2013 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 makes up the 2013 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. When the regular season is complete, the NAIA plans to sponsor a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the 2013 NAIA Football National Championship.^[1]

The poll release dates are scheduled to be:^[2]

• April 18, 2013 (Spring)
• August 12, 2013 (Preseason)
• September 16, 2013 (Poll 1)
• September 23, 2013 (Poll 2)
• September 30, 2013 (Poll 3)
• October 7, 2013 (Poll 4)
• October 14, 2013 (Poll 5)
• October 21, 2013 (Poll 6)
• October 28, 2013 (Poll 7)
• November 4, 2013 (Poll 8)
• November 11, 2013 (Poll 9)
• November 17, 2013 (Final Regular Season)
• December 24, 2013 (Postseason)

Week by week rankings

	Week 0-Spring Apr 18[3]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 12[4]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 16[5]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 23[6]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 30[7]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 7[8]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 14[9]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 21[10]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 28[11]	Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 4[12]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 11[13]	Week 10-Final Nov 17[14]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 23[15]
1.	Marian (IN) (10)	Morningside (IA) (4)	Morningside (IA) (14)	Morningside (IA) (14)	Morningside (IA) (14)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	*Grand View (IA)	1.
2.	Morningside (IA) (3)	Marian (IN) (8)(T)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Cumberlands (KY)	2.
3.	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO) (1)(T)	Cumberlands (KY)	Carroll (MT)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	3.
4.	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Carroll (MT)	Cumberlands (KY)	Grand View (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Morningside (IA)	4.
5.	Southern Oregon	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Georgetown (KY)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Baker (KS)	5.
6.	Saint Francis (IN)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Saint Francis (IN)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	6.
7.	Cumberlands (KY)	Montana Tech	St. Ambrose (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Benedictine (KS)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT)	Tabor (KS)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Missouri Valley (MO)	7.
8.	Georgetown (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Baker (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Ottawa (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Saint Francis (IN)	Ottawa (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Tabor (KS)	8.
9.	Bethel (TN)	Bethel (TN)	Grand View (IA)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Carroll (MT)	St. Ambrose (IA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Baker (KS)	Peru State (NE)	Ottawa (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Faulkner (AL)	Benedictine (KS)	9.
10.	St. Ambrose (IA)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Baker (KS)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Saint Francis (IN)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Faulkner (AL)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Faulkner (AL)	10.
11.	Montana Tech	St. Ambrose (IA)	Missouri Valley (MO)	St. Ambrose (IA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Baker (KS)	Georgetown (KY)	Tabor (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Tabor (KS)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	11.
12.	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Carroll (MT)	Montana Tech	Ottawa (KS)	Baker (KS)	Georgetown (KY)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Peru State (NE)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Faulkner (AL)	Tabor (KS)	Northwestern (IA)	Georgetown (KY)	12.
13.	Northwestern (IA)	Northwestern (IA)	Ottawa (KS)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Tabor (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Peru State (NE)	Northwestern (IA)	Georgetown (KY)	Northwestern (IA)	13.
14.	Baker (KS)	Southern Oregon	Benedictine (KS)	Doane (NE)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Tabor (KS)	Concordia (NE)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Tabor (KS) (T)	Georgetown (KY)	Sterling (KS)	Sterling (KS)	14.
15.	William Penn (IA)	Baker (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Montana Western	Tabor (KS)	Concordia (NE)	Friends (KS)	Faulkner (AL)	Faulkner (AL)	Georgetown (KY) (T)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Ottawa (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	15.
16.	Ottawa (KS)	William Penn (IA)	Marian (IN)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Valley City State (ND)	Peru State (NE)	Concordia (NE)	Georgetown (KY)	Friends (KS)	Sterling (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	16.
17.	Grand View (IA)	Tabor (KS)	St. Francis (IL)	Northwestern (IA)	Concordia (NE)	Friends (KS) (T)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Georgetown (KY)	Friends (KS)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	St. Ambrose (IA) (T)	Friends (KS)	Friends (KS)	17.
18.	Carroll (MT)	Ottawa (KS)	Doane (NE)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Valley City State (ND)	Lindsey Wilson (KY) (T)	Montana State-Northern	Friends (KS)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Sterling (KS)	St. Francis (IL) (T)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	18.
19.	Tabor (KS)	Grand View (IA)	Rocky Mountain (MT)	Valley City State (ND)	Montana State-Northern	Peru State (NE)	Faulkner (AL)	Reinhardt (GA)	Sterling (KS)	Northwestern (IA)	Peru State (NE) (T)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	19.
20.	Cumberland (TN)	Doane (NE)	William Penn (IA)	Concordia (NE)	Friends (KS)	Doane (NE)	St. Francis (IL)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Southern Oregon	Reinhardt (GA) (T)	Friends (KS) (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	20.
21.	Doane (NE)	Belhaven (MS)	Northwestern (IA)	Montana Tech	Montana Western	Trinity International (IL)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Sterling (KS)	Northwestern (IA)	St. Francis (IL) (T)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Langston (OK)	St. Francis (IL)	21.
22.	Benedictine (KS)	Evangel (MO)	Robert Morris (IL)	St. Francis (IL)	William Penn (IA)	Nebraska Wesleyan	Valley City State (ND)	Southern Oregon	Reinhardt (GA)	Bacone (OK)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	St. Francis (IL)	Langston (OK)	22.
23.	Evangel (MO)	Langston (OK)	Faulkner (AL)	Peru State (NE)	Robert Morris (IL)	Faulkner (AL)	Trinity International (IL)	Northwestern (IA)	St. Francis (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Cumberland (TN)	Cumberland (TN)	Cumberland (TN)	23.
24.	Valley City State (ND)	Benedictine (KS)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Trinity International (IL)	Peru State (NE)	Montana State-Northern	Reinhardt (GA)	St. Francis (IL)	Bacone (OK)	Robert Morris (IL)	Langston (OK)	Peru State (NE)	Peru State (NE)	24.
25.	Robert Morris (IL)	Cumberland (TN)	Pikeville (KY)	William Penn (IA)	Siena Heights (MI)	St. Francis (IL)	Cumberland (TN)	Bacone (OK)	Concordia (NE)	Southern Oregon	Bacone (OK)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 18[16]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 12[17]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 16[18]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 23[19]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 30[20]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 7[21]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 14[22]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 21[23]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 28[24]	Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 4[25]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 11[26]	Week 10-Final Nov 17[27]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 23[28]
		Dropped: Robert Morris (IL) Valley City State (ND)	Dropped: Bethel (TN) Southern Oregon Belhaven (MS) Evangel (MO) Langston (OK) Cumberland (TN)	Dropped: MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Marian (IN) Robert Morris (IL) Faulkner (AL) Pikeville (KY)	Dropped: Northwestern (IA) Montana Tech St. Francis (IL) Trinity International (IL)	Dropped: Montana Western William Penn (IA) Robert Morris (IL) Siena Heights (MI)	Dropped: Doane (NE) Nebraska Wesleyan	Dropped: Montana State-Northern Valley City State (ND) Trinity International (IL) Cumberland (TN)	Dropped: NONE	Dropped: Concordia (NE)	Dropped: Reinhardt (GA) Robert Morris (IL) Southern Oregon	Dropped: Bacone (OK)	Dropped: NONE

References

1. "2012-2013 NAIA College Football Rankings". Computer Ratings. July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
2. "2013 Football Top 25 Polls". NAIA.org. August 12, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
3. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
4. "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 12, 2013.
5. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 16, 2013.
6. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 23, 2013.
7. "2013 Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 30, 2013.
8. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 7, 2013.
9. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 14, 2013.
10. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 21, 2013.
11. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 28, 2013.
12. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 4, 2013.
13. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2013.
14. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 17, 2013.
15. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 23, 2013.
16. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
17. "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 12, 2013.
18. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 16, 2013.
19. "Football Top 25 Poll – No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 23, 2013.
20. "2013 Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 30, 2013.
21. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 7, 2013.
22. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 14, 2013.
23. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 21, 2013.
24. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 28, 2013.
25. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 4, 2013.
26. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2013.
27. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 17, 2013.
28. "2013 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 23, 2013.