KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the first edition of the 2025 Netting Professionals NAIA Football Coaches' Poll. Carroll College remains unchanged from the Preseason Poll, sitting at No. 25.
Following a 1-1 start to the 2025 campaign, the Fighting Saints remain positioned at No. 25 in the NAIA Football Coaches' Poll.
The Saints are still one of five Frontier Conference teams appearing inside of the Top-25 (No. 7 Montana Tech, No. 9 Montana Western, No. 11 Dickinson State, No. 24 Southern Oregon), while College of Idaho appears in the receiving votes portion.
For the second-straight game, Carroll will face-off against the No. 11 team in the nation, as they head to North Dakota for the program's first meeting with No. 11 Dickinson State since November of 2013. Kick-off for the ranked matchup is slated for 1 p.m. at the Beisot Activities Center on Saturday afternoon.
This is the first time that the Saints have appeared at No. 25 on the in-season Poll since the 2022 season (October 24, 2022).
The full NAIA Football Coaches' Poll results are as follows:
Poll Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place, 23 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| Trend |
Rank |
Last Poll |
Institution [1st Place Votes] |
Record |
Points |
| ● |
1 |
1 |
Grand View (Iowa) [16] |
2-0 |
436 |
| ● |
2 |
2 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
2-0 |
422 |
| ▲ |
3 |
4 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
2-1 |
405 |
| ▼ |
4 |
3 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
1-1 |
389 |
| ▲ |
5 |
6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
2-1 |
372 |
| ▲ |
6 |
9 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
3-0 |
357 |
| ▲ |
7 |
11 |
Montana Tech |
3-0 |
351 |
| ▲ |
8 |
12 |
Friends (Kan.) |
3-0 |
327 |
| ▼ |
9 |
5 |
Montana Western |
1-1 |
322 |
| ▲ |
10 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
3-0 |
318 |
| ▲ |
11 |
13 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
2-0 |
274 |
| ▲ |
12 |
15 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
3-0 |
264 |
| ▲ |
13 |
17 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
2-0 |
250 |
| ▼ |
14 |
8 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
1-1 |
243 |
| ▼ |
15 |
7 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
1-1 |
230 |
| ▲ |
16 |
20 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
3-0 |
221 |
| ▲ |
17 |
19 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
2-0 |
216 |
| ● |
18 |
18 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
2-0 |
201 |
| ▼ |
19 |
10 |
Texas Wesleyan |
1-1 |
187 |
| ▼ |
20 |
14 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
2-1 |
144 |
| ▲ |
21 |
23 |
Marian (Ind.) |
2-1 |
141 |
| ▲ |
22 |
RV |
Evangel (Mo.) |
3-0 |
133 |
| ▼ |
23 |
21 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
2-0 |
126 |
| ▼ |
24 |
22 |
Southern Oregon |
1-1 |
98 |
| ● |
25 |
25 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
1-1 |
80 |
Receiving Votes: College of Idaho 77, Cumberland (Tenn.) 53, Mount Marty (S.D.) 52, Saint Francis (Ind.) 45, Kansas Wesleyan 31, Taylor (Ind.) 29, Cumberlands (Ky.) 13, Baker (Kan.) 7, St. Francis (Ill.) 6, William Penn (Iowa) 5, Peru State (Neb.) 2, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 2, Pikeville (Ky.) 2.
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