KANSAS CITY, Mo.- College of Idaho, Montana Western, and Montana Tech all rose, while Southern Oregon jumped inside the top 25 in Monday's NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 Rating, released by the NAIA earlier this afternoon.
After two lopsided home victories against Lincoln University and Simpson University, the College of Idaho jumped one spot from No. 4 to No. 3.
The Bulldogs of Montana Western lit up the scoreboard in their home opener this past weekend, defeating Eastern Oregon 59-21. They moved up into the top 10 from No. 11 to No. 9.
Montana Tech has had a thrilling start to its season, with a pair of dramatic wins against preseason No. 3 (now No. 11) Georgetown College at home and Carroll College on the road, propelling it six spots forward from No. 21 to No. 15.
Southern Oregon started its 2024 campaign with a 46-7 win over Lincoln University on Saturday at home, pushing it into the top 25 at No. 23.
This week's poll sets up a top 10 matchup to begin Frontier Conference play this weekend, when No. 3 College of Idaho visits No. 9 Montana Western in a 2023 Quarterfinals rematch in Dillon.
Rocky Mountain College takes on Carroll College in Helena as the other conference matchup on Saturday.
Non-conference games on this upcoming Saturday include :
- Whitworth @ Eastern Oregon
- Arizona Christian @ Fort Lewis
- Southern Oregon @ Simpson
The full 2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 1 is below.
Poll Methodology:
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place, 23 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
POSITION |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [14] |
2-0 |
349 |
2 |
2 |
Northwestern (Iowa) [2] |
1-0 |
337 |
3 |
4 |
College of Idaho |
2-0 |
315 |
4 |
5 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
1-0 |
305 |
5 |
6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
2-0 |
298 |
6 |
7 |
Marian (Ind.) |
1-0 |
275 |
7 |
8 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
2-0 |
261 |
8 |
9 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
1-0 |
256 |
9 |
11 |
Montana Western |
1-0 |
236 |
10 |
12 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
1-0 |
215 |
11 |
3 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
1-1 |
205 |
12 |
19 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
2-0 |
179 |
12 |
13 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
1-0 |
179 |
14 |
10 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
1-1 |
167 |
15 |
21 |
Montana Tech |
2-0 |
156 |
16 |
14 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
2-0 |
144 |
16 |
15 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
2-0 |
144 |
18 |
17 |
Baker (Kan.) |
1-0 |
115 |
19 |
NR |
Texas Wesleyan |
2-0 |
80 |
20 |
23 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
1-0 |
71 |
21 |
24 |
Friends (Kan.) |
2-0 |
65 |
22 |
19 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
1-1 |
52 |
23 |
RV |
Southern Oregon |
1-0 |
49 |
24 |
16 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
0-1 |
34 |
25 |
20 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
1-1 |
26 |
Dropped From Top 25: Louisiana Christian, Kansas Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Southwestern (Kan.) 9, St. Francis (Ill.) 9, Kansas Wesleyan 5