Montana Tech Orediggers Climb To No. 12 In GoRout Top 25 Football Ratings

The following is a release from the Montana Tech Sports Information Department:

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- For the third straight week the Orediggers of Montana Tech have climbed in the GoRout Top 25 Football Ratings. After a week three bye, Montana Tech has jumped from No. 15 up to No. 12.

The Frontier Conference is incredibly well represented, with Montana Western at No. 4, the College of Idaho at No. 9, the Orediggers at No. 12, and Southern Oregon at No. 20.

For the third straight edition, Keiser (Fla.) leads all teams in the NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 Ratings, gathering 15 of 17 first place votes. The other two were given to Northwestern (Iowa) who is second while Grand View (Iowa) bumps up to third after winning their 51st straight regular season game. Montana Western leaps up five spots to now sit in fourth followed by Marian (Ind.) who slips one rank.

Rating Methodology:

The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place, 23 for third-place and so on through the list.
The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."

RANK	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [1st-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Keiser (Fla.) [15]	3-0	374
2	2	Northwestern (Iowa) [2]	2-0	361
3	4	Grand View (Iowa)	2-0	345
4	9	Montana Western	2-0	319
5	6	Marian (Ind.)	2-0	314
6	7	Bethel (Tenn.)	3-0	292
7	5	Indiana Wesleyan	2-1	283
8	10	St. Thomas (Fla.)	2-0	281
9	3	College of Idaho	2-1	266
10	12	Dordt (Iowa)	1-0	222
11	8	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	1-1	211
12	15	Montana Tech	2-0	203
13	14	Morningside (Iowa)	2-1	197
14	12	Benedictine (Kan.)	2-1	171
15	11	Georgetown (Ky.)	1-2	166
16	16	Evangel (Mo.)	3-0	154
17	18	Baker (Kan.)	2-0	141
18	19	Texas Wesleyan	3-0	124
19	20	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	2-0	109
20	23	Southern Oregon	2-0	83
21	21	Friends (Kan.)	3-0	78
22	16	Dickinson State (N.D.)	2-1	68
23	25	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	2-1	38
24	RV	Southwestern (Kan.)	3-0	22
25	RV	St. Francis (Ill.)	2-0	20

Dropped From Top 25: Reinhardt (Ga.), OUAZ (Ariz.)

Receiving Votes: OUAZ (Ariz.), Southeastern (Fla.), Campbellsville (Ky.)

Montana Tech is back in action this Saturday at Eastern Oregon University, kickoff 1PM Pacific Time, 2PM Mountain Time.

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