| NAIA Football Rankings | Previous Season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | Conference | Rank | W | L | Change |
| 1 | St Xavier | Mid-States | 1 | 14 | 1 | ![]() |
| 2 | Carroll MT | Frontier | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Marian IN | Mid-States | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Morningside | Great Plains | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Georgetown KY | Mid-South | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | St Francis IN | Mid-States | 6 | 9 | 3 | ![]() |
| 7 | MidAmerica Nazarene | Heart of America | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Cumberlands KY | Mid-South | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Eastern Oregon | Frontier | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Northwestern IA | Great Plains | 21 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Grand View | Mid-States | 11 | 8 | 4 | ![]() |
| 12 | William Penn | Mid-States | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | St Francis IL | Mid-States | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Bethel TN | Mid-South | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | Missouri Valley | Heart of America | 22 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Cumberland TN | Mid-South | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Langston | Central States | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | St Ambrose | Mid-States | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | Midland U. | Great Plains | 38 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 20 | Ottawa | KCAC | 35 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 21 | Campbellsville | Mid-South | 27 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | Hastings | Great Plains | 39 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 23 | Doane | Great Plains | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Rocky Mountain | Frontier | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 25 | Southern Oregon | Frontier | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Taylor | Mid-States | 34 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | Montana Tech | Frontier | 29 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 28 | Montana St-Northern | Frontier | 12 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 29 | Benedictine KS | Heart of America | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Baker | Heart of America | 36 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | Dakota Wesleyan | Great Plains | 37 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 32 | Belhaven | Mid-South | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | Dickinson St | Frontier | 48 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 34 | Siena Heights | Mid-States | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 35 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Great Plains | 42 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 36 | Bluefield | Mid-South | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 37 | Valley City St | AII | 23 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 38 | Montana-Western | Frontier | 33 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 39 | Union KY | Mid-South | 51 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 40 | Menlo | AII | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 41 | Virginia-Wise | Mid-South | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | Concordia NE | Great Plains | 53 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 43 | Lindsey Wilson | Mid-South | 24 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 44 | Webber Int'l | AII | 58 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 45 | Central Methodist | Heart of America | 47 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 46 | Olivet Nazarene | Mid-States | 32 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 47 | McPherson | KCAC | 66 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 48 | Jamestown | AII | 54 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 49 | Friends | KCAC | 55 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 50 | Faulkner | Mid-South | 50 | 3 | 7 | ![]() |
| 51 | Wayland Baptist | Central States | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 52 | Pikeville | Mid-South | 52 | 4 | 6 | ![]() |
| 53 | Kansas Wesleyan | KCAC | 62 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 54 | Bethany KS | KCAC | 49 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 55 | Bacone | Central States | 46 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 56 | Sterling | KCAC | 69 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 57 | Evangel | Heart of America | 64 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 58 | Avila | Heart of America | 60 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 59 | Briar Cliff | Great Plains | 71 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 60 | Kentucky Christian | Mid-South | 45 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 61 | Trinity Int'l | Mid-States | 61 | 2 | 8 | ![]() |
| 62 | St Mary KS | KCAC | 63 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 63 | Edward Waters | AII | 67 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 64 | Mayville St | AII | 57 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 65 | Dordt | Great Plains | 70 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 66 | Peru St | Heart of America | 73 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 67 | Lindenwood-Belleville | AII | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 68 | Point U. | AII | -- | -- | -- | ![]() |
| 69 | SW Assem of God | Central States | 65 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 70 | Graceland | Heart of America | 75 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 71 | Southwestern KS | KCAC | 72 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 72 | Robert Morris IL | AII | 68 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 73 | Waldorf | Mid-States | 78 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| 74 | Southern Virginia | AII | 81 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 75 | Culver-Stockton | Heart of America | 77 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 76 | Dakota St | AII | 76 | 1 | 10 | ![]() |
| 77 | Tabor | KCAC | 80 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 78 | Texas College | Central States | 79 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 79 | Concordia MI | Mid-States | 74 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 80 | Bethel KS | KCAC | 82 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 81 | Haskell | AII | 84 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 82 | Ave Maria | AII | 83 | 0 | 9 | 1 |