# 2007 NAIA football rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| * | NAIA National Champion |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
One human poll made up the 2007 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football rankings, sometimes called the NAIA Coaches' Poll or the football ratings. Once the regular season was complete, the NAIA sponsored a 16-team playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2007 NAIA Football National Championship.

## Poll release dates

The poll release dates were:
* April 30, 2007 (Spring)
* August 13, 2007 (Preseason)
* September 10, 2007
* September 17, 2007
* September 24, 2007
* October 1, 2007
* October 8, 2007
* October 15, 2007
* October 22, 2007
* October 29, 2007
* November 5, 2007
* November 11, 2007 (Final)
* January 14, 2008 (Postseason)

## Week by week poll

| | Week 0-Spring Apr 30 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 13 | Week Poll 1 Sep 10 | Week Poll 2 Sep 17 | Week Poll 3 Sep 24 | Week Poll 4 Oct 01 | Week Poll 5 Oct 08 | Week Poll 6 Oct 15 | Week Poll 7 Oct 22 | Week Poll 8 Oct 29 | Week Poll 9 Nov 05 | Week Final Nov 11 | Week Postseason Jan 14 | |
| 1. | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | Sioux Falls (SD) | *Carroll (MT) | 1. |
| 2. | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Sioux Falls (SD) | 2. |
| 3. | Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Carroll (MT) | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Missouri Valley | 3. |
| 4. | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Carroll (MT) | Ohio Dominican | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Saint Francis (IN) | 4. |
| 5. | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Northwestern (IA) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Francis (IN) | Bethel (TN) | 5. |
| 6. | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Bethel (TN) | Ohio Dominican | Ohio Dominican | Saint Francis (IN) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Saint Xavier (IL) | Jamestown (ND) | Ohio Dominican | 6. |
| 7. | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Montana State-Northern | Georgetown (KY) | Virginia-Wise | Jamestown (ND) | Lindenwood (MO) | Lindenwood (MO) | Lindenwood (MO) | Lindenwood (MO) | Lindenwood (MO) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Morningside (IA) | 7. |
| 8. | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Ohio Dominican | Missouri Valley | Jamestown (ND) | Lindenwood (MO) | Jamestown (ND) | Jamestown (ND) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | (T) St. Ambrose (IA) | Friends (KS) | Saint Xavier (IL) | 8. |
| 9. | St. Ambrose (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Georgetown (KY) | Jamestown (ND) | Lindenwood (MO) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Virginia-Wise | Virginia-Wise | (T) Jamestown (ND) | Missouri Valley | Lindenwood (MO) | 9. |
| 10. | Morningside (IA) | Black Hills State (SD) | Missouri Valley | Virginia-Wise | Northwestern (IA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Virginia-Wise | Bethel (KS) | Bethel (KS) | Friends (KS) | Saint Xavier (IL) | St. Ambrose (IA) | 10. |
| 11. | Black Hills State (SD) | Morningside (IA) | Jamestown (ND) | Northwestern (IA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Virginia-Wise | Virginia-Wise | Bethel (KS) | Malone (OH) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | Jamestown (ND) | 11. |
| 12. | Montana State-Northern | Montana State-Northern | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | Walsh (OH) | Bethel (KS) | Bethel (KS) | Malone (OH) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Jamestown (ND) | Missouri Valley | Lindenwood (MO) | Friends (KS) | 12. |
| 13. | Walsh (OH) | Ohio Dominican | Virginia-Wise | Montana State-Northern | Georgetown (KY) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Graceland (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Jamestown (ND) | Friends (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | 13. |
| 14. | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Lindenwood (MO) | Bethel (KS) | Graceland (IA) | Montana State-Northern | Friends (KS) | Friends (KS) | Missouri Valley | Virginia-Wise | Virginia-Wise | Virginia-Wise | 14. |
| 15. | Jamestown (ND) | Walsh (OH) | McKendree (IL) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Walsh (OH) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | Morningside (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | Northwestern (IA) | 15. |
| 16. | Ohio Dominican | Jamestown (ND) | Walsh (OH) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Graceland (IA) | Montana State-Northern | Malone (OH) | Morningside (IA) | Morningside (IA) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Bethel (KS) | Bethel (KS) | Cumberlands (KY) | 16. |
| 17. | McKendree (IL) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Walsh (OH) | Montana Western | St. Ambrose (IA) | Friends (KS) | Cumberlands (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Cumberlands (KY) | Bethel (KS) | 17. |
| 18. | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | McKendree (IL) | Lindenwood (MO) | Morningside (IA) | St. Ambrose (IA) | Friends (KS) | Missouri Valley | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) | Malone (OH) | Cumberlands (KY) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 18. |
| 19. | Benedictine (KS) | Benedictine (KS) | (T) Morningside (IA) | Nebraska Wesleyan | (T) Montana State-Northern | Malone (OH) | Urbana (OH) | Georgetown (KY) | Georgetown (KY) | Graceland (IA) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Sterling (KS) | Sterling (KS) | 19. |
| 20. | Kansas Wesleyan | Kansas Wesleyan | (T) Graceland (IA) | Bethel (KS) | (T) Hastings (NB) | Missouri Valley | Morningside (IA) | Graceland (IA) | Graceland (IA) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Montana Tech | Black Hills State (SD) | Black Hills State (SD) | 20. |
| 21. | Bethel (KS) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Bethel (KS) | Black Hills State (SD) | Friends (KS) | Morningside (IA) | Montana Western | Southern Nazarene (OK) | Southern Nazarene (OK) | Montana Tech | Black Hills State (SD) | (T) Azusa Pacific (CA) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | 21. |
| 22. | Langston (OK) | Virginia-Wise | Nebraska Wesleyan | (T) McKendree (IL) | Missouri Valley | (T) Montana Western | Cumberlands (KY) | Urbana (OH) | Montana State-Northern | Cumberlands (KY) | Sterling (KS) | (T) Nebraska Wesleyan | (T) Nebraska Wesleyan | 22. |
| 23. | Malone (OH) | Malone (OH) | Southern Nazarene (OK) | (T) Northwestern Oklahoma State | Northwestern Oklahoma State | (T) Cumberlands (KY) | Nebraska Wesleyan | Montana State-Northern | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Midland Lutheran (NB) | Malone (OH) | Georgetown (KY) | (T) Montana Tech | 23. |
| 24. | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Montana Tech | Black Hills State (SD) | Graceland (IA) | Evangel (MO) | Urbana (OH) | Shorter (GA) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Montana Tech | Black Hills State (SD) | Azusa Pacific (CA) | Montana Tech | Georgetown (KY) | 24. |
| 25. | Virginia-Wise | Langston (OK) | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Montana Western | Malone (OH) | Hastings (NB) | McKendree (IL) | Montana Tech | Midland Lutheran (NB) | Sterling (KS) | Southern Nazarene (OK) | Malone (OH) | Malone (OH) | 25. |
| | Week 0-Spring Apr 30 | Week 0-Preseason Aug 13 | Week Poll 1 Sep 10 | Week Poll 2 Sep 17 | Week Poll 3 Sep 24 | Week Poll 4 Oct 01 | Week Poll 5 Oct 08 | Week Poll 6 Oct 15 | Week Poll 7 Oct 22 | Week Poll 8 Oct 29 | Week Poll 9 Nov 05 | Week Final Nov 11 | Week Postseason Jan 14 | |
| | | Dropped: Bethel (KS) | Dropped: Benedictine (KS)Kansas WesleyanLangston (OK)Malone (OH)Montana Tech | Dropped: Southern Nazarene (OK) | Dropped: Black Hills State (SD)McKendree (IL)Morningside (IA) | Dropped: Evangel (MO)Georgetown (KY)Northwestern Oklahoma State | Dropped: Hastings (NB)Walsh (OH) | Dropped: McKendree (IL)Montana WesternNebraska WesleyanShorter (GA) | Dropped: Urbana (OH) | Dropped: Montana State-NorthernSouthern Nazarene (OK) | Dropped: Graceland (IA)Midland Lutheran (NB) | Dropped: Southern Nazarene (OK) | None | |

## 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 postseason poll of the 2007 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.
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.
| Team | Total #1 Rankings |
| Carroll (MT) | 41 (5) |
| Sioux Falls (SD) | 29 (1) |
| Georgetown (KY) | 23 (2) |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |