2011 NAIA football rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
*		NAIA National Champion
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

One human poll made up the 2011 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 2011 NAIA Football National Championship.^[1]

Poll Release Dates

The poll release dates were:

April 18, 2011 (Spring)
August 8, 2011 (Preseason)
September 12, 2011
September 19, 2011
September 26, 2011
October 3, 2011
October 10, 2011
October 17, 2011
October 24, 2011
October 31, 2011
November 7, 2011
November 13, 2011 (Final)
December 19, 2011 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

	Week 0-Spring Apr 18^[2]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 08^[3]	Week Poll 1 Sep 12^[4]	Week Poll 2 Sep 19^[5]	Week Poll 3 Sep 26^[6]	Week Poll 4 Oct 03^[7]	Week Poll 5 Oct 10^[8]	Week Poll 6 Oct 17^[9]	Week Poll 7 Oct 24^[10]	Week Poll 8 Oct 31^[11]	Week Poll 9 Nov 07^[12]	Week Final Nov 13^[13]	Week Postseason Dec 19^[14]
1.	Carroll (Mont.) (15)	Carroll (Mont.) (14)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Marian (Ind.) (14)	Marian (Ind.) (13)	*Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	1.
2.	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.) (1)	Marian (Ind.) (1)	Marian (Ind.) (1)	Carroll (Mont.) (1)	Carroll (Mont.) (2)	Carroll (Mont.)	2.
3.	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Morningside (Iowa)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Marian (Ind.)	3.
4.	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	William Penn (Iowa)	Missouri Valley	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	4.
5.	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Carroll (Mont.)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Missouri Valley	Georgetown (Ky.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	5.
6.	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	William Penn (Iowa)	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Georgetown (Ky.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	6.
7.	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Dickinson State (N.D.)	Missouri Valley	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Saint Francis (Ind.)	7.
8.	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Georgetown (Ky.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Morningside (Iowa)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	8.
9.	McPherson (Kan.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Midland (Neb.) (T)	Eastern Oregon	Morningside (Iowa)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Missouri Valley (T)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Morningside (Iowa)	9.
10.	Ottawa (Kan.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Eastern Oregon (T)	Morningside (Iowa)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	William Penn (Iowa) (T)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Missouri Valley	10.
11.	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Midland (Neb.)	Morningside (Iowa)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	William Penn (Iowa)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	11.
12.	Georgetown (Ky.)	McPherson (Kan.)	Eastern Oregon	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	12.
13.	Northwestern Oklahoma State	Northwestern Oklahoma State	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Doane (Neb.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Ottawa (Kan.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	13.
14.	Northwestern (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Midland (Neb.)	Bethany (Kan.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	14.
15.	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Bethany (Kan.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	William Penn (Iowa)	15.
16.	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Bethany (Kan.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	William Penn (Iowa)	Valley City State (N.D.)	16.
17.	Midland (Neb.)	Midland (Neb.)	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Doane (Neb.)	Eastern Oregon	Bethel (Tenn.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Doane (Neb.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa)	17.
18.	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Langston (Okla.)	Shorter (Ga.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Doane (Neb.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	18.
19.	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Bethany (Kan.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Doane (Neb.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Langston (Okla.)	Langston (Okla.)	Eastern Oregon	Doane (Neb.)	19.
20.	Kansas Wesleyan	Webber International (Fla.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Doane (Neb.)	Eastern Oregon	20.
21.	South Dakota Mines & Technology	Kansas Wesleyan	Shorter (Ga.) (T)	Doane (Neb.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	Langston (Okla.)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Baker (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.)	21.
22.	Webber International (Fla.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (T)	Baker (Kan.)	Montana State-Northern	Shorter (Ga.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Eastern Oregon	Northwestern (Iowa)	Doane (Neb.)	Doane (Neb.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	22.
23.	Baker (Kan.) (T)	Baker (Kan.)	Montana State-Northern	Ottawa (Kan.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Eastern Oregon (T)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Langston (Okla.)	Langston (Okla.)	23.
24.	Benedictine (Kan.) (T)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Ottawa (Kan.) (T)	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Menlo (Calif.)	Midland (Neb.)	Northwestern Oklahoma State (T)	Langston (Okla.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	24.
25.	St. Francis (Ill.)	Grand View (Iowa)	St. Francis (Ill.) (T)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Evangel (Mo.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Menlo (Calif.)	Shorter (Ga.)	Eastern Oregon	Baker (Kan.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 18^[15]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 08^[16]	Week Poll 1 Sep 12^[17]	Week Poll 2 Sep 19^[18]	Week Poll 3 Sep 26^[19]	Week Poll 4 Oct 03^[20]	Week Poll 5 Oct 10^[21]	Week Poll 6 Oct 17^[22]	Week Poll 7 Oct 24^[23]	Week Poll 8 Oct 31^[24]	Week Poll 9 Nov 07^[25]	Week Final Nov 13^[26]	Week Postseason Dec 19^[27]
		Dropped: South Dakota Mines & Technology	Dropped: Dickinson State (N.D.) McPherson (Kan.) Northwestern Oklahoma State Cumberland (Tenn.) Kansas Wesleyan Benedictine (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Grand View (Iowa)	Dropped: Northwestern (Iowa) Langston (Okla.) Montana State-Northern St. Francis (Ill.)	Dropped: Cumberlands (Ky.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Shorter (Ga.) Baker (Kan.)	Dropped: Campbellsville (Ky.) Montana State-Northern Menlo (Calif.) Evangel (Mo.)	Dropped: Shorter (Ga.) Midland (Neb.)	Dropped: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Eastern Oregon Northwestern Oklahoma State Menlo (Calif.)	Dropped: Shorter (Ga.)	Dropped: Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	None	Dropped: Bethany (Kan.)	None

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 end of 2011, the team 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 was presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.

Team	Total #1 Rankings
Carroll (MT)	56(6)
Sioux Falls (SD)	55(3)
Georgetown (KY)	23(2)
Northwestern Oklahoma State	12(1)
Saint Xavier (IL)	9(1)
Azusa Pacific (CA)	3
Saint Francis (IN)	3
Marian (IN)	2

References

↑ "2011 Football Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 21, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
↑ "Top 25 Poll - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 31, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 Poll - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 31, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2011.
↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2011.

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