{"id":1263,"date":"2021-08-02T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T03:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2021-08-02T22:42:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T03:42:12","slug":"lindsey-wilson-opens-preseason-atop-naia-football-firstdown-playbook-top-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Wilson opens preseason atop NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook Top 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>NAIA Communications<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>After winning its first-ever red banner in program history the Blue Raiders start the 2021 season in the No. 1 spot of the 2021 NAIA Coaches&#8217; Postseason Top 25 poll. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) finished last season with a record of 11-0 defeating Northwestern (Iowa) in the NAIA FCS National Championship Game. Rounding out the top five this week was Northwestern (Iowa), Morningside (Iowa), Keiser (Fla.) and Grand View (Iowa).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 NAIA Football Coaches&#8217; Top 25 Poll \u2013 Preseason<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Postseason Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School [First-Place Votes]<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [18]<\/td>\n<td>11-0<\/td>\n<td>418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Northwestern (Iowa)<\/td>\n<td>11-2<\/td>\n<td>402<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Morningside (Iowa)<\/td>\n<td>10-1<\/td>\n<td>386<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Keiser (Fla.)<\/td>\n<td>9-1<\/td>\n<td>366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Grand View (Iowa)<\/td>\n<td>7-1<\/td>\n<td>356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Concordia (Mich.)<\/td>\n<td>6-1<\/td>\n<td>338<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Baker (Kan.)<\/td>\n<td>7-1<\/td>\n<td>317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Reinhardt (Ga.)<\/td>\n<td>9-1<\/td>\n<td>310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Marian (Ind.)<\/td>\n<td>5-2<\/td>\n<td>286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>279<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Dickinson State (N.D.)<\/td>\n<td>9-1<\/td>\n<td>244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Bethel (Kan.)<\/td>\n<td>9-2<\/td>\n<td>232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Georgetown (Ky.)<\/td>\n<td>6-2<\/td>\n<td>220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Dordt (Iowa)<\/td>\n<td>8-3<\/td>\n<td>188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Arizona Christian<\/td>\n<td>9-2<\/td>\n<td>184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Saint Francis (Ind.)<\/td>\n<td>2-2<\/td>\n<td>180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Benedictine (Kan.)<\/td>\n<td>8-2<\/td>\n<td>174<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Eastern Oregon<\/td>\n<td>3-1<\/td>\n<td>143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>College of Idaho<\/td>\n<td>3-1<\/td>\n<td>131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Roosevelt (Ill.)<\/td>\n<td>6-1<\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Avila (Mo.)<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>Southeastern (Fla.)<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Ottawa (Ariz.)<\/td>\n<td>4-1<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Kansas Wesleyan<\/td>\n<td>8-2<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Southwestern (Kan.)<\/td>\n<td>7-2<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Receiving Votes:<\/strong>\u00a0Montana Western 30, Carroll (Mont.) 24, Valley City State (N.D.) 14, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 5.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIA Communications KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2013\u00a0After winning its first-ever red banner in program history the Blue Raiders start the 2021 season in the No. 1 spot<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,276,58,23],"tags":[37,277,9,59],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-lindsey-wilson","category-rankings","category-top-news","tag-football","tag-lindsey-wilson","tag-naia","tag-preseason-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}