October 27, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five Frontier Conference teams remained on the 2025 Netting Professional NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 national poll, the national office released their seventh edition of the national football national poll Monday afternoon.

Montana Tech (387 points) was one point shy of tying for No. 4 with Friends (Kan.) (388 points) for the second straight week after shutting down Mayville State (N.D.) 51-0 in Frontier East division play on Oct. 25.  The Orediggers moved to 8-0, outscoring their last three opponents 149-28. 
MT visits Rocky Mountain (Mont.) in the battle of remaining undefeated teams in the Frontier East play.  The game will be televised live on SWX Local Sports.

Carroll (Mont.) was idle last week and moved one spot from No. 9 to No. 8 with an overall record of 6-1 and collected 334 points.  The Fighting Saints, who moved at least one spot in the sixth consecutive national poll, are one of the two undefeated teams in the Frontier Conference West Division with a 3-0 record.  CC is scheduled to travel to Southern Oregon Saturday afternoon.

College of Idaho is the second team that is undefeated in Frontier West Division with a 3-0 record, holding off Eastern Oregon 7-0 in a defensive battle on Oct. 25.  The Yotes lifted their overall record to 6-1 and tallied 249 points.  College of Idaho hosts Arizona Christian Saturday afternoon.

Montana Western remained at No. 20 with an overall record of 5-3 and 2-2 FC West Division record after rolling past Simpson (Calif.) 65-0 on the road.  The Bulldogs return home to begin their two-game home stand, kicking off with Eastern Oregon on Saturday.

Dakota State (S.D.) was idle last Saturday and remained in the receiving votes (RV) section of the national poll for the second straight week.  The Trojans are 5-2 overall record and 2-1 Frontier East Division record and return to action Saturday at Mayville State.


 

Week #7 - Oct. 27	#5	#8	#15	#20	RV	----	----
Week #6 - Oct. 20	#4	#9	#16	#20	RV	----	----
Week #5 - Oct. 13	#6	#11	#20	#15	----	----	----
Week #4 - Oct. 6	#7	#14	#22	#8	----	----	----
Week #3 - Sept. 29	#5	#17	#25	#8	----	RV	----
Week #2 - Sept. 22	#6	#18	#25	#9	----	#20	RV
Week #1 - Sept. 15	#7	#25	RV	#9	----	#11	#24
Pre - Aug. 25	#11	#25	RV	#5	----	#13	#22

 

Poll Methodology

• The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
• The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
  • 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
• The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
• Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
• For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.