2012 NAIA football rankings

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   NAIA National Champion
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One human poll made up the 2012 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 2012 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

The poll release dates were:

Week by week poll

Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[2]		 Week 0-Preseason
Aug 06[3]		 Week Poll 1
Sep 10[4]		 Week Poll 2
Sep 17[5]		 Week Poll 3
Sep 24[6]		 Week Poll 4
Oct 01[7]		 Week Poll 5
Oct 08[8]		 Week Poll 6
Oct 15[9]		 Week Poll 7
Oct 22[10]		 Week Poll 8
Oct 29[11]		 Week Poll 9
Nov 05[12]		 Week Final
Nov 11[13]		 Week Postseason
Dec 18[14]
1. Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (11) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14) Marian (Ind.) (11) Marian (Ind.) (12) Marian (Ind.) (13) Marian (Ind.) (13) Marian (Ind.) (13) Georgetown (Ky.) (13) Georgetown (Ky.) (13) *Marian (Ind.) 1.
2. Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Georgetown (Ky.) (3) Georgetown (Ky.) (2) Georgetown (Ky.) (1) Georgetown (Ky.) (1) Georgetown (Ky.) (1) Missouri Valley (1) Missouri Valley (1) Morningside (Iowa) 2.
3. Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Missouri Valley 3.
4. Georgetown (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) 4.
5. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Missouri Valley Missouri Valley Missouri Valley William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Marian (Ind.) Marian (Ind.) Southern Oregon 5.
6. Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Benedictine (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Carroll (Mont.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) 6.
7. St. Francis (Ill.) St. Francis (Ill.) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Saint Francis (Ind.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Carroll (Mont.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Montana Tech Montana Tech Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) 7.
8. Morningside (Iowa) Morningside (Iowa) Eastern Oregon Eastern Oregon Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) Montana Tech Montana Tech Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Georgetown (Ky.) 8.
9. Missouri Valley Missouri Valley St. Ambrose (Iowa) (T) Baker (Kan.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Bethel (Tenn.) 9.
10. Ottawa (Kan.) Northwestern (Iowa) Baker (Kan.) (T) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Saint Francis (Ind.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Grand View (Iowa) Cumberlands (Ky.) William Penn (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Southern Oregon St. Ambrose (Iowa) 10.
11. Benedictine (Kan.) Ottawa (Kan.) (T) Saint Francis (Ind.) Carroll (Mont.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Northwestern (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) Cumberlands (Ky.) William Penn (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 11.
12. Bethel (Tenn.) Bethel (Tenn.) (T) Carroll (Mont.) Saint Francis (Ind.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Benedictine (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) (T) Northwestern (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) (T) 12.
13. William Penn (Iowa) Benedictine (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Montana Tech Montana Tech MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Baker (Kan.) Southern Oregon (T) William Penn (Iowa) Montana Tech (T) 13.
14. Northwestern (Iowa) William Penn (Iowa) Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Eastern Oregon Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Hastings (Neb.) Baker (Kan.) Southern Oregon Northwestern (Iowa) Montana Tech Baker (Kan.) 14.
15. Valley City State (N.D.) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Northwestern (Iowa) St. Francis (Ill.) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Baker (Kan.) Evangel (Mo.) Evangel (Mo.) William Penn (Iowa) Ottawa (Kan.) William Penn (Iowa) 15.
16. Grand View (Iowa) Eastern Oregon Doane (Neb.) Northwestern (Iowa) Montana Tech St. Ambrose (Iowa) Cumberland (Tenn.) Benedictine (Kan.) Northwestern (Iowa) Carroll (Mont.) Ottawa (Kan.) Grand View (Iowa) Ottawa (Kan.) 16.
17. Eastern Oregon Valley City State (N.D.) St. Francis (Ill.) (T) Montana Tech St. Francis (Ill.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Hastings (Neb.) Evangel (Mo.) St. Francis (Ill.) Northwestern (Iowa) Tabor (Kan.) Tabor (Kan.) Grand View (Iowa) 17.
18. Doane (Neb.) Baker (Kan.) Northwestern (Iowa) (T) St. Francis (Ill.) Grand View (Iowa) Doane (Neb.) Baker (Kan.) Northwestern (Iowa) Hastings (Neb.) Benedictine (Kan.) Bethel (Tenn.) Bethel (Tenn.) Tabor (Kan.) 18.
19. Baker (Kan.) Cumberlands (Ky.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Baker (Kan.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) St. Francis (Ill.) Southern Oregon Ottawa (Kan.) Evangel (Mo.) Doane (Neb.) Cumberland (Tenn.) 19.
20. St. Ambrose (Iowa) St. Ambrose (Iowa) Montana Tech Valley City State (N.D.) Doane (Neb.) Kansas Wesleyan St. Francis (Ill.) Doane (Neb.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Tabor (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Doane (Neb.) 20.
21. Langston (Okla.) Doane (Neb.) Valley City State (N.D.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Valley City State (N.D.) Hastings (Neb.) Evangel (Mo.) Faulkner (Ala.) Benedictine (Kan.) Bethel (Tenn.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Carroll (Mont.) Carroll (Mont.) 21.
22. Cumberlands (Ky.) Cumberland (Tenn.) (T) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Menlo (Calif.) Doane (Neb.) Tabor (Kan.) Tabor (Kan.) (T) Robert Morris (Ill.) Carroll (Mont.) Benedictine (Kan.) Benedictine (Kan.) 22.
23. Cumberland (Tenn.) Langston (Okla.) (T) Taylor (Ind.) Doane (Neb.) Kansas Wesleyan Faulkner (Ala.) Robert Morris (Ill.) Southern Oregon Robert Morris (Ill.) (T) Kansas Wesleyan Bacone (Okla.) Evangel (Mo.) Evangel (Mo.) 23.
24. Bethany (Kan.) Bethany (Kan.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Kansas Wesleyan Menlo (Calif.) Eastern Oregon Tabor (Kan.) Robert Morris (Ill.) Ottawa (Kan.) Doane (Neb.) St. Francis (Ill.) Valley City State (N.D.) Valley City State (N.D.) 24.
25. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Campbellsville (Ky.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Menlo (Calif.) Faulkner (Ala.) Dakota Wesleyan Friends (Kan.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Hastings (Neb.) Benedictine (Kan.) Kentucky Christian Kentucky Christian 25.
Week 0-Spring
Apr 18[15]		 Week 0-Preseason
Aug 06[16]		 Week Poll 1
Sep 10[17]		 Week Poll 2
Sep 17[18]		 Week Poll 3
Sep 24[19]		 Week Poll 4
Oct 01[20]		 Week Poll 5
Oct 08[21]		 Week Poll 6
Oct 15[22]		 Week Poll 7
Oct 22[23]		 Week Poll 8
Oct 29[24]		 Week Poll 9
Nov 05[25]		 Week Final
Nov 11[26]		 Week Postseason
Dec 18[27]
Dropped:
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		 Dropped:
Ottawa (Kan.)
Bethel (Tenn.)
Langston (Okla.)
Bethany (Kan.)
Campbellsville (Ky.)		 Dropped:
Taylor (Ind.)
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		 Dropped:
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)		 Dropped:
Valley City State (N.D.)		 Dropped:
Kansas Wesleyan
Menlo (Calif.)
Faulkner (Ala.)
Eastern Oregon		 Dropped:
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
Friends (Kan.)		 Dropped:
Doane (Neb.)
Faulkner (Ala.)		 Dropped:
St. Francis (Ill.)
Cumberland (Tenn.)
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		 Dropped:
Robert Morris (Ill.)
Kansas Wesleyan
Hastings (Neb.)		 Dropped:
Bacone (Okla.)
St. Francis (Ill.)		 Dropped:
None

References

  1. ↑ "2012-2013 NAIA College Football Rankings". Computer Ratings. July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2012 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 8, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 22, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 29, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 5, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2012.
  15. ↑ "2012 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 6, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 10, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 17, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 24, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 1, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 8, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 15, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 22, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 29, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 5, 2012.
  26. ↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2012.


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