The 2011 NAIA Football Championship Series 16-team field will be announced on Nov. 13. The selection show will be announced live by Victory Sports Network as a video-streaming broadcast. The free broadcast begins at 2 p.m. CST and can be accessed by clicking here. The final regular-season poll will be announced on Nov. 7. For the entire 2011 Coaches’ Top 25 Poll schedule, click here.
NOTES: (All information dates back to 1999) The battle between No. 1 Saint Xavier (Ill.) and No. 2 Marian (Ind.) will mark the 10th time that the two top-ranked teams have met and just the third regular-season game between No. 1 vs. 2… There have been 41 different teams ranked in 2011, with 14 of those being listed in each poll… Suffering its third-straight loss, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) fell out of the Top 25 after enjoying a seven-week ride… No. 5 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) has been ranked in the top 10 for the last 29-straight polls… With eight total No. 1 rankings, with all of them coming in the last seven weeks, St. Xavier boasts the fifth-most No. 1 billings… The Cougars rank behind Carroll (Mont.) (56), former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55), Georgetown (Ky.) (23) and Northwestern Oklahoma State (11) for the most No. 1s… No. 3 Carroll extended its streak of consecutive top-five appearances with 87… No. 12 Saint Francis (Ind.) leads the NAIA with 151-straight mentions in the Top 25… Following Saint Francis among consecutive appearances is Carroll with 137, MidAmerica Nazarene with 63, Morningside (Iowa) with 56 and St. Xavier with 43.|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2011 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) |
8-0 |
340 |
|
2 |
2 |
Marian (Ind.) (1) |
9-0 |
326 |
|
3 |
3 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
8-1 |
313 |
|
4 |
4 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
8-0 |
303 |
|
5 |
5 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
7-1 |
289 |
|
6 |
6 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
7-1 |
275 |
|
7 |
7 |
Missouri Valley |
7-1 |
253 |
|
8 |
8 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
8-1 |
241 |
|
9 |
10 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
8-1 |
232 |
|
10 |
11 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
7-2 |
218 |
|
11 |
12 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
6-2 |
210 |
|
12 |
13 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
7-1 |
203 |
|
13 |
14 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
7-2 |
175 |
|
14 |
15 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
7-1 |
171 |
|
15 |
16 |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
8-1 |
162 |
|
16 |
9 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
7-3 |
148 |
|
17 |
19 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
6-2 |
127 |
|
18 |
20 |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
7-2 |
115 |
|
19 |
21 |
Langston (Okla.) |
6-2 |
110 |
|
20 |
22 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
7-2 |
108 |
|
21 |
25 |
Eastern Oregon |
6-3 |
65 |
|
22 |
17 |
Doane (Neb.) |
6-2 |
55 |
|
23 |
RV |
Grand View (Iowa) |
7-3 |
54 |
|
24 |
18 |
Bethany (Kan.) |
7-2 |
44 |
|
25 |
RV |
Baker (Kan.) |
5-3 |
27 |
Others receiving votes: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 23; Shorter (Ga.) 9; Hastings (Neb.) 3
