Morningside College stayed at number-4 in this week's NAIA football poll.KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The top-four teams posted dominant performances - winning by an average margin of 34.8 points - last week to hold their positions in the seventh edition of the NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
Morningside knocked off then-number 14 Hastings (Neb.) (now No. 18), 53-23.
No. 11 William Penn (Iowa), No. 21 Benedictine (Kan.) and No. 18 Hastings each took at least a four position dive in this week's poll. The Statesmen took the hardest tumble (six positions) after losing their first game of the season, 28-19, against No. 7 Saint Francis (Ind.).
The top four remained unchanged for the fourth-straight week ... Marian, No. 2 Georgetown (Ky.), No. 3 Missouri Valley, No. 4 Morningside (Iowa) and No. 5 Saint Xavier (Ill.) have been ranked in the top 10 in every poll this season.
2012 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7 (Oct. 22)
RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) 2012 RECORD TOTAL POINTS
1 1 Marian (Ind.) (13) 7-0 314
2 2 Georgetown (Ky.) (1) 8-0 302
3 3 Missouri Valley 7-0 286
4 4 Morningside (Iowa) 7-0 283
5 6 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 6-1 261
6 7 Carroll (Mont.) 6-2 255
7 9 Saint Francis (Ind.) 5-2 232
8 8 Montana Tech 6-1 223
9 10 Grand View (Iowa) 6-2 206
10 11 Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-1 203
11 5 William Penn (Iowa) 7-1 201
12 11 St. Ambrose (Iowa) 6-1 191
13 13 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5-2 186
14 15 Baker (Kan.) 5-2 153
15 17 Evangel (Mo.) 6-2 141
16 18 Northwestern (Iowa) 6-2 121
17 19 St. Francis (Ill.) 5-3 113
18 14 Hastings (Neb.) 6-1 111
19 23 Southern Oregon 5-2 93
20 25 Cumberland (Tenn.) 6-2 88
21 16 Benedictine (Kan.) 5-3 59
T22 22 Tabor (Kan.) 5-2 49
T22 24 Robert Morris (Ill.) 7-1 49
24 RV Ottawa (Kan.) 5-2 45
25 RV Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 5-2 26
Others receiving votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 20; Kansas Wesleyan 16; Doane (Neb.) 6.
