2001 NAIA football rankings

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  NAIA National Champion
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

One human poll made up the 2001 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2001 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Preseason
Aug 21
Week Poll 1
Sep 11
Week Poll 2
Sep 25
Week Poll 3
Oct 2
Week Poll 4
Oct 9
Week Poll 5
Oct 16
Week Poll 6
Oct 23
Week Poll 7
Oct 30
Week Poll 8
Nov 6
Week Final
Nov 11
Week Postseason
Jan 6
1. Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) *Georgetown (KY) 1.
2. Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Mary (ND) Mary (ND) Sioux Falls (SD) 2.
3. Carroll (MT) (T) Carroll (MT) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Evangel (MO) Evangel (MO) Carroll (MT) 3.
4. Northwestern (IA) (T) Northwestern (IA) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Mary (ND) Mary (ND) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Benedictine (KS) 4.
5. Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Mary (ND) Mary (ND) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Evangel (MO) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Southern Oregon 5.
6. Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Mary (ND) Mary (ND) Doane (NE) Doane (NE) Evangel (MO) Concordia (NE) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Evangel (MO) 6.
7. St. Ambrose (IA) Valley City State (ND) Campbellsville (KY) Doane (NE) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Concordia (NE) 7.
8. Valley City State (ND) Sioux Falls (SD) Doane (NE) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Evangel (MO) Evangel (MO) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) McKendree (IL) Concordia (NE) Mary (ND) 8.
9. Lambuth (TN) Southern Oregon Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Concordia (NE) Benedictine (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Northwestern Oklahoma State 9.
10. Huron (SD) Walsh (OH) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Concordia (NE) Tri-State (IN) Campbellsville (KY) 10.
11. Ottawa (KS) Mary (ND) Carroll (MT) Evangel (MO) Concordia (NE) Concordia (NE) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Tri-State (IN) 11.
12. Olivet Nazarene (IL) Lambuth (TN) Evangel (MO) Concordia (NE) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Benedictine (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) St. Ambrose (IA) 12.
13. Baker (KS) Nebraska Wesleyan Northwestern (IA) Nebraska Wesleyan Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Campbellsville (KY) Northwestern Oklahoma State Walsh (OH) St. Ambrose (IA) Valley City State (ND) 13.
14. Sioux Falls (SD) (T) St. Ambrose (IA) Nebraska Wesleyan McKendree (IL) Campbellsville (KY) Campbellsville (KY) Doane (NE) Montana Tech Tri-State (IN) Kansas Wesleyan Saint Francis (IN) 14.
15. Southern Oregon (T) Campbellsville (KY) Virginia-Wise Campbellsville (KY) Montana Tech Montana Tech Montana Tech Walsh (OH) Kansas Wesleyan Campbellsville (KY) McKendree (IL) 15.
16. Montana Tech MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Azusa Pacific (CA) Northwestern Oklahoma State Bethany (KS) Bethany (KS) Northwestern Oklahoma State St. Ambrose (IA) Hastings (NE) McKendree (IL) Montana Tech 16.
17. MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) McKendree (IL) Northwestern Oklahoma State Montana Tech Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Bethany (KS) Kansas Wesleyan St. Ambrose (IA) Montana Tech Kansas Wesleyan 17.
18. Mary (ND) Huron (SD) Concordia (NE) Belhaven (MS) Trinity International (IL) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Tri-State (IN) Campbellsville (KY) Hastings (NE) Hastings (NE) 18.
19. Peru State (NE) Azusa Pacific (CA) McKendree (IL) Bethany (KS) Walsh (OH) Cumberland (TN) St. Ambrose (IA) Campbellsville (KY) Montana Tech (T) Bethany (KS) Bethany (KS) 19.
20. Nebraska Wesleyan Evangel (MO) Trinity International (IL) Tri-State (IN) Cumberland (TN) St. Ambrose (IA) Hastings (NE) Hastings (NE) Bethany (KS) (T) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) 20.
21. Azusa Pacific (CA) Doane (NE) Montana Tech Saint Xavier (IL) St. Ambrose (IA) Tri-State (IN) Tri-State (IN) Doane (NE) (T) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Huron (SD) Huron (SD) 21.
22. Campbellsville (KY) Virginia-Wise Belhaven (MS) Huron (SD) Nebraska Wesleyan Hastings (NE) Kansas Wesleyan Bethany (KS) (T) Huron (SD) Northwestern (MN) Doane (NE) 22.
23. Walsh (OH) Geneva (PA) Huron (SD) Trinity International (IL) Baker (KS) Kansas Wesleyan Trinity International (IL) Trinity International (IL) Northwestern (IA) Cumberland (TN) Cumberland (TN) 23.
24. McKendree (IL) Ottawa (KS) Bethany (KS) Virginia-Wise Belhaven (MS) (T) Trinity International (IL) Cumberland (TN) Cumberland (TN) Southwestern (KS) Doane (NE) Northwestern (MN) 24.
25. Kansas Wesleyan Montana Tech Tri-State (IN) Walsh (OH) Tri-State (IN) (T) Friends (KS) Northwestern (MN) Northwestern (MN) Doane (NE) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) 25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 21
Week Poll 1
Sep 11
Week Poll 2
Sep 25
Week Poll 3
Oct 2
Week Poll 4
Oct 9
Week Poll 5
Oct 16
Week Poll 6
Oct 23
Week Poll 7
Oct 30
Week Poll 8
Nov 6
Week Final
Nov 11
Week Postseason
Jan 6
Dropped:
Olivet Nazarene (IL)
Baker (KS)
Peru State (NE)
Kansas Wesleyan
Dropped:
Walsh (OH)
Lambuth (TN)
St. Ambrose (IA)
Geneva (PA)
Ottawa (KS)
Dropped:
Northwestern (IA)
Azusa Pacific (CA)
Dropped:
Saint Xavier (IL)
Huron (SD)
Virginia-Wise
Dropped:
Nebraska Wesleyan
Baker (KS)
Belhaven (MS)
Dropped:
Friends (KS)
Dropped:
NONE
Dropped:
Trinity International
Northwestern (MN)
Cumberland (TN)
Dropped:
MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)
Northwestern (IA)
Southwestern (KS)
Dropped:
NONE

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