2009 NAIA football rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
*		NAIA National Champion
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

One human poll made up the 2009 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 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2009 NAIA Football National Championship.^[1]

The poll release dates were:

April 20, 2009 (Spring)
August 10, 2009 (Preseason)
September 14, 2009
September 21, 2009
September 28, 2009
October 5, 2009
October 12, 2009
October 19, 2009
October 26, 2009
November 2, 2009
November 9, 2009
November 15, 2009 (Final)
January 11, 2010 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

	Week 0-Spring Apr 20	Week 0-Preseason Aug 10	Week Poll 1 Sep 14	Week Poll 2 Sep 21	Week Poll 3 Sep 28	Week Poll 4 Oct 05	Week Poll 5 Oct 12	Week Poll 6 Oct 19	Week Poll 7 Oct 26	Week Poll 8 Nov 02	Week Poll 9 Nov 09	Week Final Nov 15	Week Postseason Jan 11
1.	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)	Sioux Falls (SD)	Sioux Falls (SD)	*Sioux Falls (SD)	1.
2.	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Lindenwood (MO)	2.
3.	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Lindenwood (MO)	Carroll (MT)	3.
4.	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	4.
5.	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Lambuth (TN)	Lambuth (TN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Ottawa (KS)	Morningside (IA)	5.
6.	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Lambuth (TN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Ottawa (KS)	Lambuth (TN)	Ottawa (KS)	6.
7.	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Lambuth (TN)	Lambuth (TN)	Lambuth (TN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Ottawa (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	Lambuth (TN)	Morningside (IA)	Lambuth (TN)	7.
8.	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Ottawa (KS)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	8.
9.	Union (KY)	Friends (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Lambuth (TN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Ottawa (KS)	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	McKendree (IL)	McKendree (IL)	McKendree (IL)	9.
10.	Friends (KS)	Union (KY)	Union (KY) (T)	Union (KY)	Shorter (GA)	Ottawa (KS)	Missouri Valley	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Missouri Valley	10.
11.	Shorter (GA)	Shorter (GA)	Lambuth (TN) (T)	Shorter (GA)	Ottawa (KS)	Missouri Valley	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	McKendree (IL)	McKendree (IL)	McKendree (IL)	Saint Francis (IN)	Missouri Valley	Cumberlands (KY)	11.
12.	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Shorter (GA)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Missouri Valley	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	McKendree (IL)	Northwestern (IA)	Northwestern (IA) (T)	Cumberlands (KY)	Missouri Valley	McPherson (KS)	McPherson (KS)	12.
13.	St. Ambrose (IA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Missouri Valley	Ottawa (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	McKendree (IL)	Northwestern (IA)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY) (T)	Langston (OK)	Friends (KS)	Hastings (NB)	Hastings (NB)	13.
14.	Dickinson State (SD)	Lambuth (TN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	St. Ambrose (IA)	McKendree (IL)	Northwestern (IA)	Friends (KS)	Friends (KS)	Friends (KS) (T)	Friends (KS)	Langston (OK)	Minot State (ND)	Minot State (ND)	14.
15.	Lambuth (TN)	Dickinson State (SD)	Ottawa (KS)	Missouri Valley	Northwestern (IA)	Friends (KS)	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK)	Langston (OK) (T)	McPherson (KS)	McPherson (KS)	Friends (KS)	Friends (KS)	15.
16.	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Montana State-Northern	McKendree (IL)	Friends (KS)	Hastings (NB)	McPherson (KS)	Minot State (ND)	McPherson (KS)	Dickinson State (SD)	Hastings (NB)	Walsh (OH)	Walsh (OH)	16.
17.	Virginia-Wise	Saint Xavier (IL)	Benedictine (KS)	Friends (KS)	Hastings (NB)	Union (KY)	Minot State (ND)	McPherson (KS)	Minot State (ND)	Hastings (NB)	Grand View (IA)	Dickinson State (SD)	Saint Francis (IN)	17.
18.	Saint Xavier (IL)	Montana State-Northern	Friends (KS)	Northwestern (IA)	Union (KY)	McPherson (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Eastern Oregon	Walsh (OH)	Northwestern (IA)	Minot State (ND)	Saint Francis (IN)	Dickinson State (SD)	18.
19.	Northwestern (IA) (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Hastings (NB)	Hastings (NB)	Eastern Oregon	Shorter (GA)	Eastern Oregon	Georgetown (KY)	Hastings (NB)	Grand View (IA)	Ohio Dominican	Taylor (IN)	Langston (OK)	19.
20.	Ohio Dominican (T)	Ohio Dominican	Ohio Dominican	McPherson (KS)	McPherson (KS)	Walsh (OH)	Central Methodist (MO)	Walsh (OH)	Dickinson State (SD)	Ohio Dominican	Dickinson State (SD)	Langston (OK)	Taylor (IN)	20.
21.	Montana State-Northern	Virginia-Wise	McPherson (KS)	Malone (OH)	Georgetown (KY)	St. Ambrose (IA) (T)	Walsh (OH)	Hastings (NB)	Ohio Dominican	Minot State (ND)	Walsh (OH)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	21.
22.	Ottawa (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	Northwestern (IA) (T)	Sterling (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Minot State (ND) (T)	Hastings (NB)	Dickinson State (SD)	Grand View (IA)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	22.
23.	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Northwestern (IA)	McKendree (IL) (T)	Eastern Oregon	Malone (OH)	Black Hills State (SD)	Ohio Dominican	Ohio Dominican	Eastern Oregon	Walsh (OH)	Northwestern (IA)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	23.
24.	Jamestown (ND)	Jamestown (ND)	Malone (OH)	Minot State (ND) (T)	Walsh (OH)	Eastern Oregon	Dickinson State (SD)	Central Methodist (MO)	Campbellsville (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Baker (KS)	Ohio Dominican	Ohio Dominican	24.
25.	Malone (OH)	Malone (OH)	Nebraska Wesleyan	Walsh (OH) (T)	Minot State (ND)	Bethany (KS) (T) Central Methodist (MO) (T)	Georgetown (KY)	Grand View (IA)	Shorter (GA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Taylor (IN)	Northwestern (IA)	Northwestern (IA)	25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 20	Week 0-Preseason Aug 10	Week Poll 1 Sep 14	Week Poll 2 Sep 21	Week Poll 3 Sep 28	Week Poll 4 Oct 05	Week Poll 5 Oct 12	Week Poll 6 Oct 19	Week Poll 7 Oct 26	Week Poll 8 Nov 02	Week Poll 9 Nov 09	Week Final Nov 15	Week Postseason Jan 11
		Dropped: None	Dropped: Baker (KS) Dakota Wesleyan (SD) Dickinson State (SD) Jamestown (ND) Virginia-Wise	Dropped: Benadictine (KS) Montana State-Northern Nebraska Wesleyan Ohio Dominican	Dropped: Sterling (KS)	Dropped: Georgetown (KY) Malone (OH)	Dropped: Bethany (KS) Black Hills State (SD) Shorter (GA) Union (KY)	Dropped: St. Ambrose (IA)	Dropped: Central Methodist (MO) Georgetown (KY)	Dropped: Campbellsville (KY) Shorter (GA)	Dropped: Georgetown (KY) Shorter (GA)	Dropped: None	Dropped: None

References

↑ "Week-by-Week Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2012.

NAIA football rankings

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2009 NAIA Football Season

Championship	National Championship Rankings

Conference Seasons	Central States Frontier Great Plains Heart of America Independent Kansas Mid-South Mid-States

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