2018 NAIA Football Rankings

The 2018 NAIA football rankings reports the poll results conducted during the 2018 NAIA football season. Each season, one poll evaluates the various National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football teams and ranks them. Coaches from each of the football conferences are members of a selection panel, with conferences receiving one vote for every 4 member teams. Sometimes referred to as the football ratings or the NAIA Coaches' Poll, the poll is generally conducted once during the preseason and after each week of play during the regular season.

The Top 25 is determined by compiling points for each vote. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list. The highest and lowest ranking for each team (counting zero for ballots with no votes for a team) are disregarded. To obtain the final tally, each team's ranking is recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that includes the team.

As an example, if there are 16 voting panelists, and one team is a unanimous choice for the highest ranking, then that team would receive 25 points * 14 ballots + 16 points (one for each ballot cast) = 366 points.

Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”

Once the regular season is completed, the NAIA will conduct a playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll will be taken after completion of the series of playoff games, collectively referred to as the 2018 NAIA Football National Championship.

Poll release dates

The NAIA released a preseason edition of the rankings on August 6, 2018. A complete schedule of poll release dates will be:

Week by week poll

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, Week1=0-Preseason
, Week2=1-Poll 1
, Week3=2-Poll 2
, Week4=3-Poll 3
, Week5=4-Poll 4
, Week6=5-Poll 5
, Week7=6-Poll 6
, Week8=7-Poll 7
, Week9=8-Poll 8
, Week10=9-Poll 9
, Week11=10-Final
, Week12=11-Postseason

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, Week4Date =Sep 24{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=640523&SPID=96219&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211773290, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=September 24, 2018, title=2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll 2 , date=September 24, 2018
, Week5Date =Oct 1{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=640523&SPID=96219&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211774293, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=October 1, 2018, title= 2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll — Poll Four (Oct. 1) , date=October 1, 2018
, Week6Date =Oct 8{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=640531&SPID=96219&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211775214, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=October 8, 2018, title=2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll — Poll Five (Oct. 8) , date=October 8, 2018
, Week7Date =Oct 15{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211776133, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=October 15, 2018, title=2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll — Poll Six (Oct. 15) , date=October 15, 2018
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, Week9Date =Oct 29{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211778107, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=October 29, 2018, title=2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll — Poll Eight (Oct. 29) , date=October 29, 2018
, Week10Date =Nov 5{{cite web, url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=640523&SPID=96219&DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211779127, publisher= National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, accessdate=November 5, 2018, title=2018 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll — Poll Nine (Nov. 5) , date=November 5, 2018
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, Week12-3= Saint Francis (IN) (10-3), , Week12-3-Color=u
, Week12-4={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes, school=Kansas Wesleyan University, title=Kansas Wesleyan (13-1), , Week12-4-Color=u
, Week12-5={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Baker Wildcats, school=Baker University, title=Baker (KS) (9-3), , Week12-5-Color=u
, Week12-6={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Concordia Cardinals, school=Concordia University Ann Arbor, title=Concordia (MI) (10-3) , , Week12-6-Color=u
, Week12-7={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Saint Xavier Cougars, school=Saint Xavier University, title=Saint Xavier (IL) (9-4), , Week12-7-Color=u
, Week12-8={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Dickinson State Blue Hawks, school=Dickinson State University, title=Dickinson State (ND) (9-3), , Week12-8-Color=u
, Week12-9={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Marian Knights, school=Marian University (Indiana), title=Marian (IN) (10-1), , Week12-9-Color=d
, Week12-10={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Bethel Wildcats, school=Bethel College (Tennessee), title=Bethel (TN) (10-1), , Week12-10-Color=d
, Week12-11={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Reinhardt Eagles, school=Reinhardt University, title=Reinhardt (GA) (9-2), , Week12-11-Color=d
, Week12-12={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Northwestern Red Raiders, school=Northwestern College (IA), title=(T) Northwestern (IA) (9-2), , Week12-12-Color=d
, Week12-13={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Cumberlands Patriots, school=University of the Cumberlands, title=(T) Cumberlands (KY) (10-2), , Week12-13-Color=d
, Week12-14={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Langston Lions, school=Langston University, title=Langston (OK) (9-2), , Week12-14-Color=d
, Week12-15={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Grand View Vikings, school=Grand View University, title=Grand View (IA) (8-3), , Week12-15-Color=d
, Week12-16={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears, school=Rocky Mountain College, title=Rocky Mountain (MT) (8-4) , , Week12-16-Color=
, Week12-17={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Evangel Crusaders, school=Evangel University, title=Evangel (MO) (9-2) , , Week12-17-Color=d
, Week12-18={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, school=Lindsey Wilson College, title=Lindsey Wilson (KY) (7-3), , Week12-18-Color=
, Week12-19={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Georgetown Tigers, school=Georgetown College (Kentucky), title=Georgetown (KY) (7-3), , Week12-19-Color=
, Week12-20={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Ottawa Braves, school=Ottawa University, title=Ottawa (KS) (8-2), , Week12-20-Color=
, Week12-21={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Southeastern University Fire, school= Southeastern University (Florida), title=Southeastern (FL) (7-3), , Week12-21-Color=
, Week12-22={{cfb link, year=2018, team=College of Idaho Coyotes, school=College of Idaho, title=College of Idaho (6-5), , Week12-22-Color=
, Week12-23={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Dordt Defenders, school=Dordt College, title=Dordt (IA) (7-3), , Week12-23-Color=
, Week12-24={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Eastern Oregon Mountaineers, school=Eastern Oregon University, title=Eastern Oregon (6-4), , Week12-24-Color=
, Week12-25={{cfb link, year=2018, team=Siena Heights Saints, school=Siena Heights University, title=Siena Heights (MI) (7-3), , Week12-25-Color=
, Week12Dropped={{ubl, , Arizona Christian

:: * preseason rankings include prior season won-loss records

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The postseason tournament

A 16-team tournament will be contested to determine the winner of the 2018 NAIA Football National Championship. Teams were selected to the field of participants through a two-tiered selection process. First, any conference champion ranked in the top 20 positions in the final regular-season Coaches' Poll received an automatic bid into the tourney field.

In 2018, the following 12 NAIA conferences (or divisions within large conferences) had champions who were part of this selection process for the automatic invitations:

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After the automatic bids were granted, any open positions in the field were filled with at-large invitations. These at-large entries were granted to the highest ranked teams who were not conference champions. Since there were 12 conference champions, a minimum of four at-large invitations could have been granted to play in the 2018 tournament.

Based on the Week 10 (final regular season) Coaches' Poll, the following teams (11 champions and 5 at-large teams) made up the 2018 playoff field:

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, 25 , , Arizona Christian , , Sooner , ,

After the tournament participants were determined, the top 8 seeds were granted first round home games. Opponents were determined based on the oft-used tournament protocol that pairs highest seeds with lowest seeds: #1 vs. the lowest seeded entry, usually #16), #2 vs. the second-lowest seeded entry, usually #15), #3 vs. the third-lowest seeded entry, usually #14), etc. This alignment was then tweaked for geographic considerations by the tournament selection officials.

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, were:

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Leading vote-getters

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 last (postseason) poll of the 2018 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.

There has been only one tie for the leading vote-getter in a weekly poll. In 2015, Southern Oregon was tied with Marian (IN) in the preseason poll.

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.

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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Sioux Falls Cougars, school=University of Sioux Falls, title=Sioux Falls (SD), , 55 (3)
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Georgetown Tigers, school=Georgetown College (Kentucky), title=Georgetown (KY), , 25 (2)
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Marian Knights, school=Marian University (Indiana), title=Marian (IN), , 24 (2)
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Southern Oregon Raiders, school=Southern Oregon University, title=Southern Oregon, , 5 (1)
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Grand View Vikings, school=Grand View University, title=Grand View (IA), , 4 (1)
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, school=Lindsey Wilson College, title=Lindsey Wilson (KY), , 4
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Azusa Pacific Cougars, school=Azusa Pacific University, title=Azusa Pacific (CA), , 3
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, {{cfb link, year=2018, team=Cumberlands Patriots, school=University of the Cumberlands, title=Cumberlands (KY), , 2

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