KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside (Iowa) stayed at the top and claimed the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the Top 25 for a fourth week in a row. This is the 12th consecutive poll the Mustangs finished in the No. 1 spot.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999)

The Mustangs topped the chart withall 17 votes and 392 total points.

The top eight teams remained the same from the previous poll (Sept. 23).

No. 10 College of Idaho made program history this week as it entered the top 10 for the first time.

No. 25 Bethel (Kan.) also made program history this week. The Threshers joinedthe poll this week as the lone newcomer.

Southeastern (Fla.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Bethel (Tenn.) and Montana Western all made positive movement moving climbing the ladder three spots each.

Carroll (Mont.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 57, followed by former NAIA member Sioux Falls (S.D.) (55) Morningside (32), Georgetown (Ky.) (25) and Marian (22).

Morningside holds the longest active streak with 153-straight Top 25 mentions.

Poll Methodology

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.

Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league.

The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list.

The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.

Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”

For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here .

2019 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 3 (September 30)

RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS 1 1 Morningside (Iowa) 3-0 392 2 2 Benedictine (Kan.) 5-0 377 3 3 Saint Francis (Ind.) 3-0 362 4 4 Kansas Wesleyan 5-0 342 5 5 Concordia (Mich.) 4-0 327 6 6 Marian (Ind.) 3-0 320 7 7 Grand View (Iowa) 5-0 295 8 8 Northwestern (Iowa) 4-0 282 9 10 College of Idaho 4-0 276 10 11 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 4-0 259 11 13 Cumberlands (Ky.) 3-0 240 12 15 Southeastern (Fla.) 3-0 208 13 16 Dickinson State (N.D.) 3-1 187 14 17 Bethel (Tenn.) 3-1 175 15 9 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 1-2 174 16 19 Montana Western 4-0 172 17 18 Langston (Okla.) 2-1 163 18 12 Evangel (Mo.) 4-1 145 19 20 Siena Heights (Mich.) 4-0 124 20 21 Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) 4-0 104 21 14 Reinhardt (Ga.) 3-2 97 22 24 Keiser (Fla.) 3-0 91 23 25 Montana Tech 3-1 59 24 22 Baker (Kan.) 3-2 39 25 NR Bethel (Kan.) 4-0 38

Dropped Out: Cumberland (Tenn.)

Others Receiving Votes: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 19, Cumberland (Tenn.) 10, Sterling (Kan.) 3