The NAIA Football Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll was released Monday, and three Frontier Conference teams will enter the 2015 season as a ranked team.
Defending national champion Southern Oregon is tied for No. 1 with Marian (Indiana), while Carroll College is tied for fourth with Saint Xavier (Ill.).
Eastern Oregon is ranked No. 13, while Montana Western received votes.
2015 NAIA Football Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll (August 10)
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2014 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| T1 | 1 | Southern Oregon (8) | 13-2 | 304 |
| T1 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) (5) | 11-3 | 304 |
| 3 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 12-2 | 289 |
| T4 | 4 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 10-3 | 277 |
| T4 | 5 | Carroll (Mont.) (1) | 10-2 | 277 |
| 6 | 6 | Grand View (Iowa) | 11-2 | 254 |
| 7 | 7 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-3 | 240 |
| 8 | 9 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 9-2 | 227 |
| 9 | 8 | Missouri Valley | 9-4 | 222 |
| 10 | 10 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 9-3 | 200 |
| 11 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 8-3 | 198 |
| 12 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-2 | 181 |
| 13 | 13 | Eastern Oregon | 8-3 | 172 |
| 14 | 14 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 9-3 | 148 |
| 15 | 16 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-3 | 138 |
| 16 | 15 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 7-4 | 136 |
| 17 | 17 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 9-2 | 105 |
| 18 | 19 | Langston (Okla.) | 7-5 | 98 |
| 19 | 18 | William Penn (Iowa) | 7-4 | 95 |
| 20 | 20 | Robert Morris (Ill.) | 8-3 | 90 |
| 21 | 21 | Friends (Kan.) | 8-3 | 64 |
| T22 | 22 | Doane (Neb.) | 7-3 | 51 |
| T22 | 24 | Tabor (Kan.) | 7-4 | 51 |
| 24 | 23 | Webber International (Fla.) | 8-3 | 42 |
| 25 | 25 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-4 | 36 |
Others Receiving Votes: Sterling (Kan.) 9; Saint Francis (Ind.) 9; Montana Western 9; Reinhardt (Ga.) 3.
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