Culver-Stockton moves into No. 22 spot in NAIA football poll

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) takes home 18 first-place points to lead the nation, and teams 2 through 12 are unchanged from the previous edition. Three of the top four teams are from Iowa.

St. Francis (Ill.), Culver-Stockton (Mo.), Arizona Christian, and Montana Western have moved back into the rankings. Culver-Stockton tied the school record for victories in a single season last week, and it plays No. 4-ranked Grand View on Saturday. 

This is the first time C-SC has broken into the top 25 since it was ranked in consecutive weeks in September 2002. That year the Wildcats were ranked 24th on Sept. 17 and tied for 23rd on Sept. 24 when they opened the season 3-0.

NAIA football poll

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	WON	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18]	8-0	444
2	2	Northwestern (Iowa)	9-0	426
3	3	Morningside (Iowa) [1]	8-0	411
4	4	Grand View (Iowa)	9-0	393
5	5	Baker (Kan.)	8-1	371
6	6	Kansas Wesleyan	9-0	358
7	7	Indiana Wesleyan	7-1	347
8	8	Reinhardt (Ga.)	7-2	325
9	9	Marian (Ind.)	6-2	307
10	10	Concordia (Mich.)	6-1	287
11	11	Bethel (Kan.)	8-1	278
12	12	Keiser (Fla.)	6-2	256
13	15	Southwestern (Kan.)	7-1	230
14	18	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	5-3	219
15	16	Ottawa (Ariz.)	6-1	206
16	21	Georgetown (Ky.)	6-2	173
17	13	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	6-2	166
18	14	Langston (Okla.)	7-1	137
19	25	College of Idaho	6-2	130
20	24	Dickinson State (N.D.)	6-2	128
21	NR	St. Francis (Ill.)	5-2	84
22	NR	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)	7-2	59
23	22	Bethel (Tenn.)	6-3	51
24	NR	Arizona Christian	6-2	49
25	NR	Montana Western	6-3	27

Dropped from the poll: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Faulkner (Ala.); Dordt (Iowa); St. Thomas (Fla.)

Receiving Votes: Dordt (Iowa) 25; Faulkner (Ala.) 20; St. Thomas (Fla.) 20; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 13; Central Methodist (Mo.) 7; Southeastern (Fla.) 7; Valley City State (N.D.) 4; Texas Wesleyan 4; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3