By: SOU Sports Information
NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES QUALIFIERS
ASHLAND – The Southern Oregon University football team landed at No. 22 in Sunday's final NAIA GoRout Top 25, falling short of a spot in the 20-team NAIA Championship Series.
The Raiders fell eight spots in the poll following Saturday's 27-24 overtime loss at College of Idaho. Four teams ranked ahead of them – No. 16 Southeastern (Fla.), No. 17 Concordia (Neb.), No. 18 Dordt (Iowa) and No. 21 Campbellsville (Ky.) – were also left out of the postseason.
The field consists of 13 automatic and seven at-large qualifiers. The at-large teams were picked by the NAIA Football National Selection Committee based on, in the words of the national office, "various criteria."
Frontier regular-season champion Montana Western, ranked No. 4 in the final poll, and No. 8 Montana Tech will represent the conference. Both were awarded first-round byes.
The Raiders finished at 8-3 overall and 5-3 in the Frontier, tied with College of Idaho in fourth place. Their three losses were all on the road, by a combined margin of 14 points. The win total was their highest in seven years.
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [1st-place votes] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [15] |
9-0 |
375 |
| 2 |
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
10-0 |
357 |
| 3 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
10-1 |
348 |
| 4 |
4 |
Montana Western |
9-1 |
324 |
| 5 |
5 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
9-1 |
311 |
| 6 |
6 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
10-1 |
310 |
| 7 |
7 |
Texas Wesleyan |
10-0 |
275 |
| 8 |
8 |
Montana Tech |
9-2 |
267 |
| 9 |
9 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
9-2 |
255 |
| 10 |
10 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
8-2 |
246 |
| 11 |
11 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
8-2 |
228 |
| 12 |
12 |
Baker (Kan.) |
9-1 |
201 |
| 13 |
13 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
9-1 |
198 |
| 14 |
15 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
9-1 |
171 |
| 15 |
17 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
8-1 |
156 |
| 16 |
19 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
7-2 |
138 |
| 17 |
20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
8-2 |
130 |
| 18 |
16 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
8-2 |
116 |
| 19 |
22 |
Friends (Kan.) |
10-1 |
114 |
| 19 |
21 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
10-1 |
110 |
| 21 |
25 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
9-2 |
74 |
| 22 |
NR |
Taylor (Ind.) |
9-2 |
43 |
| 22 |
14 |
Southern Oregon |
8-3 |
43 |
| 24 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
8-2 |
38 |
| 25 |
18 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
8-3 |
22 |
Dropped From Top 25: Carroll (Mont.), St. Francis (Ill.)
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 13, Evangel (Mo.) 4, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3
