Penn, who was 7-5 this past fall (5-2 MWL), is ranked 30th in the division with one vote. The team opened the 2009 campaign 32nd in the preseason poll and received votes four times during the regular season.

Two-time defending national champion Sioux Falls (S.D.) tops the NAIA's poll with 418 points and all 18 first-place votes. Lindenwood (Mo.) is second, while Carroll (Mont.), Saint Xavier (Ill.), and Morningside round out the top five.

McKendree (Ill.) leads the Midwest League at #9, while Grand View is #21. Morningside is the top Iowa program at #5, while Northwestern is 25th.

NAIA Football Postseason Rating - January 11, 2010
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
(Iowa Institutions bolded)
1. Sioux Falls (S.D.) (18)
2. Lindenwood (Mo.)
3. Carroll (Mont.)
4. Saint Xavier (Ill.)
5. Morningside
6. Lambuth (Tenn.)
6. Ottawa (Kan.)
8. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
9. McKendree (Ill.)
10. Missouri Valley
11. Cumberlands (Ky.)
12. McPherson (Kan.)
13. Hastings (Neb.)
14. Minot State (N.D.)
15. Friends (Kan.)
16. Walsh (Ohio)
17. St. Francis (Ind.)
18. Dickinson State (N.D.)
19. Langston (Okla.)
20. Taylor (Ind.)
21. Grand View
22. Eastern Oregon
23. Baker (Kan.)
24. Ohio Dominican
25. Northwestern

Others receiving votes: Black Hills State (S.D.) 5; Georgetown (Ky.) 4; Montana Tech 3; Campbellsville (Ky.) 3; William Penn 1.