2016 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 makes up the 2016 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 will conduct a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the 2016 NAIA Football National Championship.

Poll Release Dates

The poll release dates are scheduled to be: ^[1]

• April 11, 2016 (Spring)
• August 8, 2016 (Preseason)
• September 12, 2016 (Week 1)
• September 19, 2016 (Week 2)
• September 26, 2016 (Week 3)
• October 3, 2016 (Week 4)
• October 10, 2016 (Week 5)
• October 17, 2016 (Week 6)
• October 24, 2016 (Week 7)
• October 31, 2016 (Week 8)
• November 7, 2016 (Week 9)
• November 13, 2016 (Final)
• December 20, 2016 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

	Week 0-Spring Apr 11[2]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 8[3]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 12[4]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 19[5]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 26[6]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 3[7]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 10[8]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 17[9]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 24[10]	Week 8-Poll 8 Oct 31[11]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 7[12]	Week 10-Final Nov 13[13]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 20[14]
1.	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)		1.
2.	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)		2.
3.	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)		3.
4.	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)	Reinhardt (GA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN) (T)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)		4.
5.	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)(T)	Doane (NE)	Reinhardt (GA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA) (T)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)		5.
6.	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Reinhardt (GA)(T)	Reinhardt (GA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech		6.
7.	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)		7.
8.	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Southern Oregon	Montana Tech	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)		8.
9.	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon (T)	Montana Tech	Doane (NE)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon		9.
10.	Reinhardt (GA)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Kansas Wesleyan (T)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Doane (NE)	Georgetown (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Kansas Wesleyan	Grand View (IA)		10.
11.	Saint Xavier (IL)	Reinhardt (GA)	Eastern Oregon (T)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Grand View (IA)	Missouri Valley (MO)		11.
12.	Campbellsville (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Southern Oregon	Benedictine (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Dickinson State (ND) (T)	Dickinson State (ND)	Kansas Wesleyan	Missouri Valley (MO)	Tabor (KS)		12.
13.	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Kansas Wesleyan	Montana Tech	Tabor (KS)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Eastern Oregon (T)	Kansas Wesleyan	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Sterling (KS)		13.
14.	Kansas Wesleyan	St. Francis (IL)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Georgetown (KY)	Kansas Wesleyan	Kansas Wesleyan (T)	Dickinson State (ND)	Kansas Wesleyan	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Southeastern (FL)	Southeastern (FL)	Dickinson State (ND)		14.
15.	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Eastern Oregon	Dickinson State (ND)	Dickinson State (ND) (T)	Kansas Wesleyan	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Georgetown (KY)	Sterling (KS)	Sterling (KS) (T)	Robert Morris (IL)		15.
16.	Montana Western	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Concordia (NE)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD) (T)	Eastern Oregon (T)	Bethel (TN)	Tabor (KS)	Dickinson State (ND)	Dickinson State (ND) (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)		16.
17.	St. Francis (IL)	Campbellsville (KY)	Tabor (KS)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD) (T)	Southern Oregon	Southeastern (FL)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Kansas Wesleyan		17.
18.	Dickinson State (ND)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)(T)	Sterling (KS)	Benedictine (KS)(T)	Dakota State (SD)	Bethel (TN)	Tabor (KS)	Sterling (KS)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Concordia (NE)		18.
19.	Point (GA)	Faulkner (AL)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)(T)	Faulkner (AL)	Midland (NE)(T)	Bethel (TN)	Dakota State (SD)	Benedictine (KS)	Bethel (TN)	Robert Morris (IL)	Robert Morris (IL)	Montana Western		19.
20.	Benedictine (KS)	Arizona Christian	Concordia (NE)	Kansas Wesleyan	Dakota State (SD)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Southeastern (FL)	Arizona Christian	William Penn (IA)	William Penn (IA)	Southeastern (FL)		20.
21.	St. Ambrose (IA)	Dickinson State (ND)	Carroll (MT)	Dickinson State (ND)	Concordia (NE)	Midland (NE)	Midland (NE)	Montana Western	Concordia (NE)	Concordia (NE)	Concordia (NE)	Langston (OK)		21.
22.	Arizona Christian	Carroll (MT)	Dickinson State (ND)(T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Peru State (NE)	Montana Western	Peru State (NE)	Midland (NE)	Benedictine (KS)	Wayland Baptist (TX)	Montana Western	Arizona Christian		22.
23.	Georgetown (KY)	William Penn (IA)	Montana Western (T)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Bethel (TN)	Concordia (MI)	Southeastern (FL)	Dakota State (SD)	Southern Oregon	Bethel (TN)	Langston (OK)	William Penn (IA) (T)		23.
24.	Faulkner (AL)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Faulkner (AL)	Dakota State (SD)	Montana Western	Peru State (NE)	Concordia (NE)	Robert Morris (IL)	Robert Morris (IL)	Montana Western	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS) (T)		24.
25.	William Penn (IA)	Montana Western	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Midland (NE)(T) Webber International (FL)(T)	Sterling (KS)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Montana Western	Sterling (KS)	Dakota State (SD)	Langston (OK)	Arizona Christian	Georgetown (KY)		25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 11[15]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 8[16]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 12[17]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 19[18]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 26[19]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 3[20]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 10[21]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 17[22]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 24[23]	Week 8-Poll 8 Oct 31[24]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 7[25]	Week 10-Final Nov 13[26]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 20[27]
		Dropped: Point (GA)	Dropped: St. Francis (IL) Campbellsville (KY) Arizona Christian William Penn (IA) St. Ambrose (IA)	Dropped: Carroll (MT) Montana Western Rocky Mountain (MT)	Dropped: Saint Xavier (IL) Faulkner (AL) Mid America Nazarene (KS) Webber International (FL)	Dropped: Concordia (NE) Sterling (KS)	Dropped: Concordia (MI) Rocky Mountain (MT)	Dropped: Peru State (NE) Concordia (NE)	Dropped: Montana Western Midland (NE)	Dropped: Arizona Christian Benedictine (KS) Southern Oregon Dakota State (SD)	Dropped: Wayland Baptist (TX) Bethel (TN)	Dropped: NONE	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 final poll of the 2016 regular season, 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.

There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.

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.

Team	Total #1 Rankings
Carroll (MT)	57(6)
Sioux Falls (SD)	55(3)
Georgetown (KY)	25(2)
Marian (IN)	24(2)
Morningside (IA)	20
Saint Xavier (IL)	14(1)
Northwestern Oklahoma State	12(1)
Southern Oregon	5(1)
Grand View (IA)	4(1)
Lindsey Wilson (KY)	4
Azusa Pacific (CA)	3
Saint Francis (IN)	3
Cumberlands (KY)	2

References

1. "2016 Football Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
2. "2016 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Polls - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 11, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
3. "NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
4. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
5. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
6. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
7. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
8. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
9. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
10. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
11. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
12. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
13. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
14. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
15. "2016 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Polls - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 11, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
16. "NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
17. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
18. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
19. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
20. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
21. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
22. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
23. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
24. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
25. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
26. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
27. "NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

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