# 2013 NAIA football rankings

One human poll makes up the 2013 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 2013 NAIA Football National Championship.

## Poll release dates

The poll release dates are scheduled to be:
2013 poll release dates :
| Spring | April 18 |
| Preseason | August 12 |
| Week 1 | September 16 |
| Week 2 | September 23 |
| Week 3 | September 30 |
| Week 4 | October 7 |
| Week 5 | October 14 |
| Week 6 | October 21 |
| Week 7 | October 28 |
| Week 8 | November 4 |
| Week 9 | November 11 |
| Week 10 (Final Regular Season) | November 17 |
| Postseason | December 24 |

## Week by week rankings

| | Week 0-Spring Apr 18 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 12 | Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 16 | Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 23 | Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 30 | Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 7 | Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 14 | Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 21 | Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 28 | Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 4 | Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 11 | Week 10-Final Nov 17 | Week 11-Postseason Dec 23 | |
| 1. | Marian (IN) (10) | Morningside (IA) (4) | Morningside (IA) (14) | Morningside (IA) (14) | Morningside (IA) (14) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Grand View (IA) | 1. |
| 2. | Morningside (IA) (3) | (T) Marian (IN) (8) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Cumberlands (KY) | 2. |
| 3. | Missouri Valley (MO) | (T) Missouri Valley (MO) (1) | Cumberlands (KY) | Carroll (MT) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | 3. |
| 4. | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Carroll (MT) | Cumberlands (KY) | Grand View (IA) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Morningside (IA) | 4. |
| 5. | Southern Oregon | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Georgetown (KY) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Baker (KS) | 5. |
| 6. | Saint Francis (IN) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Saint Francis (IN) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | 6. |
| 7. | Cumberlands (KY) | Montana Tech | St. Ambrose (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Benedictine (KS) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Tabor (KS) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | 7. |
| 8. | Georgetown (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Baker (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Saint Francis (IN) | Ottawa (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Tabor (KS) | 8. |
| 9. | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Grand View (IA) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Carroll (MT) | St. Ambrose (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Baker (KS) | Peru State (NE) | Ottawa (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Faulkner (AL) | Benedictine (KS) | 9. |
| 10. | St. Ambrose (IA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Baker (KS) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Saint Francis (IN) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Faulkner (AL) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Faulkner (AL) | 10. |
| 11. | Montana Tech | St. Ambrose (IA) | Missouri Valley (MO) | St. Ambrose (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Baker (KS) | Georgetown (KY) | Tabor (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Tabor (KS) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 11. |
| 12. | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Carroll (MT) | Montana Tech | Ottawa (KS) | Baker (KS) | Georgetown (KY) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Peru State (NE) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Faulkner (AL) | Tabor (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | Georgetown (KY) | 12. |
| 13. | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Ottawa (KS) | Baker (KS) | Doane (NE) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Tabor (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Peru State (NE) | Northwestern (IA) | (T) Georgetown (KY) | Northwestern (IA) | 13. |
| 14. | Baker (KS) | Southern Oregon | Benedictine (KS) | Doane (NE) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Tabor (KS) | Concordia (NE) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | (T) Tabor (KS) | Georgetown (KY) | (T) Sterling (KS) | Sterling (KS) | 14. |
| 15. | William Penn (IA) | Baker (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Montana Western | Tabor (KS) | Concordia (NE) | Friends (KS) | Faulkner (AL) | Faulkner (AL) | (T) Georgetown (KY) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | 15. |
| 16. | Ottawa (KS) | William Penn (IA) | Marian (IN) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Valley City State (ND) | Peru State (NE) | Concordia (NE) | Georgetown (KY) | Friends (KS) | Sterling (KS) | St. Ambrose (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | 16. |
| 17. | Grand View (IA) | Tabor (KS) | St. Francis (IL) | Northwestern (IA) | Concordia (NE) | (T) Friends (KS) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Georgetown (KY) | Friends (KS) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | (T) St. Ambrose (IA) | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | 17. |
| 18. | Carroll (MT) | Ottawa (KS) | Doane (NE) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Valley City State (ND) | (T) Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Montana State-Northern | Friends (KS) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Sterling (KS) | (T) St. Francis (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | 18. |
| 19. | Tabor (KS) | Grand View (IA) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Valley City State (ND) | Montana State-Northern | Peru State (NE) | Faulkner (AL) | Reinhardt (GA) | Sterling (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | (T) Peru State (NE) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | 19. |
| 20. | Cumberland (TN) | Doane (NE) | William Penn (IA) | Concordia (NE) | Friends (KS) | Doane (NE) | St. Francis (IL) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Southern Oregon | (T) Reinhardt (GA) | (T) Friends (KS) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | 20. |
| 21. | Doane (NE) | Belhaven (MS) | Northwestern (IA) | Montana Tech | Montana Western | Trinity International (IL) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Sterling (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | (T) St. Francis (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Langston (OK) | St. Francis (IL) | 21. |
| 22. | Benedictine (KS) | Evangel (MO) | Robert Morris (IL) | St. Francis (IL) | William Penn (IA) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Valley City State (ND) | Southern Oregon | Reinhardt (GA) | Bacone (OK) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | St. Francis (IL) | Langston (OK) | 22. |
| 23. | Evangel (MO) | Langston (OK) | Faulkner (AL) | Peru State (NE) | Robert Morris (IL) | Faulkner (AL) | Trinity International (IL) | Northwestern (IA) | St. Francis (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Cumberland (TN) | Cumberland (TN) | Cumberland (TN) | 23. |
| 24. | Valley City State (ND) | Benedictine (KS) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Trinity International (IL) | Peru State (NE) | Montana State-Northern | Reinhardt (GA) | St. Francis (IL) | Bacone (OK) | Robert Morris (IL) | Langston (OK) | Peru State (NE) | Peru State (NE) | 24. |
| 25. | Robert Morris (IL) | Cumberland (TN) | Pikeville (KY) | William Penn (IA) | Siena Heights (MI) | St. Francis (IL) | Cumberland (TN) | Bacone (OK) | Concordia (NE) | Southern Oregon | Bacone (OK) | Eastern Oregon | Eastern Oregon | 25. |
| | Week 0-Spring Apr 18 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 12 | Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 16 | Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 23 | Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 30 | Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 7 | Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 14 | Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 21 | Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 28 | Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 4 | Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 11 | Week 10-Final Nov 17 | Week 11-Postseason Dec 23 | |
| | | Dropped: Robert Morris (IL)Valley City State (ND) | Dropped: Bethel (TN)Southern OregonBelhaven (MS)Evangel (MO)Langston (OK)Cumberland (TN) | Dropped: MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Marian (IN)Robert Morris (IL)Faulkner (AL)Pikeville (KY) | Dropped: Northwestern (IA)Montana TechSt. Francis (IL)Trinity International (IL) | Dropped: Montana WesternWilliam Penn (IA)Robert Morris (IL)Siena Heights (MI) | Dropped: Doane (NE)Nebraska Wesleyan | Dropped: Montana State-NorthernValley City State (ND)Trinity International (IL)Cumberland (TN) | Dropped: NONE | Dropped: Concordia (NE) | Dropped: Reinhardt (GA)Robert Morris (IL)Southern Oregon | Dropped: Bacone (OK) | Dropped: NONE | |
Legend :
| | No change in ranking |
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| | NAIA National Champion |
| (т) | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## 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 end of 2013, the team 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 was 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) | 56 (6) |
| Sioux Falls (SD) | 55 (3) |
| Georgetown (KY) | 25 (2) |
| Saint Xavier (IL) | 14 (1) |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Marian (IN) | 9 (1) |
| Morningside (IA) | 9 |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |
| Cumberlands (KY) | 2 |
| Grand View (IA) | 1 (1) |