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2012 NAIA football rankings
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.
Poll release dates
The poll release dates were:
| 2012 poll release dates | |
|---|---|
| Spring | |
| Preseason | |
| Week 1 | |
| Week 2 | |
| Week 3 | |
| Week 4 | |
| Week 5 | |
| Week 6 | |
| Week 7 | |
| Week 8 | |
| Week 9 | |
| Week 10 (Final Regular Season) | |
| Postseason |
Week by week poll
|Week1-1=Saint Xavier (IL) (15) |Week1-2=Carroll (MT) |Week1-3=Marian (IN) |Week1-4=Georgetown (KY) |Week1-5=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS) |Week1-6=Saint Francis (IN) |Week1-7=St. Francis (IL) |Week1-8=Morningside (IA) |Week1-9=Missouri Valley |Week1-10=Ottawa (KS) |Week1-11=Benedictine (KS) |Week1-12=Bethel (TN) |Week1-13=William Penn (IA) |Week1-14=Northwestern (IA) |Week1-15=Valley City State (ND) |Week1-16=Grand View (IA) |Week1-17=Eastern Oregon |Week1-18=Doane (NE) |Week1-19=Baker (KS) |Week1-20=St. Ambrose (IA) |Week1-21=Langston (OK) |Week1-22=Cumberlands (KY) |Week1-23=Cumberland (TN) |Week1-24=Bethany (KS) |Week1-25=Lindsey Wilson (KY)
|Week2-1=Saint Xavier (IL) (11)||Week2-1-Color= |Week2-2=Carroll (MT)||Week2-2-Color= |Week2-3=Marian (IN)||Week2-3-Color= |Week2-4=Georgetown (KY)||Week2-4-Color= |Week2-5=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week2-5-Color= |Week2-6=Saint Francis (IN)||Week2-6-Color= |Week2-7=St. Francis (IL)||Week2-7-Color= |Week2-8=Morningside (IA)||Week2-8-Color= |Week2-9=Missouri Valley||Week2-9-Color= |Week2-10=Northwestern (IA)||Week2-10-Color=u |Week2-11=(T) Ottawa (KS)||Week2-11-Color=d |Week2-12=(T) Bethel (TN)||Week2-12-Color=u |Week2-13=Benedictine (KS)||Week2-13-Color=d |Week2-14=William Penn (IA)||Week2-14-Color=d |Week2-15=Grand View (IA)||Week2-15-Color=u |Week2-16=Eastern Oregon||Week2-16-Color=u |Week2-17=Valley City State (ND)||Week2-17-Color=d |Week2-18=Baker (KS)||Week2-18-Color=u |Week2-19=Cumberlands (KY)||Week2-19-Color=u |Week2-20=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week2-20-Color= |Week2-21=Doane (NE)||Week2-21-Color=d |Week2-22=(T) Cumberland (TN)||Week2-22-Color=u |Week2-23=(T) Langston (OK)||Week2-23-Color=d |Week2-24=Bethany (KS)||Week2-24-Color= |Week2-25=Campbellsville (KY)||Week2-25-Color=y
|Week3-1=Saint Xavier (IL) (14)||Week3-1-Color= |Week3-2=Marian (IN)||Week3-2-Color=u |Week3-3=Georgetown (KY)||Week3-3-Color=u |Week3-4=Morningside (IA)||Week3-4-Color=u |Week3-5=Missouri Valley||Week3-5-Color=u |Week3-6=Benedictine (KS)||Week3-6-Color=u |Week3-7=William Penn (IA)||Week3-7-Color=u |Week3-8=Eastern Oregon||Week3-8-Color=u |Week3-9=(T) St. Ambrose (IA)||Week3-9-Color=u |Week3-10=(T) Baker (KS)||Week3-10-Color=u |Week3-11=Saint Francis (IN)||Week3-11-Color=d |Week3-12=Carroll (MT)||Week3-12-Color=d |Week3-13=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week3-13-Color=d |Week3-14=Cumberlands (KY)||Week3-14-Color=u |Week3-15=Grand View (IA)||Week3-15-Color= |Week3-16=Doane (NE)||Week3-16-Color=u |Week3-17=(T) St. Francis (IL)||Week3-17-Color=d |Week3-18=(T) Northwestern (IA)||Week3-18-Color=d |Week3-19=Rocky Mountain (MT)||Week3-19-Color=y |Week3-20=Montana Tech||Week3-20-Color=y |Week3-21=Valley City State (ND)||Week3-21-Color=d |Week3-22=Dakota Wesleyan (SD)||Week3-22-Color=y |Week3-23=Taylor (IN)||Week3-23-Color=y |Week3-24=Lindsey Wilson (KY)||Week3-24-Color=y |Week3-25=Cumberland (TN)||Week3-25-Color=d
|Week4-1=Saint Xavier (IL) (14)|Week4-1-Color= |Week4-2=Marian (IN)||Week4-2-Color= |Week4-3=Georgetown (KY)||Week4-3-Color= |Week4-4=Morningside (IA)||Week4-4-Color= |Week4-5=Missouri Valley||Week4-5-Color= |Week4-6=Benedictine (KS)||Week4-6-Color= |Week4-7=William Penn (IA)||Week4-7-Color= |Week4-8=Eastern Oregon||Week4-8-Color= |Week4-9=Baker (KS)||Week4-9-Color=u |Week4-10=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week4-10-Color=d |Week4-11=Carroll (MT)||Week4-11-Color=u |Week4-12=Saint Francis (IN)||Week4-12-Color=d |Week4-13=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week4-13-Color= |Week4-14=Cumberlands (KY)||Week4-14-Color= |Week4-15=Grand View (IA)||Week4-15-Color= |Week4-16=Northwestern (IA)||Week4-16-Color=u |Week4-17=Montana Tech||Week4-17-Color=u |Week4-18=St. Francis (IL)||Week4-18-Color=d |Week4-19=Dakota Wesleyan (SD)||Week4-19-Color=u |Week4-20=Valley City State (ND)||Week4-20-Color=u |Week4-21=Cumberland (TN)||Week4-21-Color=u |Week4-22=Rocky Mountain (MT)||Week4-22-Color=d |Week4-23=Doane (NE)||Week4-23-Color=d |Week4-24=Kansas Wesleyan||Week4-24-Color=y |Week4-25=Menlo (CA)||Week4-25-Color=y
|Week5-1=Saint Xavier (IL) (14)||Week5-1-Color= |Week5-2=Marian (IN)||Week5-2-Color= |Week5-3=Georgetown (KY)||Week5-3-Color= |Week5-4=Morningside (IA)||Week5-4-Color= |Week5-5=Missouri Valley||Week5-5-Color= |Week5-6=Benedictine (KS)||Week5-6-Color= |Week5-7=William Penn (IA)||Week5-7-Color= |Week5-8=Carroll (MT)||Week5-8-Color=u |Week5-9=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week5-9-Color=u |Week5-10=Saint Francis (IN)||Week5-10-Color=u |Week5-11=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week5-11-Color=u |Week5-12=Cumberlands (KY)||Week5-12-Color=u |Week5-13=Baker (KS)||Week5-13-Color=d |Week5-14=Eastern Oregon||Week5-14-Color=d |Week5-15=Northwestern (IA)||Week5-15-Color=u |Week5-16=Montana Tech||Week5-16-Color=u |Week5-17=St. Francis (IL)||Week5-17-Color=u |Week5-18=Grand View (IA)||Week5-18-Color=d |Week5-19=Cumberland (TN)||Week5-19-Color=u |Week5-20=Doane (NE)||Week5-20-Color=u |Week5-21=Valley City State (ND)||Week5-21-Color=d |Week5-22=Dakota Wesleyan (SD)||Week5-22-Color=d |Week5-23=Kansas Wesleyan||Week5-23-Color=u |Week5-24=Menlo (CA)||Week5-24-Color=u |Week5-25=Faulkner (AL)||Week5-25-Color=y
|Week6-1=Marian (IN) (11)||Week6-1-Color=u |Week6-2=Georgetown (KY) (3)||Week6-2-Color=u |Week6-3=Missouri Valley||Week6-3-Color=u |Week6-4=Morningside (IA)||Week6-4-Color= |Week6-5=William Penn (IA)||Week6-5-Color=u |Week6-6=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week6-6-Color=d |Week6-7=Saint Francis (IN)||Week6-7-Color=u |Week6-8=Carroll (MT)||Week6-8-Color= |Week6-9=Cumberlands (KY)||Week6-9-Color=u |Week6-10=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week6-10-Color=u |Week6-11=Northwestern (IA)||Week6-11-Color=u |Week6-12=Benedictine (KS)||Week6-12-Color=d |Week6-13=Montana Tech||Week6-13-Color=u |Week6-14=Grand View (IA)||Week6-14-Color=u |Week6-15=St. Francis (IL)||Week6-15-Color=u |Week6-16=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week6-16-Color=d |Week6-17=Cumberland (TN)||Week6-17-Color=u |Week6-18=Doane (NE)||Week6-18-Color=u |Week6-19=Baker (KS)||Week6-19-Color=d |Week6-20=Kansas Wesleyan||Week6-20-Color=u |Week6-21=Hastings (NE)||Week6-21-Color=y |Week6-22=Menlo (CA)||Week6-22-Color=u |Week6-23=Faulkner (AL)||Week6-23-Color=u |Week6-24=Eastern Oregon||Week6-24-Color=d |Week6-25=Dakota Wesleyan||Week6-25-Color=d
|Week7-1=Marian (IN) (12)||Week7-1-Color= |Week7-2=Georgetown (KY) (2)||Week7-2-Color= |Week7-3=Missouri Valley||Week7-3-Color= |Week7-4=Morningside (IA)||Week7-4-Color= |Week7-5=William Penn (IA)||Week7-5-Color= |Week7-6=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week7-6-Color= |Week7-7=Saint Francis (IN)||Week7-7-Color= |Week7-8=Carroll (MT)||Week7-8-Color= |Week7-9=Cumberlands (KY)||Week7-9-Color= |Week7-10=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week7-10-Color= |Week7-11=Northwestern (IA)||Week7-11-Color= |Week7-12=Benedictine (KS)||Week7-12-Color= |Week7-13=Montana Tech||Week7-13-Color= |Week7-14=Grand View (IA)||Week7-14-Color= |Week7-15=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week7-15-Color=u |Week7-16=Cumberland (TN)||Week7-16-Color=u |Week7-17=Hastings (NE)||Week7-17-Color=u |Week7-18=Baker (KS)||Week7-18-Color=u |Week7-19=Dakota Wesleyan (SD)||Week7-19-Color=u |Week7-20=St. Francis (IL)||Week7-20-Color=d |Week7-21=Evangel (MO)||Week7-21-Color=y |Week7-22=Doane (NE)||Week7-22-Color=d |Week7-23=Robert Morris (IL)||Week7-23-Color=y |Week7-24=Tabor (KS)||Week7-24-Color=y |Week7-25=Friends (KS)||Week7-25-Color=y
|Week8-1=Marian (IN) (13)||Week8-1-Color= |Week8-2=Georgetown (KY) (1)||Week8-2-Color= |Week8-3=Missouri Valley||Week8-3-Color= |Week8-4=Morningside (IA)||Week8-4-Color= |Week8-5=William Penn (IA)||Week8-5-Color= |Week8-6=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week8-6-Color= |Week8-7=Carroll (MT)||Week8-7-Color=u |Week8-8=Montana Tech||Week8-8-Color=u |Week8-9=Saint Francis (IN)||Week8-9-Color=d |Week8-10=Grand View (IA)||Week8-10-Color=u |Week8-11=Cumberlands (KY)||Week8-11-Color=d |Week8-12=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week8-12-Color=u |Week8-13=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week8-13-Color=d |Week8-14=Hastings (NE)||Week8-14-Color=u |Week8-15=Baker (KS)||Week8-15-Color=u |Week8-16=Benedictine (KS)||Week8-16-Color=d||Week9-16=Northwestern (IA)||Week9-16-Color=u |Week8-17=Evangel (MO)||Week8-17-Color=u |Week8-18=Northwestern (IA)||Week8-18-Color=d |Week8-19=St. Francis (IL)||Week8-19-Color=u |Week8-20=Doane (NE)||Week8-20-Color=u |Week8-21=Faulkner (AL)||Week8-21-Color=y |Week8-22=Tabor (KS)||Week8-22-Color=u |Week8-23=Southern Oregon||Week8-23-Color=y |Week8-24=Robert Morris (IL)||Week8-24-Color=d |Week8-25=Cumberland (TN)||Week8-25-Color=d
|Week9-1=Marian (IN) (13)||Week9-1-Color= |Week9-2=Georgetown (KY) (1)||Week9-2-Color= |Week9-3=Missouri Valley||Week9-3-Color= |Week9-4=Morningside (IA)||Week9-4-Color= |Week9-5=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week9-5-Color=u |Week9-6=Carroll (MT)||Week9-6-Color=u |Week9-7=Saint Francis (IN)||Week9-7-Color=u |Week9-8=Montana Tech||Week9-8-Color= |Week9-9=Grand View (IA)||Week9-9-Color=u |Week9-10=Cumberlands (KY)||Week9-10-Color=u |Week9-11=William Penn (IA)||Week9-11-Color=d |Week9-12=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week9-12-Color= |Week9-13=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week9-13-Color= |Week9-14=Baker (KS)||Week9-14-Color=u |Week9-15=Evangel (MO)||Week9-15-Color=u |Week9-17=St. Francis (IL)||Week9-17-Color=u |Week9-18=Hastings (NE)||Week9-18-Color=d |Week9-19=Southern Oregon||Week9-19-Color=u |Week9-20=Cumberland (TN)||Week9-20-Color=u |Week9-21=Benedictine (KS)||Week9-21-Color=d |Week9-22=(T) Tabor (KS)||Week9-22-Color= |Week9-23=(T) Robert Morris (IL)||Week9-23-Color=u |Week9-24=Ottawa (KS)||Week9-24-Color=y |Week9-25=Dakota Wesleyan (SD)||Week9-25-Color=y
|Week10-1=Marian (IN) (13)||Week10-1-Color= |Week10-2=Georgetown (KY) (1)||Week10-2-Color= |Week10-3=Missouri Valley||Week10-3-Color= |Week10-4=Morningside (IA)||Week10-4-Color= |Week10-5=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week10-5-Color= |Week10-6=Saint Francis (IN)||Week10-6-Color=u |Week10-7=Montana Tech||Week10-7-Color=u |Week10-8=Cumberlands (KY)||Week10-8-Color=u |Week10-9=Grand View (IA)||Week10-9-Color= |Week10-10=William Penn (IA)||Week10-10-Color=u |Week10-11=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week10-11-Color=u |Week10-12=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week10-12-Color=u |Week10-13=Baker (KS)||Week10-13-Color=u |Week10-14=Southern Oregon||Week10-14-Color=u |Week10-15=Evangel (MO)||Week10-15-Color= |Week10-16=Carroll (MT)||Week10-16-Color=d |Week10-17=Northwestern (IA)||Week10-17-Color=d |Week10-18=Benedictine (KS)||Week10-18-Color=u |Week10-19=Ottawa (KS)||Week10-19-Color=u |Week10-20=Tabor (KS)||Week10-20-Color=u |Week10-21=Bethel (TN)||Week10-21-Color=y |Week10-22=Robert Morris (IL)||Week10-22-Color= |Week10-23=Kansas Wesleyan||Week10-23-Color=y |Week10-24=Doane (NE)||Week10-24-Color=y |Week10-25=Hastings (NE)||Week10-25-Color=d
|Week11-1=Georgetown (KY) (13)||Week11-1-Color=u |Week11-2=Missouri Valley (1)||Week11-2-Color=u |Week11-3=Morningside (IA)||Week11-3-Color=u |Week11-4=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week11-4-Color=u |Week11-5=Marian (IN)||Week11-5-Color=d |Week11-6=Saint Francis (IN)||Week11-6-Color= |Week11-7=Montana Tech||Week11-7-Color= |Week11-8=Cumberlands (KY)||Week11-8-Color= |Week11-9=Grand View (IA)||Week11-9-Color= |Week11-10=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week11-10-Color=u |Week11-11=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week11-11-Color=u |Week11-12=(T) Baker (KS)||Week11-12-Color=u |Week11-13=(T) Southern Oregon||Week11-13-Color=u |Week11-14=Northwestern (IA)||Week11-14-Color=u |Week11-15=William Penn (IA)||Week11-15-Color=d |Week11-16=Ottawa (KS)||Week11-16-Color=u |Week11-17=Tabor (KS)||Week11-17-Color=u |Week11-18=Bethel (TN)||Week11-18-Color=u |Week11-19=Evangel (MO)||Week11-19-Color=d |Week11-20=Doane (NE)||Week11-20-Color=u |Week11-21=Cumberland (TN)||Week11-21-Color=y |Week11-22=Carroll (MT)||Week11-22-Color=d |Week11-23=Bacone (OK)||Week11-23-Color=y |Week11-24=St. Francis (IL)||Week11-24-Color=y |Week11-25=Benedictine (KS)||Week11-25-Color=d
|Week12-1=Georgetown (KY) (13)||Week12-1-Color= |Week12-2=Missouri Valley (1)||Week12-2-Color= |Week12-3=Morningside (IA)||Week12-3-Color= |Week12-4=Saint Xavier (IL)||Week12-4-Color= |Week12-5=Marian (IN)||Week12-5-Color= |Week12-6=Saint Francis (IN)||Week12-6-Color= |Week12-7=Cumberlands (KY)||Week12-7-Color=u |Week12-8=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week12-8-Color=u |Week12-9=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week12-9-Color=u |Week12-10=Southern Oregon||Week12-10-Color=u |Week12-11=Baker (KS)||Week12-11-Color=u |Week12-12=Northwestern (IA)||Week12-12-Color=u |Week12-13=William Penn (IA)||Week12-13-Color=u |Week12-14=Montana Tech||Week12-14-Color=d |Week12-15=Ottawa (KS)||Week12-15-Color=u |Week12-16=Grand View (IA)||Week12-16-Color=d |Week12-17=Tabor (KS)||Week12-17-Color= |Week12-18=Bethel (TN)||Week12-18-Color= |Week12-19=Doane (NE)||Week12-19-Color=u |Week12-20=Cumberland (TN)||Week12-20-Color=u |Week12-21=Carroll (MT)||Week12-21-Color=u |Week12-22=Benedictine (KS)||Week12-22-Color=u |Week12-23=Evangel (MO)||Week12-23-Color=d |Week12-24=Valley City State (ND)||Week12-24-Color=y |Week12-25=Kentucky Christian||Week12-25-Color=y
|Week13-1=Marian (IN) (14)||Week13-1-Color=nc |Week13-2=Morningside (IA)||Week13-2-Color=u |Week13-3=Missouri Valley||Week13-3-Color=d |Week13-4=Saint Xavier (IL) |Week13-5=Southern Oregon||Week13-5-Color=u |Week13-6=Saint Francis (IN) |Week13-7=Cumberlands (KY) |Week13-8=Georgetown (KY)||Week13-8-Color=d |Week13-9=Bethel (TN)||Week13-9-Color=u |Week13-10=St. Ambrose (IA)||Week13-10-Color=d |Week13-11=MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)||Week13-11-Color=d |Week13-12=(T) Northwestern (IA) |Week13-13=(T) Montana Tech||Week13-13-Color=u |Week13-14=Baker (KS)||Week13-14-Color=d |Week13-15=William Penn (IA)||Week13-15-Color=d |Week13-16=Ottawa (KS)||Week13-16-Color=d |Week13-17=Grand View (IA)||Week13-17-Color=d |Week13-18=Tabor (KS)||Week13-18-Color=d |Week13-19=Cumberland (TN)||Week13-19-Color=u |Week13-20=Doane (NE)||Week13-20-Color=d |Week13-21=Carroll (MT) |Week13-22=Benedictine (KS) |Week13-23=Evangel (MO) |Week13-24=Valley City State (ND) |Week13-25=Kentucky Christian
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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) |
| 55 (3) | |
| 25 (2) | |
| 14 (1) | |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 (1) |
| Marian (IN) | 8 (1) |
| 3 | |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 3 |
References
References
- (April 15, 2013). "2012 Football Polls". National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
- (April 18, 2012). "2012 NAIA Football Coaches’ Spring Top 25 Poll Announced". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (August 6, 2012). "Football Top 25 Poll - Preseason". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (September 10, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 1". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (September 17, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 2". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (September 24, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 3". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (October 1, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 4". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (October 8, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 5". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (October 15, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 6". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (October 22, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 7". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (October 29, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 8". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (November 5, 2012). "Top 25 - No. 9". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (November 11, 2012). "Top 25 - Final". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
- (December 18, 2012). "Top 25 - Postseason". [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].
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