2002 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 2002 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 2002 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Preseason
Aug 20
Week Poll 1
Sep 10
Week Poll 2
Sep 17
Week Poll 3
Sep 24
Week Poll 4
Oct 01
Week Poll 5
Oct 08
Week Poll 6
Oct 15
Week Poll 7
Oct 22
Week Poll 8
Oct 29
Week Poll 9
Nov 05
Week Poll 10
Nov 12
Week Final
Nov 17
Week Postseason
Jan 17
1. Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) *Carroll (MT) 1.
2. Sioux Falls (SD) Sioux Falls (SD) Southern Oregon Benedictine (KS) Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Georgetown (KY) 2.
3. Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Evangel (MO) Northwestern Oklahoma State Mary (ND) Mary (ND) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Georgetown (KY) Sioux Falls (SD) 3.
4. Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Benedictine (KS) Mary (ND) McKendree (IL) McKendree (IL) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Saint Francis (IN) McKendree (IL) 4.
5. Evangel (MO) Evangel (MO) Northwestern Oklahoma State St. Ambrose (IA) Georgetown (KY) Georgetown (KY) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Dickinson State (ND) Northwestern Oklahoma State 5.
6. Benedictine (KS) (T) Benedictine (KS) Mary (ND) McKendree (IL) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Mary (ND) Southern Oregon 6.
7. Mary (ND) (T) Mary (ND) St. Ambrose (IA) Georgetown (KY) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Mary (ND) McKendree (IL) Mary (ND) 7.
8. Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State McKendree (IL) Walsh (OH) Carroll (MT) Carroll (MT) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Mary (ND) Dickinson State (ND) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Saint Francis (IN) 8.
9. St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Georgetown (KY) Southern Oregon Saint Francis (IN) Saint Francis (IN) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Dickinson State (ND) Southern Oregon Southern Oregon MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) 9.
10. Tri-State (IN) Tri-State (IN) Tri-State (IN) Carroll (MT) Valley City State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Southern Oregon MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Carroll (MT) Dickinson State (ND) 10.
11. Valley City State (ND) Walsh (OH) Walsh (OH) Valley City State (ND) Evangel (MO) Evangel (MO) Minot State (ND) Hastings (NE) Dickinson State (ND) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) Saint Xavier (IL) 11.
12. Concordia (NE) Valley City State (ND) Carroll (MT) Saint Francis (IN) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Hastings (NE) Dickinson State (ND) Mary (ND) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) 12.
13. Walsh (OH) McKendree (IL) Hastings (NE) Evangel (MO) Benedictine (KS) Benedictine (KS) Mary (ND) Mary (ND) Walsh (OH) Minot State (ND) Minot State (ND) Minot State (ND) Minot State (ND) 13.
14. McKendree (IL) Hastings (NE) Valley City State (ND) Tri-State (IN) Campbellsville (KY) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Azusa Pacific (CA) Walsh (OH) Valley City State (ND) Azusa Pacific (CA) Azusa Pacific (CA) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) 14.
15. Montana Tech Bethany (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Campbellsville (KY) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Hastings (NE) Dickinson State (ND) Valley City State (ND) Azusa Pacific (CA) (T) St. Ambrose (IA) St. Ambrose (IA) Montana Western Montana Western 15.
16. Bethany (KS) Saint Francis (IN) Bethany (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Northwestern (IA) Azusa Pacific (CA) Walsh (OH) Azusa Pacific (CA) Minot State (ND) (T) Evangel (MO) (T) Evangel (MO) Azusa Pacific (CA) Azusa Pacific (CA) 16.
17. Campbellsville (KY) Kansas Wesleyan Saint Xavier (IL) Dickinson State (ND) Missouri Valley (MO) Dickinson State (ND) Saint Xavier (IL) Evangel (MO) Evangel (MO) Tri-State (IN) (T) Walsh (OH) Evangel (MO) Doane (NE) 17.
18. Hastings (NE) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Nebraska Wesleyan Hastings (NE) Saint Xavier (IL) Valley City State (ND) Minot State (ND) Saint Xavier (IL) Walsh (OH) Montana Western Kansas Wesleyan Kansas Wesleyan 18.
19. Saint Francis (IN) Saint Xavier (IL) Campbellsville (KY) Hastings (NE) Azusa Pacific (CA) Minot State (ND) Nebraska Wesleyan Bethany (KS) Tri-State (IN) Montana Western Kansas Wesleyan Doane (NE) Evangel (MO) 19.
20. Cumberlands (KY) Montana Tech (T) Dickinson State (ND) Northwestern (IA) Saint Xavier (IL) Lambuth (TN) Evangel (MO) Tri-State (IN) Hastings (NE) Kansas Wesleyan Missouri Valley (MO) Missouri Valley (MO) Missouri Valley (MO) 20.
21. Kansas Wesleyan Doane (NE) (T) Nebraska Wesleyan Azusa Pacific (CA) (T) Dickinson State (ND) Cumberland (TN) Saint Xavier (IL) Nebraska Wesleyan Valley City State (ND) Doane (NE) Tri-State (IN) Tri-State (IN) 21.
22. MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Concordia (NE) Azusa Pacific (CA) Missouri Valley (MO) (T) Minot State (ND) Missouri Valley (MO) Montana Western Doane (NE) Kansas Wesleyan Missouri Valley (MO) Lambuth (TN) Northwestern (MN) Walsh (OH) 22.
23. Northwestern (MN) Campbellsville (KY) Northwestern (IA) Saint Xavier (IL) (T) Malone (OH) Nebraska Wesleyan Bethany (KS) Northwestern (IA) Montana Western Doane (NE) Tri-State (IN) Walsh (OH) Cumberland (TN) 23.
24. Saint Xavier (IL) Nebraska Wesleyan Culver-Stockton (MO) Culver-Stockton (MO) (T) Nebraska Wesleyan Campbellsville (KY) Tri-State (IN) Kansas Wesleyan Missouri Valley (MO) Bethany (KS) Northwestern (MN) Hastings (NE) Hastings (NE) 24.
25. Doane (NE) Dickinson State (ND) Northwestern (MN) Minot State (ND) Cumberland (TN) (T)
Northwestern (MN) (T)
Cumberland (TN) Ottawa (KS) Montana Western Northwestern (IA) Nebraska Wesleyan Hastings (NE) Valley City State (ND) Northwestern (MN) 25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 20
Week Poll 1
Sep 10
Week Poll 2
Sep 17
Week Poll 3
Sep 24
Week Poll 4
Oct 01
Week Poll 5
Oct 08
Week Poll 6
Oct 15
Week Poll 7
Oct 22
Week Poll 8
Oct 29
Week Poll 9
Nov 05
Week Poll 10
Nov 12
Week Final
Nov 17
Week Postseason
Jan 17
Dropped:
Cumberlands (KY)
Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
Kansas Wesleyan
Montana Tech
Doane (NE)
Concordia (NE)
Dropped:
Bethany (KS)
Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
Tri-State (IN)
Culver-Stockton (MO)
Dropped:
Northwestern (IA)
Malone (OH)
Northwestern (MN)
Dropped:
Lambuth (TN)
Missouri Valley (MO)
Campbellsville (KY)
Dropped:
Nebraska Wesleyan
Cumberland (TN)
Ottawa (KS)
Dropped:
Bethany (KS)
Doane (NE)
Dropped:
Hastings (NE)
Northwestern (IA)
Dropped:
Valley City State (ND)
Bethany (KS)
Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
Lambuth (TN)
Dropped:
Valley City State (ND)

References

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