Montana Tech and Montana Western were both ranked in the spring NAIA Top 25 coaches poll. The poll was released on Monday.
The Orediggers are ranked No. 7, while the Bulldogs received the No. 16 ranking. Both teams received the same ranking in the final poll of the 2015 season.
Southern Oregon, which fell to Marian in the national championship game, remains at No. 2. Marian is ranked No. 1.
2016 NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Spring (April 11)
RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2015 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Marian (Ind.) (14) | 12-2 | 314 |
2 | 2 | Southern Oregon | 11-3 | 302 |
3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 11-2 | 287 |
4 | 4 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 11-1 | 280 |
5 | 5 | Baker (Kan.) | 11-2 | 268 |
6 | 6 | Grand View (Iowa) | 11-2 | 247 |
7 | 7 | Montana Tech | 10-2 | 245 |
8 | 8 | Tabor (Kan.) | 11-2 | 218 |
9 | 9 | Doane (Neb.) | 9-2 | 206 |
10 | 10 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 9-2 | 201 |
11 | 12 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 7-3 | 194 |
12 | 11 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-3 | 184 |
13 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 8-3 | 179 |
14 | 14 | Kansas Wesleyan | 10-2 | 162 |
15 | 15 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 9-2 | 147 |
16 | 16 | Montana Western | 7-3 | 133 |
17 | 19 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 8-3 | 104 |
18 | 18 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 8-3 | 94 |
19 | 17 | Point (Ga.) | 8-3 | 93 |
20 | 21 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-4 | 88 |
21 | 20 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 8-2 | 75 |
22 | 22 | Arizona Christian | 6-3 | 50 |
23 | 25 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 6-4 | 45 |
24 | 23 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 7-3 | 43 |
25 | 24 | William Penn (Iowa) | 7-4 | 30 |
Dropped from the Top 25: none
Others Receiving Votes: Sterling (Kan.) 10; Missouri Valley 9; Cumberlands (Ky.) 4; Peru State (Neb.) 4; Webber International (Fla.) 4; Robert Morris (Ill.) 3.
^ Top 25 ranking from Dec. 21, 2015 Top 25 Poll
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