2011 NAIA football rankings

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   NAIA National Champion
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One human poll made up the 2011 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 2011 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[2]		 Week 0-Preseason
Aug 08[3]		 Week Poll 1
Sep 12[4]		 Week Poll 2
Sep 19[5]		 Week Poll 3
Sep 26[6]		 Week Poll 4
Oct 03[7]		 Week Poll 5
Oct 10[8]		 Week Poll 6
Oct 17[9]		 Week Poll 7
Oct 24[10]		 Week Poll 8
Oct 31[11]		 Week Poll 9
Nov 07[12]		 Week Final
Nov 13[13]		 Week Postseason
Dec 19[14]
1. Carroll (Mont.) (15) Carroll (Mont.) (14) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Marian (Ind.) (14) Marian (Ind.) (13) *Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) 1.
2. Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) (1) Marian (Ind.) (1) Marian (Ind.) (1) Carroll (Mont.) (1) Carroll (Mont.) (2) Carroll (Mont.) 2.
3. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Morningside (Iowa) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Marian (Ind.) 3.
4. Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) William Penn (Iowa) Missouri Valley Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Georgetown (Ky.) 4.
5. Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Carroll (Mont.) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Missouri Valley Georgetown (Ky.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 5.
6. Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) William Penn (Iowa) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Georgetown (Ky.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6.
7. Dickinson State (N.D.) Dickinson State (N.D.) Missouri Valley Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Saint Francis (Ind.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Saint Francis (Ind.) 7.
8. William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Georgetown (Ky.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Morningside (Iowa) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) St. Francis (Ill.) 8.
9. McPherson (Kan.) Georgetown (Ky.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Midland (Neb.) (T) Eastern Oregon Morningside (Iowa) Benedictine (Kan.) Missouri Valley (T) St. Francis (Ill.) Benedictine (Kan.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Morningside (Iowa) 9.
10. Ottawa (Kan.) Ottawa (Kan.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Eastern Oregon (T) Morningside (Iowa) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) William Penn (Iowa) (T) Benedictine (Kan.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Ottawa (Kan.) Missouri Valley 10.
11. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Midland (Neb.) Morningside (Iowa) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Benedictine (Kan.) William Penn (Iowa) St. Francis (Ill.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Ottawa (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Ottawa (Kan.) 11.
12. Georgetown (Ky.) McPherson (Kan.) Eastern Oregon Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Benedictine (Kan.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) St. Francis (Ill.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Valley City State (N.D.) Valley City State (N.D.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 12.
13. Northwestern Oklahoma State Northwestern Oklahoma State Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Benedictine (Kan.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Doane (Neb.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Ottawa (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Bethel (Tenn.) Benedictine (Kan.) 13.
14. Northwestern (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) Benedictine (Kan.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Midland (Neb.) Bethany (Kan.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Bethel (Tenn.) Ottawa (Kan.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Bethel (Tenn.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Bethel (Tenn.) 14.
15. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Bethany (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Ottawa (Kan.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Valley City State (N.D.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Benedictine (Kan.) William Penn (Iowa) 15.
16. Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Northwestern (Iowa) Bethany (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Ottawa (Kan.) Valley City State (N.D.) Valley City State (N.D.) St. Francis (Ill.) Benedictine (Kan.) William Penn (Iowa) Valley City State (N.D.) 16.
17. Midland (Neb.) Midland (Neb.) Campbellsville (Ky.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Doane (Neb.) Eastern Oregon Bethel (Tenn.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Doane (Neb.) Bethel (Tenn.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) 17.
18. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Langston (Okla.) Shorter (Ga.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Valley City State (N.D.) Doane (Neb.) Bethany (Kan.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Northwestern (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) 18.
19. Cumberland (Tenn.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Bethany (Kan.) St. Francis (Ill.) Campbellsville (Ky.) Ottawa (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Bethel (Tenn.) Langston (Okla.) Langston (Okla.) Eastern Oregon Doane (Neb.) 19.
20. Kansas Wesleyan Webber International (Fla.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Valley City State (N.D.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Bethany (Kan.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Northwestern (Iowa) Cumberland (Tenn.) Doane (Neb.) Eastern Oregon 20.
21. South Dakota Mines & Technology Kansas Wesleyan Shorter (Ga.) (T) Doane (Neb.) Ottawa (Kan.) Bethel (Tenn.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Langston (Okla.) Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon Baker (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) 21.
22. Webber International (Fla.) Benedictine (Kan.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (T) Baker (Kan.) Montana State-Northern Shorter (Ga.) Bethany (Kan.) Eastern Oregon Northwestern (Iowa) Doane (Neb.) Doane (Neb.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) 22.
23. Baker (Kan.) (T) Baker (Kan.) Montana State-Northern Ottawa (Kan.) Valley City State (N.D.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Eastern Oregon (T) Northwestern (Iowa) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Langston (Okla.) Langston (Okla.) 23.
24. Benedictine (Kan.) (T) St. Francis (Ill.) Ottawa (Kan.) (T) Campbellsville (Ky.) Menlo (Calif.) Midland (Neb.) Northwestern Oklahoma State (T) Langston (Okla.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Bethany (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) 24.
25. St. Francis (Ill.) Grand View (Iowa) St. Francis (Ill.) (T) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Evangel (Mo.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Menlo (Calif.) Shorter (Ga.) Eastern Oregon Baker (Kan.) Bethany (Kan.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Cumberland (Tenn.) 25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[15]		 Week 0-Preseason
Aug 08[16]		 Week Poll 1
Sep 12[17]		 Week Poll 2
Sep 19[18]		 Week Poll 3
Sep 26[19]		 Week Poll 4
Oct 03[20]		 Week Poll 5
Oct 10[21]		 Week Poll 6
Oct 17[22]		 Week Poll 7
Oct 24[23]		 Week Poll 8
Oct 31[24]		 Week Poll 9
Nov 07[25]		 Week Final
Nov 13[26]		 Week Postseason
Dec 19[27]
Dropped:
South Dakota Mines & Technology		 Dropped:
Dickinson State (N.D.)
McPherson (Kan.)
Northwestern Oklahoma State
Cumberland (Tenn.)
Kansas Wesleyan
Benedictine (Kan.)
Baker (Kan.)
Grand View (Iowa)		 Dropped:
Northwestern (Iowa)
Langston (Okla.)
Montana State-Northern
St. Francis (Ill.)		 Dropped:
Cumberlands (Ky.)
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Shorter (Ga.)
Baker (Kan.)		 Dropped:
Campbellsville (Ky.)
Montana State-Northern
Menlo (Calif.)
Evangel (Mo.)		 Dropped:
Shorter (Ga.)
Midland (Neb.)		 Dropped:
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Eastern Oregon
Northwestern Oklahoma State
Menlo (Calif.)		 Dropped:
Shorter (Ga.)		 Dropped:
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)		 Dropped:
None		 Dropped:
Bethany (Kan.)		 Dropped:
None

References

  1. ↑ "2012-2013 NAIA College Football Rankings". Computer Ratings. July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Top 25 Poll - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 31, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Top 25 Poll - Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 8, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 12, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 19, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 26, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 3, 2011.
  21. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 10, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 17, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 24, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 31, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 7, 2011.
  26. ↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 13, 2011.
  27. ↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2011.


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