# 2014 NAIA football rankings

One human poll makes up the 2014 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 2014 NAIA Football National Championship.

## Poll release dates

The poll release dates are scheduled to be:
2014 Poll Release Dates :
| Spring | April 14 |
| Preseason | August 11 |
| Week 1 | September 15 |
| Week 2 | September 22 |
| Week 3 | September 29 |
| Week 4 | October 6 |
| Week 5 | October 13 |
| Week 6 | October 20 |
| Week 7 | October 27 |
| Week 8 | November 3 |
| Week 9 | November 10 |
| Week 10 (Final Regular Season) | November 16 |
| Postseason | December 22 |

## Week by week rankings

| | Week 0-Spring Apr 14 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 11 | Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 15 | Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 22 | Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 29 | Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 6 | Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 13 | Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 20 | Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 27 | Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 3 | Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 10 | Week 10-Final Nov 16 | Week 11-Postseason Dec 22 | |
| 1. | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Carroll (MT) | Southern Oregon | 1. |
| 2. | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Morningside (IA) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Grand View (IA) | Marian (IN) | 2. |
| 3. | Cumberlands (KY) | Morningside (IA) | Baker (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Georgetown (KY) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Morningside (IA) | 3. |
| 4. | Morningside (IA) | Cumberlands (KY) | Tabor (KS) | Faulkner (AL) | Faulkner (AL) | Carroll (MT) | Southern Oregon | Grand View (IA) | Faulkner (AL) | Faulkner (AL) | Southern Oregon | Morningside (IA) | Saint Xavier (IL) | 4. |
| 5. | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Southern Oregon | Grand View (IA) | Faulkner (AL) | (T) Georgetown (KY) | Southern Oregon | Georgetown (KY) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Carroll (MT) | 5. |
| 6. | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Faulkner (AL) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Grand View (IA) | William Penn (IA) | Georgetown (KY) | (T) Southern Oregon | Georgetown (KY) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Grand View (IA) | 6. |
| 7. | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Carroll (MT) | Southern Oregon | Southern Oregon | Missouri Valley (MO) | Faulkner (AL) | Southern Oregon | Baker (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Marian (IN) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | 7. |
| 8. | Tabor (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Georgetown (KY) | Grand View (IA) | Grand View (IA) | William Penn (IA) | Robert Morris (IL) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Southern Oregon | Missouri Valley (MO) | 8. |
| 9. | Faulkner (AL) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Southern Oregon | Saint Francis (IN) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Faulkner (AL) | Georgetown (KY) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Marian (IN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | 9. |
| 10. | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Faulkner (AL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Robert Morris (IL) | Tabor (KS) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Faulkner (AL) | Georgetown (KY) | Faulkner (AL) | 10. |
| 11. | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Cumberlands (KY) | Missouri Valley (MO) | William Penn (IA) | Tabor (KS) | Cumberland (TN) | William Penn (IA) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Marian (IN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Faulkner (AL) | Georgetown (KY) | 11. |
| 12. | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Saint Francis (IN) | St. Francis (IL) | (T) Northwestern (IA) | Cumberland (TN) | Northwestern (IA) | Robert Morris (IL) | Cumberland (TN) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | 12. |
| 13. | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Saint Xavier (IL) | (T) Robert Morris (IL) | Northwestern (IA) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Marian (IN) | Baker (KS) | Baker (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | 13. |
| 14. | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | St. Francis (IL) | Benedictine (KS) | Cumberland (TN) | St. Francis (IL) | Missouri Valley (MO) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Campbellsville (KY) | 14. |
| 15. | Sterling (KS) | Sterling (KS) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | William Penn (IA) | Saint Francis (IN) | Eastern Oregon | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Cumberland (TN) | Ottawa (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Valley City State (ND) | Eastern Oregon | Eastern Oregon | 15. |
| 16. | (T) St. Ambrose (IA) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Ottawa (KS) | Northwestern (IA) | St. Francis (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Marian (IN) | William Penn (IA) | William Penn (IA) | Eastern Oregon | Langston (OK) | Valley City State (ND) | 16. |
| 17. | (T) Saint Xavier (IL) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Benedictine (KS) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Eastern Oregon | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Ottawa (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Robert Morris (IL) | Langston (OK) | Campbellsville (KY) | Baker (KS) | 17. |
| 18. | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Northwestern (IA) | Cumberland (TN) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | St. Francis (IL) | Tabor (KS) | Robert Morris (IL) | Friends (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Baker (KS) | Langston (OK) | 18. |
| 19. | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Robert Morris (IL) | Marian (IN) | Benedictine (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Cumberland (TN) | Campbellsville (KY) | William Penn (IA) | William Penn (IA) | 19. |
| 20. | St. Francis (IL) | St. Francis (IL) | William Penn (IA) | Marian (IN) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Eastern Oregon | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Friends (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Siena Heights (MI) | Robert Morris (IL) | Robert Morris (IL) | 20. |
| 21. | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Cumberland (TN) | Eastern Oregon | Benedictine (KS) | Ottawa (KS) | Marian (IN) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Rocky Mountain (MT) | Eastern Oregon | William Penn (IA) | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | 21. |
| 22. | Langston (OK) | Southern Oregon | Peru State (NE) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | Marian (IN) | Valley City State (ND) | Friends (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Reinhardt (GA) | Doane (NE) | Doane (NE) | 22. |
| 23. | Peru State (NE) | Langston (OK) | Langston (OK) | Cumberlands (KY) | Ottawa (KS) | Valley City State (ND) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Campbellsville (KY) | Eastern Oregon | Langston (OK) | Robert Morris (IL) | Webber International (FL) | Webber International (FL) | 23. |
| 24. | Southern Oregon | Peru State (NE) | Friends (KS) | Kentucky Christian | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Saint Francis (IN) | Campbellsville (KY) | Benedictine (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Friends (KS) | Tabor (KS) | Tabor (KS) | 24. |
| 25. | Cumberland (TN) | Cumberland (TN) | (T) St. Ambrose (IA)(T) Eastern Oregon | Ottawa (KS) | Evangel (MO) | Kentucky Christian | Benedictine (KS) | St. Francis (IL) | Langston (OK) | Campbellsville (KY) | Webber International (FL) | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | 25. |
| | Week 0-Spring Apr 14 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 11 | Week 1-Poll 1 Sep 15 | Week 2-Poll 2 Sep 22 | Week 3-Poll 3 Sep 29 | Week 4-Poll 4 Oct 6 | Week 5-Poll 5 Oct 13 | Week 6-Poll 6 Oct 20 | Week 7-Poll 7 Oct 27 | Week 8-Poll 8 Nov 3 | Week 9-Poll 9 Nov 10 | Week 10-Final Nov 16 | Week 11-Postseason Dec 22 | |
| | | Dropped: NONE | Dropped: Sterling (KS) | Dropped: Peru State (NE)Langston (OK)Friends (KS)St. Ambrose (IA) | Dropped: Cumberlands (KY)Kentucky Christian | Dropped: MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Evangel (MO) | Dropped: Saint Francis (IN)Kentucky Christian | Dropped: Eastern Oregon | Dropped: St. Francis (IL)Campbellsville (KY) | Dropped: Rocky Mountain (MT) | Dropped: Cumberland (TN)Benedictine (KS)Dakota Wesleyan (SD) | Dropped: Siena Heights (MI)Reinhardt (GA) | 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 2014, 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) | 57 (6) |
| Sioux Falls (SD) | 55 (3) |
| Georgetown (KY) | 25 (2) |
| Morningside (IA) | 17 |
| Saint Xavier (IL) | 14 (1) |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Marian (IN) | 9 (1) |
| Grand View (IA) | 4 (1) |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |
| Cumberlands (KY) | 2 |
| Southern Oregon | 1 (1) |