Baker Dicksinson State (2–0)Baker (2–0)Evangel (3–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–2)Marian (IN) (4–1)Baker (5–1)Dickinson State (6–1)Dickinson State (7–1)OUAZ (7–1)Concordia (NE) (8–2)Baker (9–2)17.
18. Reinhardt Baker (1–0)Texas Wesleyan (3–0)Texas Wesleyan (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–2)Evangel (5–0)Saint Xavier (4–2)Marian (IN) (5–1)Southeastern (5–1)OUAZ (7–1)Saint Francis (IN) (8–2)Dordt (8–2)Concordia (NE) (8–2) т18.
19. Benedictine (KS) Texas Wesleyan (2–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (2–0)College of Idaho (2–2)Evangel (4–0)Baker (4–1)Baker (4–1)Friends (7–0)St. Francis (IL) (6–1)Southeastern (5–2)Southeastern (6–2)Friends (10–1)тSoutheastern (7–2) т19.
20. Lindsey Wilson MidAmerica Nazarene (1–0)Southern Oregon (2–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (3–0)Baker (3–1)Saint Xavier (3–2)Evangel (5–0)Evangel (6–0)OUAZ (6–1)Friends (8–1)Concordia (NE) (7–2)Southwestern (KS) (10–1)тDordt (8–2)20.
21. Montana Tech Freinds (2–0)Friends (3–0)Friends (4–0)Dickinson State (3–1)Dickinson State (4–1)Southwestern (KS) (6–0)Dickinson State (6–1) Carroll (MT) (6–1)Evangel (7–1)Southwestern (KS) (9–1)Campbellsville (9–2)Campbellsville (9–2)21.
22. Louisiana Christian Reinhardt (1–1)Dickinson State (2–1)Dickinson State (2–1)Freinds (5–0) тSouthwestern (KS) (6–0)Dickinson State (5–1) Southeastern (4–1)Cumberland (TN) (6–2) Saint Francis (IN) (6–2)Friends (9–1)Taylor (IN) (9–2) т Pikeville (6–6)22.
23. MidAmerica Nazarene Southern Oregon (1–0)Lindsey Wilson (2–1)St. Francis (IL) (3–0) тSouthwestern (KS) (5–0) тFriends (6–0)Friends (6–0)St. Francis (IL) (5–1)Friends (7–1) Concordia (NE) (7–2)Carroll (MT) (7–2)Southern Oregon (8–3) тSaint Francis (IN) (8–4)23.
24. Friends OUAZ (0–1) Southwestern (KS) (3–0)Lindsey Wilson (2–1) тLindsey Wilson (2–1)Lindsey Wilson (3–1)OUAZ (4–1)OUAZ (5–1)College of Idaho (6–3)Campbellsville (8–1)St. Francis (IL) (7–2)Marian (IN) (8–2)Southern Oregon (8–3)24.
25. Kansas Wesleyan Lindsey Wilson (1–1) St. Francis (IL) (2–0)Southwestern (KS) (4–0)OUAZ (2–1)OUAZ (3–1) Campbellsville (6–0) Cumberland (TN) (5–2)Bethel (TN) (5–2)Southwestern (KS) (8–1)Campbellsville (8–2)Saint Francis (IN) (8–3)Taylor (IN) (9–2)25.
Preseason
August 19 [15]
Week 1
September 9 [16]
Week 2
September 16 [17]
Week 3
September 23 [18]
Week 4
September 30 [19]
Week 5
October 7 [20]
Week 6
October 14 [21]
Week 7
October 21 [22]
Week 8
October 28 [23]
Week 9
November 4 [24]
Week 10
November 11 [25]
Week 11 (Final)
November 17 [26]
Final
January 6 [27]
Dropped:
Louisiana Christian (0–1)
Kansas Wesleyan (1–1)
Dropped:
Reinhardt (1–2)
OUAZ (0–1)
NoneDropped:
St. Francis (IL) (3–1)
NoneDropped:
Lindsey Wilson (3–2)
Dropped:
Saint Xavier (4–3)
Southwestern (KS) (6–1)
Campbellsville (6–1)
Dropped:
Marian (IN) (5–2)
Dropped:
St. Francis (IL) (7–3)
Cumberland (TN) (7–2)
College of Idaho (6–4)
Bethel (TN) (5–3)
Dropped:
Evangel (7–2)
Dropped:
Carroll (MT) (7–3)
St. Francis (IL) (7–3)
Dropped:
Marian (IN) (8–2)

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