Northwestern IA Raiders NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Northwestern IA

Raiders

Superior

B+ Overall Grade 89

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Heating Up

Consistency King

Dark Horse

7-2 Record

77.8% Win %

#26 NAIA Rank#375 nat'l

38.2 Pts / Game

W 5 Streak

Next Up:
at Dakota Wesleyan, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: NAIA (National)

Northwestern IA Raiders has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning 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
2007-08	8-2	80.0%	—
2008-09	7-3	70.0%	—
2009-10	7-3	70.0%	—
2010-11	8-2	80.0%	#5
2011-12	9-2	81.8%	#21
2012-13	9-3	75.0%	#15
2013-14	8-3	72.7%	#19
2014-15	8-3	72.7%	#34
2015-16	6-4	60.0%	#48
2016-17	4-6	40.0%	#33
2017-18	10-2	83.3%	#7
2018-19	9-2	81.8%	#4
2019-20	9-2	81.8%	#12
2020-21	11-2	84.6%	#3
2021-22	12-2	85.7%	#5
2022-23	13-1	92.9%	#1
2023-24	14-1	93.3%	#1
2024-25	9-3	75.0%	#8
2025-26	6-4	60.0%	#33
2026-27	7-2	77.8%	#26

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
Thu Aug 27	at Western Illinois (4-4) (FCS) OVC · FCS	L14-65
Sat Sep 5	at #12 Morningside (7-1) (#279 nationally) Great Plains	W43-35
Sat Sep 12	vs Mount Marty (3-6) Great Plains	W35-33
Sat Sep 19	vs #19 Midland U. (7-1) (#342 nationally) Great Plains	L16-28
Sat Sep 26	at Hastings (3-4) Great Plains	W33-26
Sat Oct 3	vs Concordia NE (3-4) Great Plains	W38-24
Sat Oct 10	at Briar Cliff (1-7) Great Plains	W52-0
Sat Oct 17	vs Doane (2-5) Great Plains	W45-17
Sat Oct 24	at Waldorf (0-8) Great Plains	W68-10