(Tuesday, October 21; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Dordt Defender football team moved to no. 7 in the NAIA Coaches' Poll released on Monday, October 20.

Dordt improved to 6-0 this season with a 33-13 win over Mount Marty on Saturday, October 18 and the Defenders will host Midland this Saturday.  Room was made for Dordt to move up with Lindsey Wilson (Kentucky), Morningside (Iowa) and St. Thomas (Florida) absorbing losses on Saturday.

Grand View stayed atop the poll and there are seven unbeaten teams in the top-25 this week.  Fellow GPAC members Morningside (11), Concordia (23), Northwestern (24) and Midland (Receiving Votes) are in the poll this week with four games remaining.

Full Poll
 

Rank	Last Poll	Institution [First-Place Votes]	Record	Points
1	1	Grand View (Iowa) [16]	6-0	436
2	2	Keiser (Fla.)	6-0	422
3	3	Benedictine (Kan.)	6-1	406
T-4	5	Friends (Kan.)	7-0	387
T-4	6	Montana Tech	7-0	387
6	9	Campbellsville (Ky.)	6-0	359
7	10	Dordt (Iowa)	6-0	345
8	11	Marian (Ind.)	6-1	337
9	12	Carroll (Mont.)	6-1	308
10	7	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	6-1	301
11	4	Morningside (Iowa)	5-2	295
12	13	OUAZ (Ariz.)	6-0	273
13	8	St. Thomas (Fla.)	4-2	271
14	14	Indiana Wesleyan	5-2	268
15	16	Southwestern (Kan.)	6-1	230
16	T-20	College of Idaho	5-1	228
17	17	Southeastern (Fla.)	5-1	215
18	18	Georgetown (Ky.)	5-2	204
19	23	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	5-1	170
20	15	Montana Western	4-3	157
21	25	William Penn (Iowa)	6-1	153
22	T-20	McPherson (Kan.)	6-1	120
23	RV	Concordia (Neb.)	5-1	107
24	RV	Northwestern (Iowa)	4-3	98
T-25	19	Texas Wesleyan	4-3	77
T-25	RV	Bethel (Tenn.)	3-2	77

Receiving Votes: Kansas Wesleyan 65, Evangel (Mo.) 53, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 43, Saint Francis (Ind.) 41, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 19, Peru State (Neb.) 15, Cumberland (Tenn.) 8, Faulkner (Ala.) 7, Florida Memorial 6, Midland (Neb.) 5, Dakota State (S.D.) 4, Reinhardt (Ga.) 4, Baker (Kan.) 2.
Dropped out of Top 25: MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Saint Francis (Ind.)