Dordt Defenders NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Dordt

Defenders

Superior

A- Overall Grade 91

The Favorite

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Heating Up

6-2 Record

75% Win %

#21 NAIA Rank#345 nat'l

40.5 Pts / Game

W 5 Streak

Next Up:
vs Waldorf, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: NAIA (National)

Dordt Defenders has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2008-09 through 2026-27.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2008-09	1-10	9.1%	—
2009-10	1-10	9.1%	—
2010-11	0-10	0.0%	#70
2011-12	2-9	18.2%	#70
2012-13	1-10	9.1%	#78
2013-14	2-9	18.2%	#73
2014-15	2-9	18.2%	#82
2015-16	2-9	18.2%	#78
2016-17	5-6	45.5%	#47
2017-18	5-5	50.0%	#39
2018-19	7-3	70.0%	#12
2019-20	7-4	63.6%	#21
2020-21	8-3	72.7%	#16
2021-22	7-3	70.0%	#16
2022-23	7-3	70.0%	#11
2023-24	9-3	75.0%	#16
2024-25	8-2	80.0%	#14
2025-26	9-2	81.8%	#11
2026-27	6-2	75.0%	#21

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
279	Morningside	7	1	24
342	Midland U.	7	1	33
345	Dordt	6	2	17
375	Northwestern IA	7	2	11
560	Concordia NE	3	4	1
570	Dakota Wesleyan	4	4	17
571	Hastings	3	4	2
637	Mount Marty	3	6	6
661	Doane	2	5	42
722	Briar Cliff	1	7	13
746	Waldorf	0	8	4

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Aug 28	at #11 Indiana Wesleyan (7-1) (#277 nationally) Mid-States	L31-38
Sat Sep 5	vs Hastings (3-4) Great Plains	W41-7
Sat Sep 19	vs #12 Morningside (7-1) (#279 nationally) Great Plains	L31-35
Sat Sep 26	at Concordia NE (3-4) Great Plains	W51-21
Sat Oct 3	at #19 Midland U. (7-1) (#342 nationally) Great Plains	W42-17
Sat Oct 10	vs Doane (2-5) Great Plains	W38-3
Sat Oct 17	vs Briar Cliff (1-7) Great Plains	W49-3
Sat Oct 24	at Mount Marty (3-6) Great Plains	W41-13