2007 NAIA football rankings
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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 | ||
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| 1. | Midland 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:
| Dropped: Southern Nazarene (OK) | Dropped:
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| Dropped: Urbana (OH) | Dropped:
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| 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 State |
12 (1) |
| Azusa Pacific (CA) | 3 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |