2012 NAIA football rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
*		NAIA National Champion
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

One human poll made up the 2012 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 playoff to determine the year's national champion. A final poll was then taken after completion of the 2012 NAIA Football National Championship.^[1]

Poll Release Dates

The poll release dates were:

April 18, 2012 (Spring)
August 6, 2012 (Preseason)
September 10, 2012
September 17, 2012
September 24, 2012
October 1, 2012
October 8, 2012
October 15, 2012
October 22, 2012
October 29, 2012
November 5, 2012
November 11, 2012 (Final)
December 18, 2012 (Postseason)

Week by week poll

	Week 0-Spring Apr 18^[2]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 06^[3]	Week Poll 1 Sep 10^[4]	Week Poll 2 Sep 17^[5]	Week Poll 3 Sep 24^[6]	Week Poll 4 Oct 01^[7]	Week Poll 5 Oct 08^[8]	Week Poll 6 Oct 15^[9]	Week Poll 7 Oct 22^[10]	Week Poll 8 Oct 29^[11]	Week Poll 9 Nov 05^[12]	Week Final Nov 11^[13]	Week Postseason Dec 18^[14]
1.	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (15)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (11)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Saint Xavier (Ill.) (14)	Marian (Ind.) (11)	Marian (Ind.) (12)	Marian (Ind.) (13)	Marian (Ind.) (13)	Marian (Ind.) (13)	Georgetown (Ky.) (13)	Georgetown (Ky.) (13)	*Marian (Ind.)	1.
2.	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Georgetown (Ky.) (3)	Georgetown (Ky.) (2)	Georgetown (Ky.) (1)	Georgetown (Ky.) (1)	Georgetown (Ky.) (1)	Missouri Valley (1)	Missouri Valley (1)	Morningside (Iowa)	2.
3.	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Missouri Valley	3.
4.	Georgetown (Ky.)	Georgetown (Ky.)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	4.
5.	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Marian (Ind.)	Marian (Ind.)	Southern Oregon	5.
6.	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	6.
7.	St. Francis (Ill.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	7.
8.	Morningside (Iowa)	Morningside (Iowa)	Eastern Oregon	Eastern Oregon	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Georgetown (Ky.)	8.
9.	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	St. Ambrose (Iowa) (T)	Baker (Kan.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	9.
10.	Ottawa (Kan.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Baker (Kan.) (T)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	William Penn (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Southern Oregon	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	10.
11.	Benedictine (Kan.)	Ottawa (Kan.) (T)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Carroll (Mont.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	William Penn (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	11.
12.	Bethel (Tenn.)	Bethel (Tenn.) (T)	Carroll (Mont.)	Saint Francis (Ind.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.) (T)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa) (T)	12.
13.	William Penn (Iowa)	Benedictine (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.)	Montana Tech	Montana Tech	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	Baker (Kan.)	Southern Oregon (T)	William Penn (Iowa)	Montana Tech (T)	13.
14.	Northwestern (Iowa)	William Penn (Iowa)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Eastern Oregon	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Hastings (Neb.)	Baker (Kan.)	Southern Oregon	Northwestern (Iowa)	Montana Tech	Baker (Kan.)	14.
15.	Valley City State (N.D.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Grand View (Iowa)	Northwestern (Iowa)	St. Francis (Ill.)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Baker (Kan.)	Evangel (Mo.)	Evangel (Mo.)	William Penn (Iowa)	Ottawa (Kan.)	William Penn (Iowa)	15.
16.	Grand View (Iowa)	Eastern Oregon	Doane (Neb.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Montana Tech	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Carroll (Mont.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Ottawa (Kan.)	16.
17.	Eastern Oregon	Valley City State (N.D.)	St. Francis (Ill.) (T)	Montana Tech	St. Francis (Ill.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Hastings (Neb.)	Evangel (Mo.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Tabor (Kan.)	Tabor (Kan.)	Grand View (Iowa)	17.
18.	Doane (Neb.)	Baker (Kan.)	Northwestern (Iowa) (T)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Grand View (Iowa)	Doane (Neb.)	Baker (Kan.)	Northwestern (Iowa)	Hastings (Neb.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Tabor (Kan.)	18.
19.	Baker (Kan.)	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Baker (Kan.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Southern Oregon	Ottawa (Kan.)	Evangel (Mo.)	Doane (Neb.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	19.
20.	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	Montana Tech	Valley City State (N.D.)	Doane (Neb.)	Kansas Wesleyan	St. Francis (Ill.)	Doane (Neb.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Tabor (Kan.)	Doane (Neb.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Doane (Neb.)	20.
21.	Langston (Okla.)	Doane (Neb.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Hastings (Neb.)	Evangel (Mo.)	Faulkner (Ala.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Bethel (Tenn.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Carroll (Mont.)	21.
22.	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Cumberland (Tenn.) (T)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Menlo (Calif.)	Doane (Neb.)	Tabor (Kan.)	Tabor (Kan.) (T)	Robert Morris (Ill.)	Carroll (Mont.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	22.
23.	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Langston (Okla.) (T)	Taylor (Ind.)	Doane (Neb.)	Kansas Wesleyan	Faulkner (Ala.)	Robert Morris (Ill.)	Southern Oregon	Robert Morris (Ill.) (T)	Kansas Wesleyan	Bacone (Okla.)	Evangel (Mo.)	Evangel (Mo.)	23.
24.	Bethany (Kan.)	Bethany (Kan.)	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Kansas Wesleyan	Menlo (Calif.)	Eastern Oregon	Tabor (Kan.)	Robert Morris (Ill.)	Ottawa (Kan.)	Doane (Neb.)	St. Francis (Ill.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	Valley City State (N.D.)	24.
25.	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Menlo (Calif.)	Faulkner (Ala.)	Dakota Wesleyan	Friends (Kan.)	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Hastings (Neb.)	Benedictine (Kan.)	Kentucky Christian	Kentucky Christian	25.
	Week 0-Spring Apr 18^[15]	Week 0-Preseason Aug 06^[16]	Week Poll 1 Sep 10^[17]	Week Poll 2 Sep 17^[18]	Week Poll 3 Sep 24^[19]	Week Poll 4 Oct 01^[20]	Week Poll 5 Oct 08^[21]	Week Poll 6 Oct 15^[22]	Week Poll 7 Oct 22^[23]	Week Poll 8 Oct 29^[24]	Week Poll 9 Nov 05^[25]	Week Final Nov 11^[26]	Week Postseason Dec 18^[27]
		Dropped: Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Dropped: Ottawa (Kan.) Bethel (Tenn.) Langston (Okla.) Bethany (Kan.) Campbellsville (Ky.)	Dropped: Taylor (Ind.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Dropped: Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Dropped: Valley City State (N.D.)	Dropped: Kansas Wesleyan Menlo (Calif.) Faulkner (Ala.) Eastern Oregon	Dropped: Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Friends (Kan.)	Dropped: Doane (Neb.) Faulkner (Ala.)	Dropped: St. Francis (Ill.) Cumberland (Tenn.) Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	Dropped: Robert Morris (Ill.) Kansas Wesleyan Hastings (Neb.)	Dropped: Bacone (Okla.) St. Francis (Ill.)	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 end of 2012, the team 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 was 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)	56(6)
Sioux Falls (SD)	55(3)
Georgetown (KY)	25(2)
Saint Xavier (IL)	14(1)
Northwestern Oklahoma State	12(1)
Marian (IN)	8(1)
Azusa Pacific (CA)	3
Saint Francis (IN)	3

References

↑ "2012 Football Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 15, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
↑ "2012 NAIA Football Coaches' Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
↑ "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 6, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 10, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 17, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 24, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 1, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 8, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 15, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 22, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 29, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 5, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2012.
↑ "2012 NAIA Football Coaches' Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. April 18, 2012.
↑ "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. August 6, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 1". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 10, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 2". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 17, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 3". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. September 24, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 4". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 1, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 5". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 8, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 6". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 15, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 7". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 22, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 8". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. October 29, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - No. 9". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 5, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - Final". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 11, 2012.
↑ "Top 25 - Postseason". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 18, 2012.

NAIA football rankings

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2012 NAIA Football Season

Championship	National Championship Rankings

Conference Seasons	Central States Frontier Great Plains Heart of America Independent Kansas Mid-South Mid-States

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