2024 NAIA football rankings

The 2024 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings are conducted on a week-to-week basis, starting after week three.

2024 NAIA football rankings
Season2024
PostseasonSingle-elimination
NAIA football rankings
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Legend

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  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week or no change
  Selected for College Football Playoff
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  Win–loss record
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  Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NAIA Coaches' poll

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Preseason
August 19[1]
Week 1
September 9[2]
Week 2
September 16[3]
Week 3
September 23[4]
Week 4
September 30[5]
Week 5
October 7[6]
Week 6
October 14[7]
Week 7
October 21[8]
Week 8
October 28[9]
Week 9
November 4[10]
Week 10
November 11[11]
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
1.Keiser (14)Keiser (2–0) (14)Keiser (2–0) (15)Keiser (3–0) (16)Keiser (3–0) (16)Keiser (4–0) (16)Keiser (4–0) (16)Keiser (5–0) (16)Keiser (6–0) (16)Keiser (7–0) (16)Keiser (8–0) (16)1.
2.Northwestern (IA) (2)Northwestern (IA) (1–0) (2)Northwestern (IA) (2–0) (2)Northwestern (IA) (3–0) (1)Northwestern (IA) (4–0) (1)Grand View (5–0) (1)Grand View (5–0) (1)Grand View (6–0) (1)Grand View (7–0) (1)Grand View (8–0) (1)Grand View (9–0) (1)2.
3.Georgetown (KY)College of Idaho (2–0)Grand View (2–0)Grand View (3–0)Grand View (4–0)Indiana Wesleyan (5–1)Indiana Wesleyan (6–1)Indiana Wesleyan (7–1)Indiana Wesleyam (7–1)Indiana Wesleyan (8–1)Indiana Wesleyan (9–1)3.
4.College of IdahoGrand View (1–0)Montana Western (2–0)Montana Western (3–0)Indiana Wesleyan (4–1)Bethel (TN) (5–0)Dordt (5–0)Dordt (6–0)Montana Western (6–1)Montana Western (7–1)Montana Western (8–1)4.
5.Grand ViewIndiana Wesleyan (2–0)Marian (IN) (2–0)Bethel (TN) (3–0)Bethel (TN) (4–0)Dordt (4–0)St. Thomas (FL) (4–1)St. Thomas (FL) (5–1)St. Thomas (FL) (6–1)St. Thomas (FL) (7–1)St. Thomas (FL) (8–1)5.
6.Indiana WesleyanMarian (IN) (1–0)Bethel (TN) (3–0)Indiana Wesleyan (3–1)St. Thomas (FL) (3–0)St. Thomas (FL) (3–1)Montana Western (4–1)Montana Western (5–1)Morningside (7–1)Morningside (8–1)Morningside (9–1)6.
7.Marian (IN)Bethel (TN) (2–0)Indiana Wesleyan (2–1)Marian (IN) (3–0)Southern Oregon (4–0)Montana Western (3–1)Morningside (5–1)Benedictine (KS) (6–1)Benedictine (KS) (7–1)Dordt (7–1)Texas Wesleyan (9–0)7.
8.Bethel (TN)Saint Xavier (1–0)St. Thomas (FL) (2–0)St. Thomas (FL) (2–0)Dordt (3–0)Northwestern (IA) (4–1)Benedictine (KS) (5–1)Morningside (6–1)Southern Oregon (7–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (8–0)Montana Tech (8–2)8.
9.Saint XavierMontana Western (1–0)College of Idaho (2–1)Dordt (2–0)Montana Western (3–1)Morningside (4–1)Northwestern (IA) (4–1)Northwestern (IA) (5–1)Northwestern (IA) (6–1)Texas Wesleyan (8–0)Benedictine (KS) (8–2)9.
10.MorningsideSt. Thomas (FL) (1–0)Dordt (1–0)Montana Tech (3–0)Marian (IN) (4–0)Marian (IN) (4–0)Southern Oregon (5–1)Southern Oregon (6–1)Dordt (6–1)Montana Tech (7–2)Northwestern (IA) (7–2)10.
11.Montana WesternGeorgetown (KY) (1–1)Saint Xavier (1–1)Saint Xavier (2–1)Morningside (4–1)Benedictine (KS) (5–1)Bethel (TN) (5–1)Texas Wesleyan (6–0)Texas Wesleyan (7–0)Benedictine (KS) (7–2)Georgetown (KY) (7–2)11.
12.St. Thomas (FL)Benedictine (KS) (2–0)Montana Tech (2–0)Morningside (3–1)Benedictine (KS) (4–1)Montana Tech (4–1)College of Idaho (5–2) тCollege of Idaho (6–2)MidAmerica Nazarene (7–0)Georgetown (KY) (6–2)Baker (8–1)12.
13.DordtDordt (1–0)Morningside (2–1)Benedictine (KS) (3–1)Saint Xavier (3–1)Southern Oregon (4–1)Texas Wesleyan (5–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (6–0)Montana Tech (6–2) тNorthwestern (IA) (6–2)MidAmericaNazarene (8–1)13.
14.EvangelMorningside (1–1)Benedictine (KS) (2–1)Southern Oregon (3–0)Texas Wesleyan (4–0) тTexas Wesleyan (4–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (5–0)Georgetown (KY) (4–2)Georgetown (KY) (5–2) тCarroll (MT) (7–1)Southern Oregon (8–2)14.
15.Dickinson StateMontana Tech (2–0)Georgetown (KY) (1–2)Georgetown (KY) (1–2)College of Idaho (3–2) тCollege of Idaho (4–2)Montana Tech (4–2)Montana Tech (5–2)Baker (6–1)Baker (7–1)Dickinson State (8–1)15.
16.OUAZEvangel (2–0)Evangel (3–0)Baker (3–0)Montana Tech (3–1)MidAmerica Nazarene (5–0)Georgetown (KY) (3–2)Bethel (TN) (5–1)Evangel (7–0)Southern Oregon (7–2)Dordt (7–2)16.
17.BakerDicksinson State (2–0)Baker (2–0)Evangel (3–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–2)Marian (IN) (4–1)Baker (5–1)Dickinson State (6–1)Dickinson State (7–1)OUAZ (7–1)17.
18.ReinhardtBaker (1–0)Texas Wesleyan (3–0)Texas Wesleyan (4–0)Georgetown (KY) (2–2)Evangel (5–0)Saint Xavier (4–2)Marian (IN) (5–1)Southeastern (5–1)OUAZ (7–1)Saint Francis (IN) (8–2)18.
19.Benedictine (KS)Texas Wesleyan (2–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (2–0)College of Idaho (2–2)Evangel (4–0)Baker (4–1)Baker (4–1)Friends (7–0)St. Francis (IL) (6–1)Southeastern (5–2)Southeastern (6–2)19.
20.Lindsey WilsonMidAmerica Nazarene (1–0)Southern Oregon (2–0)MidAmerica Nazarene (3–0)Baker (3–1)Saint Xavier (3–2)Evangel (5–0)Evangel (6–0)OUAZ (6–1)Friends (8–1)Concordia (NE) (7–2)20.
21.Montana TechFreinds (2–0)Friends (3–0)Friends (4–0)Dickinson State (3–1)Dickinson State (4–1)Southwestern (KS) (6–0)Dickinson State (6–1)Carroll (MT) (6–1)Evangel (7–1)Southwestern (KS) (9–1)21.
22.Louisiana ChristianReinhardt (1–1)Dickinson State (2–1)Dickinson State (2–1)Freinds (5–0) тSouthwestern (KS) (6–0)Dickinson State (5–1)Southeastern (4–1)Cumberland (TN) (6–2)Saint Francis (IN) (6–2)Friends (9–1)22.
23.MidAmerica NazareneSouthern Oregon (1–0)Lindsey Wilson (2–1)St. Francis (IL) (3–0) тSouthwestern (KS) (5–0) тFriends (6–0)Friends (6–0)St. Francis (IL) (5–1)Friends (7–1)Concordia (NE) (7–2)Carroll (MT) (7–2)23.
24.FriendsOUAZ (0–1)Southwestern (KS) (3–0)Lindsey Wilson (2–1) тLindsey Wilson (2–1)Lindsey Wilson (3–1)OUAZ (4–1)OUAZ (5–1)College of Idaho (6–3)Campbellsville (8–1)St. Francis (IL) (7–2)24.
25.Kansas WesleyanLindsey Wilson (1–1)St. Francis (IL) (2–0)Southwestern (KS) (4–0)OUAZ (2–1)OUAZ (3–1)Campbellsville (6–0)Cumberland (TN) (5–2)Bethel (TN) (5–2)Southwestern (KS) (8–1)Campbellsville (8–2)25.
Preseason
August 19[1]
Week 1
September 9[2]
Week 2
September 16[3]
Week 3
September 23[4]
Week 4
September 30[5]
Week 5
October 7[6]
Week 6
October 14[7]
Week 7
October 21[8]
Week 8
October 28[9]
Week 9
November 4[10]
Week 10
November 11[11]
Week 11
Week 12 (Final)
Dropped:
Louisiana Christian (0–1)
Kansas Wesleyan (1–1)
Dropped:
Reinhardt (1–2)
OUAZ (0–1)
NoneDropped:
St. Francis (IL) (3–1)
NoneDropped:
Lindsey Wilson (3–2)
Dropped:
Saint Xavier (4–3)
Southwestern (KS) (6–1)
Campbellsville (6–1)
Dropped:
Marian (IN) (5–2)
Dropped:
St. Francis (IL) (7–3)
Cumberland (TN) (7–2)
College of Idaho (6–4)
Bethel (TN) (5–3)
Dropped:
Evangel (7–2)
NoneNone

References

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  1. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Preseason (August 19)". NAIA. August 19, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 1 (September 9)". NAIA. September 9, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 2 (September 16)". NAIA. September 16, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 3 (September 23)". NAIA. September 23, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 4 (September 30)". NAIA. September 30, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 5 (October 7)". NAIA. October 7, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 6 (October 14)". NAIA. October 14, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 7 (October 21)". NAIA. October 21, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 8 (October 28)". NAIA. October 28, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 9 (November 4)". NAIA. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 10 (November 11)". NAIA. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.