2015 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 2015 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 2015 NAIA Football National Championship.^[1]

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

• April 13, 2015 (Spring)
• August 10, 2015 (Preseason)
• September 14, 2015 (Poll 1)
• September 21, 2015 (Poll 2)
• September 28, 2015 (Poll 3)
• October 5, 2015 (Poll 4)
• October 12, 2015 (Poll 5)
• October 19, 2015 (Poll 6)
• October 26, 2015 (Poll 7)
• November 2, 2015 (Poll 8)
• November 9, 2015 (Poll 9)
• November 15, 2015 (Final Regular Season)
• December 21, 2015 (Postseason)

Week by week rankings

	Week 0-Spring Apr 13[3]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 10[4]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 14[5]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 21[6]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 28[7]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 5[8]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 12[9]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 19[10]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 26[11]	Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 2[12]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 9[13]	Week 10-Final Nov 15[14]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 21[15]
1.	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon (T)	Marian (IN)	Morningside (IA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	*Marian (IN)	1.
2.	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN) (T)	Morningside (IA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Southern Oregon	2.
3.	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Baker (KS)	Faulkner (AL)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Morningside (IA)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Morningside (IA)	3.
4.	Saint Xavier (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL) (T)	Southern Oregon	Southern Oregon (T)	Morningside (IA)	Carroll (MT)	Baker (KS)	Baker (KS)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Doane (NE)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	4.
5.	Carroll (MT)	Carroll (MT) (T)	Faulkner (AL)	Faulkner (AL) (T)	Carroll (MT)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)	Saint Francis (IN)	Montana Tech	Baker (KS)	5.
6.	Grand View (IA)	Grand View (IA)	Baker (KS)	Carroll (MT)	Marian (IN)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)	Reinhardt (GA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Montana Tech	Marian (IN)	Grand View (IA)	6.
7.	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Carroll (MT)	Robert Morris (IL)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Grand View (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Saint Francis (IN)	Reinhardt (GA)	Marian (IN)	Southern Oregon	Montana Tech	7.
8.	Missouri Valley (MO)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Marian (IN)	Baker (KS)	Doane (NE)	Reinhardt (GA)	Reinhardt (GA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Marian (IN)	Southern Oregon	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	8.
9.	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Northwestern (IA)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Grand View (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Robert Morris (IL)	Robert Morris (IL)	Marian (IN)	Montana Tech	Tabor (KS)	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE)	9.
10.	Faulkner (AL)	Faulkner (AL)	Grand View (IA)	Northwestern (IA)	Doane (NE)	Faulkner (AL)	Marian (IN)	Marian (IN)	Montana Tech	Tabor (KS)	Montana Western	Kansas Wesleyan	Reinhardt (GA)	10.
11.	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	Robert Morris (IL)	Grand View (IA)	Saint Francis (IN)	Robert Morris (IL)	Carroll (MT)	Tabor (KS)	Tabor (KS)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Kansas Wesleyan	Campbellsville (KY)	Campbellsville (KY)	11.
12.	Northwestern (IA)	Northwestern (IA)	William Penn (IA)	William Penn (IA)	Robert Morris (IL)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Tabor (KS)	Montana Tech	Saint Xavier (IL)	Benedictine (KS)	Campbellsville (KY)	Reinhardt (GA)	Saint Xavier (IL)	12.
13.	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Missouri Valley (MO)	Doane (NE)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Reinhardt (GA)	Montana Tech	Saint Xavier (IL)	William Penn (IA)	Montana Western	Reinhardt (GA)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	13.
14.	Ottawa (KS)	Ottawa (KS)	Doane (NE)	Saint Francis (IN)	Reinhardt (GA)	Marian (IN)	Saint Xavier (IL)	William Penn (IA)	Robert Morris (IL)	Kansas Wesleyan	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Kansas Wesleyan	14.
15.	Campbellsville (KY)	Baker (KS)	Montana Tech	Valley City State (ND)	Northwestern (IA)	Tabor (KS)	Kansas Wesleyan	Northwestern (IA)	Benedictine (KS)	Lindsey Wilson (KY)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Montana Western	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	15.
16.	Baker (KS)	Campbellsville (KY)	Valley City State (ND)	Montana Western	Tabor (KS)	Montana Western	William Penn (IA)	Benedictine (KS)	Montana Western	St. Francis (IL)	Benedictine (KS)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Montana Western	16.
17.	Valley City State (ND)	Valley City State (ND)	Saint Francis (IN)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Montana Western	Montana Tech	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Montana Western	Kansas Wesleyan	Campbellsville (KY)	Saint Xavier (IL)	Point (GA)	Point (GA)	17.
18.	William Penn (IA)	Langston (OK)	Benedictine (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Montana Tech	William Penn (IA)	Faulkner (AL)	Carroll (MT)	St. Francis (IL)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Point (GA)	Dickinson State (ND) (T)	Dickinson State (ND) (T)	18.
19.	Langston (OK)	William Penn (IA)	Montana Western	Reinhardt (GA)	William Penn (IA)	Kansas Wesleyan	St. Francis (IL)	Kansas Wesleyan	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	William Penn (IA)	William Penn (IA)	St. Francis (IL) (T)	St. Francis (IL) (T)	19.
20.	Robert Morris (IL)	Robert Morris (IL)	Webber International (FL)	Tabor (KS)	Peru State (NE)	Northwestern (IA)	Northwestern (IA)	St. Francis (IL)	Campbellsville (KY)	Cumberlands (KY)	Robert Morris (IL)	St. Ambrose (IA)	St. Ambrose (IA)	20.
21.	Friends (KS)	Friends (KS)	MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)	Montana Tech	Kansas Wesleyan	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Cumberlands (KY)	Point (GA)	Dickinson State (ND)	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	21.
22.	Doane (NE)	Doane (NE) (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (SD)	Missouri Valley (MO)	Webber International (FL)	St. Francis (IL)	Montana Western	Campbellsville (KY)	Point (GA)	Northwestern (IA)	St. Francis (IL)	Arizona Christian	Arizona Christian	22.
23.	Webber International (FL)	Tabor (KS) (T)	Langston (OK)	Webber International (FL)	Benedictine (KS)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Webber International (FL)	Concordia (NE)	Northwestern (IA)	Robert Morris (IL)	St. Ambrose (IA)	William Penn (IA) (T)	Faulkner (AL) (T)	23.
24.	Tabor (KS)	Webber International (FL)	Tabor (KS) (T)	Kansas Wesleyan	St. Francis (IL)	Webber International (FL)	Dickinson State (ND)	Cumberlands (KY)	Concordia (NE)	Dickinson State (ND)	Arizona Christian	Faulkner (AL) (T)	William Penn (IA) (T)	24.
25.	Benedictine (KS)	Benedictine (KS)	Reinhardt (GA) (T)	Peru State (NE)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Dickinson State (ND)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Southeastern (FL)	SAGU (TX)	St. Ambrose (IA)	Faulkner (AL)	Georgetown (KY)	Georgetown (KY)	25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 13[16]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 10[17]	Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 14[18]	Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 21[19]	Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 28[20]	Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 5[21]	Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 12[22]	Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 19[23]	Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 26[24]	Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 2[25]	Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 9[26]	Week 10-Final Nov 15[27]	Week 11-Postseason Dec 21[28]
		Dropped: NONE	Dropped: Georgetown (KY) Eastern Oregon Ottawa (KS) Campbellsville (KY) Friends (KS)	Dropped: Benedictine (KS) Langston (OK)	Dropped: Valley City State (ND) MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) Missouri Valley (MO)	Dropped: Peru State (NE)	Dropped: NONE	Dropped: Faulkner (AL) Webber International (FL) Dickinson State (ND) St. Ambrose (IA)	Dropped: Carroll (MT) Southeastern (FL)	Dropped: Concordia (NE) SAGU (TX)	Dropped: Cumberlands (KY) Northwestern (IA)	Dropped: Robert Morris (IL)	Dropped: NONE

References

1. "2015 Football Top 25 Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
2. "2015 Football Top 25 Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
3. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 13, 2015.
4. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 10, 2015.
5. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 14, 2015.
6. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 21, 2015.
7. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 28, 2015.
8. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 5, 2015.
9. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 12, 2015.
10. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 19, 2015.
11. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 26, 2015.
12. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 2, 2015.
13. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 9, 2015.
14. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 15, 2015.
15. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 21, 2015.
16. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Spring". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 13, 2015.
17. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 10, 2015.
18. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 14, 2015.
19. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 21, 2015.
20. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 28, 2015.
21. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 5, 2015.
22. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 12, 2015.
23. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 19, 2015.
24. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 26, 2015.
25. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 2, 2015.
26. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 9, 2015.
27. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 15, 2015.
28. "2015 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 21, 2015.