Saints Rise to No. 8 in NAIA Football Coaches’ Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has launched the October 27 version of the Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. For the sixth week in a row, the Carroll Football workforce moved up within the ballot, now sitting at No. 8 within the nation.

Although they had been idle this previous weekend with a well-earned bye week, the Fighting Saints (6-1, 3-0) as soon as once more noticed a elevate within the weekly coaches’ ballot – shifting up one spot to No. 8.

 

8. Carroll (Mont.), 6-1 Carroll was off final week, and the Fighting Saints are again in motion Saturday at Southern Oregon for a 2 p.m. MDT kickoff. Prior to the break, Carroll topped Simpson (Calif.), 44-0, including to the workforce’s whole within the landing passes class, the place Carroll’s 23 passing TDs rank eighth within the NAIA.

The Saints stay considered one of 4 Frontier Conference groups contained in the nation’s Top-25. Frontier-East leaders, Montana Tech, slid again one spot to No. 5. College of Idaho moved up one spot to No. 15 following their 7-0 win over Eastern Oregon, whereas Montana Western remained at No. 20 following their lopsided win over Simpson. Dakota State is the lone Frontier workforce showing within the receiving votes portion of the ballot.

This is the primary time for the reason that October 2 Poll of the 2023 season that Carroll has occupied the No. 8 spot within the Coaches’ Poll.

Below is the total Netting Professionals NAIA Football Coaches’ Top-25 Poll:

 

Trend	Rank	Last Poll	Institution [First-Place Votes]	Record	Points
●	1	1	Grand View (Iowa) [15]	7-0	436
●	2	2	Keiser (Fla.) [1]	7-0	422
●	3	3	Benedictine (Kan.)	7-1	406
●	4	T-4	Friends (Kan.)	8-0	388
▼	5	T-4	Montana Tech	8-0	387
▲	6	7	Dordt (Iowa)	7-0	359
▲	7	8	Marian (Ind.)	7-1	351
▲	8	9	Carroll (Mont.)	6-1	334
▲	9	10	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	7-1	319
▲	10	11	Morningside (Iowa)	6-2	303
▼	11	6	Campbellsville (Ky.)	6-1	287
●	12	12	OUAZ (Ariz.)	6-0	278
▲	13	14	Indiana Wesleyan	6-2	275
▲	14	17	Southeastern (Fla.)	6-1	251
▲	15	16	College of Idaho	6-1	249
▲	16	18	Georgetown (Ky.)	5-2	217
▼	17	13	St. Thomas (Fla.)	4-3	192
▼	18	15	Southwestern (Kan.)	6-2	187
▲	19	21	William Penn (Iowa)	7-1	182
●	20	20	Montana Western	5-3	178
▲	21	22	McPherson (Kan.)	7-1	144
▼	22	19	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	5-2	137
▲	23	24	Northwestern (Iowa)	4-3	119
▲	24	RV	Evangel (Mo.)	6-2	102
●	25	T-25	Texas Wesleyan	5-3	89

Receiving Votes: Saint Francis (Ind.) 87, Cumberland (Tenn.) 78, Kansas Wesleyan 69, Concordia (Neb.) 55, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 30, Taylor (Ind.) 28, Dakota State (S.D.) 10, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 8, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Florida Memorial 4, Bethel (Tenn.) 3, Baker (Kan.) 2, Faulkner (Ala.) 2

Dropped out of Top 25: Concordia (Neb.), Bethel (Tenn.)

Poll Methodology

• The nationwide ballot is for publicity functions solely and doesn’t affect the choice course of for nationwide championship consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing every convention and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes within the ballot.
• The Top 25 groups are chosen utilizing a points-based system:
  • 30 factors for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for third, and so forth.

• The highest and lowest rankings acquired by every workforce are discarded earlier than last tallying.
• Teams receiving just one level are not listed as “receiving votes.”
• For a whole take a look at the Netting Professionals NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll all through the common season, and for historic rankings, click here.

Key: RV – Receiving Votes, NR – Not Ranked, ▲– Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● – Steady

 

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