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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.[1]

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 ValleyMissouri ValleySaint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Carroll (MT)Ohio DominicanOhio DominicanOhio DominicanOhio DominicanOhio DominicanOhio DominicanMissouri Valley3.
4.Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Carroll (MT)Ohio DominicanBethel (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 DominicanOhio DominicanSaint Francis (IN)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Saint Xavier (IL)Jamestown (ND)Ohio Dominican6.
7.Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Montana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Virginia-WiseJamestown (ND)Lindenwood (MO)Lindenwood (MO)Lindenwood (MO)Lindenwood (MO)Lindenwood (MO)St. Ambrose (IA)Morningside (IA)7.
8.Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Ohio DominicanMissouri ValleyJamestown (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-WiseVirginia-Wise(T) Jamestown (ND)Missouri ValleyLindenwood (MO)9.
10.Morningside (IA)Black Hills State (SD)Missouri ValleyVirginia-WiseNorthwestern (IA)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Virginia-WiseBethel (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-WiseVirginia-WiseBethel (KS)Malone (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)Morningside (IA)Morningside (IA)Jamestown (ND)11.
12.Montana State-NorthernMontana State-NorthernFriends (KS)Friends (KS)Walsh (OH)Bethel (KS)Bethel (KS)Malone (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)Jamestown (ND)Missouri ValleyLindenwood (MO)Friends (KS)12.
13.Walsh (OH)Ohio DominicanVirginia-WiseMontana State-NorthernGeorgetown (KY)Nebraska WesleyanGraceland (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-NorthernFriends (KS)Friends (KS)Missouri ValleyVirginia-WiseVirginia-WiseVirginia-Wise14.
15.Jamestown (ND)Walsh (OH)McKendree (IL)St. Ambrose (IA)Nebraska WesleyanWalsh (OH)St. Ambrose (IA)Missouri ValleyMissouri ValleyMorningside (IA)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)Northwestern (IA)15.
16.Ohio DominicanJamestown (ND)Walsh (OH)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Graceland (IA)Montana State-NorthernMalone (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 WesternSt. 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 ValleyMidAmerica Nazarene (KS)MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)Malone (OH)Cumberlands (KY)Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma State18.
19.Benedictine (KS)Benedictine (KS)(T) Morningside (IA)Nebraska Wesleyan(T) Montana State-NorthernMalone (OH)Urbana (OH)Georgetown (KY)Georgetown (KY)Graceland (IA)Northwestern Oklahoma StateSterling (KS)Sterling (KS)19.
20.Kansas WesleyanKansas Wesleyan(T) Graceland (IA)Bethel (KS)(T) Hastings (NB)Missouri ValleyMorningside (IA)Graceland (IA)Graceland (IA)Northwestern Oklahoma StateMontana TechBlack Hills State (SD)Black Hills State (SD)20.
21.Bethel (KS)Northwestern Oklahoma StateBethel (KS)Black Hills State (SD)Friends (KS)Morningside (IA)Montana WesternSouthern Nazarene (OK)Southern Nazarene (OK)Montana TechBlack Hills State (SD)(T) Azusa Pacific (CA)Azusa Pacific (CA)21.
22.Langston (OK)Virginia-WiseNebraska Wesleyan(T) McKendree (IL)Missouri Valley(T) Montana WesternCumberlands (KY)Urbana (OH)Montana State-NorthernCumberlands (KY)Sterling (KS)(T) Nebraska Wesleyan(T) Nebraska Wesleyan22.
23.Malone (OH)Malone (OH)Southern Nazarene (OK)(T) Northwestern Oklahoma StateNorthwestern Oklahoma State(T) Cumberlands (KY)Nebraska WesleyanMontana State-NorthernNorthwestern Oklahoma StateMidland Lutheran (NB)Malone (OH)Georgetown (KY)(T) Montana Tech23.
24.Northwestern Oklahoma StateMontana TechBlack Hills State (SD)Graceland (IA)Evangel (MO)Urbana (OH)Shorter (GA)Northwestern Oklahoma StateMontana TechBlack Hills State (SD)Azusa Pacific (CA)Montana TechGeorgetown (KY)24.
25.Virginia-WiseLangston (OK)Northwestern Oklahoma StateMontana WesternMalone (OH)Hastings (NB)McKendree (IL)Montana TechMidland 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 Wesleyan
  • Langston (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 Western
  • Nebraska Wesleyan
  • Shorter (GA)
Dropped:
Urbana (OH)		Dropped:
  • Montana State-Northern
  • Southern 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 State12 (1)
Azusa Pacific (CA)3
Saint Francis (IN)3

References

  1. ↑ "Football Week-by-Week Coaches' Polls" (PDF). National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
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