2006 NAIA football rankings

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One human poll made up the 2006 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 2006 NAIA Football National Championship.[1]

Poll release dates

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The poll release dates were:

  • August 16, 2006 (Preseason)
  • September 11, 2006
  • September 18, 2006
  • September 25, 2006
  • October 2, 2006
  • October 9, 2006
  • October 16, 2006
  • October 23, 2006
  • October 30, 2006
  • November 6, 2006
  • November 12, 2006 (Final)
  • January 18, 2007 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

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Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 11
Week Poll 2
Sep 18
Week Poll 3
Sep 25
Week Poll 4
Oct 02
Week Poll 5
Oct 09
Week Poll 6
Oct 16
Week Poll 7
Oct 23
Week Poll 8
Oct 30
Week Poll 9
Nov 06
Week Final
Nov 12
Week Postseason
Jan 18
1.Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)*Sioux Falls (SD)1.
2.Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Saint Francis (IN)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Saint Francis (IN)2.
3.Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Sioux Falls (SD)Walsh (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Missouri Valley3.
4.Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Saint Xavier (IL)4.
5.McKendree (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Bethel (TN)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)(T) Carroll (MT)Missouri ValleyMissouri ValleyCarroll (MT)5.
6.Evangel (MO)Northwestern (IA)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)Missouri ValleyMissouri Valley(T) Missouri ValleyNorthwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)6.
7.Dickinson State (SD)Walsh (OH)McKendree (IL)Montana TechSaint Xavier (IL)Missouri ValleyNorthwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Montana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Bethel (TN)7.
8.Saint Xavier (IL)Azusa Pacific (CA)Graceland (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)St. Ambrose (IA)Northwestern (IA)Montana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Northwestern (IA)Walsh (OH)Bethel (TN)Morningside (IA)8.
9.Morningside (IA)Montana TechMontana TechSaint Xavier (IL)Bethel (TN)Montana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Montana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Bethel (TN)Saint Xavier (IL)St. Ambrose (IA)9.
10.Montana TechMcKendree (IL)St. Ambrose (IA)Bethel (TN)Missouri ValleyGeorgetown (KY)Kansas WesleyanKansas WesleyanBethel (TN)Saint Xavier (IL)Friends (KS)Georgetown (KY)10.
11.Azusa Pacific (CA)Graceland (IA)Saint Xavier (IL)Missouri ValleyMontana State-NorthernKansas WesleyanSaint Xavier (IL)Bethel (TN)Saint Xavier (IL)Friends (KS)Montana State-NorthernMontana State-Northern11.
12.Northwestern (IA)Bethel (TN)Bethel (TN)Kansas WesleyanKansas WesleyanMorningside (IA)Bethel (TN)Saint Xavier (IL)Friends (KS)Black Hills State (SD)Black Hills State (SD)Black Hills State (SD)12.
13.Walsh (OH)Cumberlands (KY)Montana State-NorthernMontana State-NorthernMorningside (IA)Benedictine (KS)Friends (KS)Friends (KS)Black Hills State (SD)Montana State-NorthernMorningside (IA)Friends (KS)13.
14.Texas CollegeSt. Ambrose (IA)Kansas WesleyanMorningside (IA)Montana TechJamestown (ND)Ohio DominicanBlack Hills State (SD)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Bethel (KS)Jamestown (ND)14.
15.Lindenwood (MO)Montana State-Northern(T) Morningside (IA)Geneva (PA)Valley City State (ND)Saint Xavier (IL)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Kansas WesleyanBethel (KS)Jamestown (ND)Bethel (KS)15.
16.Graceland (IA)Morningside (IA)(T) Missouri ValleyValley City State (ND)Benedictine (KS)Bethel (KS)Black Hills State (SD)Graceland (IA)Graceland (IA)Jamestown (ND)Walsh (OH)Walsh (OH)16.
17.Bethel (TN)Geneva (PA)(T) Geneva (PA)Graceland (IA)Jamestown (ND)McKendree (IL)Graceland (IA)Montana TechBethel (KS)Ohio DominicanOhio DominicanOhio Dominican17.
18.Cumberlands (KY)Kansas Wesleyan(T) Jamestown (ND)Virginia-WiseUrbana (OH)Friends (KS)Montana TechBenedictine (KS)Montana TechBenedictine (KS)Malone (OH)Benedictine (KS)18.
19.St. Ambrose (IA)Friends (KS)Azusa Pacific (CA)Benedictine (KS)Malone (OH)Ohio DominicanLangston (OK)Jamestown (ND)Jamestown (ND)Sterling (KS)Benedictine (KS)Malone (OH)19.
20.Geneva (PA)Missouri ValleyNebraska WesleyanUrbana (OH)Bethel (KS)Valley City State (ND)Benedictine (KS)Bethel (KS)Ohio DominicanKansas WesleyanKansas WesleyanKansas Wesleyan20.
21.Tabor (KS)Jamestown (ND)Cumberlands (KY)Jamestown (ND)McKendree (IL)Montana TechJamestown (ND)Ohio DominicanVirginia-WiseGraceland (IA)Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma State21.
22.Friends (KS)Nebraska WesleyanValley City State (ND)McKendree (IL)Friends (KS)Langston (OK)Bethel (KS)Cumberlands (KY)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Malone (OH)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)22.
23.Kansas WesleyanWilliam Jewell (MO)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Malone (OH)Virginia-WiseGraceland (IA)Malone (OH)Nebraska WesleyanLangston (OK)Montana TechNebraska WesleyanNebraska Wesleyan23.
24.Valley City State (ND)Valley City State (ND)Malone (OH)Bethel (KS)Graceland (IA)Black Hills State (SD)Nebraska WesleyanVirginia-WiseBenedictine (KS)Cumberlands (KY)Virginia-WiseVirginia-Wise24.
25.Minot State (ND)Tabor (KS)Tabor (KS)Friends (KS)Shorter (GA)Urbana (OH)Cumberlands (KY)Langston (OK)Sterling (KS)Northwestern Oklahoma StateSterling (KS)Sterling (KS)25.
Week 0-Preseason
Aug 16
Week Poll 1
Sep 11
Week Poll 2
Sep 18
Week Poll 3
Sep 25
Week Poll 4
Oct 02
Week Poll 5
Oct 09
Week Poll 6
Oct 16
Week Poll 7
Oct 23
Week Poll 8
Oct 30
Week Poll 9
Nov 06
Week Final
Nov 12
Week Postseason
Jan 18
Dropped:
  • Dickinson State(SD)
  • Evangel (MO)
  • Lindenwood (MO)
  • Minot State (ND)
  • Texas College
Dropped:
  • Friends (KS)
  • William Jewell (MO)
Dropped:
  • Azusa Pacific (CA)
  • Cumberlands (KY)
  • MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Tabor (KS)
Dropped:
Geneva (PA)
Dropped:
  • Malone (OH)
  • Shorter (GA)
  • Virginia-Wise
Dropped:
  • McKendree (IL)
  • Urbana (OH)
  • Valley City State (ND)
Dropped:
Malone (OH)
Dropped:
  • Cumberlands (KY)
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
Dropped:
  • Langston (OK)
  • MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)
  • Virginia-Wise
Dropped:
  • Cumberlands (KY)
  • Graceland (IA)
  • Montana Tech
None

Leading vote-getters

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Since the inception of the Coaches' Poll in 1999, the #1 ranking in the various weekly polls has been held by only a select group of teams. Through the postseason poll of the 2006 season, the teams and the number of times they have held the #1 weekly ranking are shown below. The number of times a team has been ranked #1 in the postseason poll (the national champion) is shown in parentheses.

In 1999, the results of a postseason poll, if one was conducted, are not known. Therefore, an additional poll has been presumed, and the #1 postseason ranking has been credited to the postseason tournament champion, the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers.

Team Total #1 Rankings
Carroll (MT) 40 (4)
Georgetown (KY) 23 (2)
Sioux Falls (SD) 17 (1)
Northwestern Oklahoma State 12 (1)
Azusa Pacific (CA) 3
Saint Francis (IN) 3

References

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  1. ^ "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.