KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Marian football team jumped two places in the latest NAIA Coaches Top-25 Poll, with the Knights settling in at No. 21 in the first poll of the regular-season Netting Professionals rankings. 

Grand View (Iowa) collected all 16 first-place votes and is the unanimous No. 1, while Keiser, Benedictine, and Morningside remain in the top-four. Indiana Wesleyan moved into the top-five at the fifth position following their 2-1 start to the year.

The preseason MSFA favorites are the lone teams in the league to be ranked entering week three of the season. St. Francis (IN) dropped out of the top-25 and is the fourth team in the receiving votes list, while Taylor sits two spots behind. St. Francis (Ill.) and Olivet Nazarene are also receiving votes. 

The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration. A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.

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