Langston Football Remains 8th in NAIA Coaches Top 25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- The Langston University football team remained in the No. 8 spot in the ninth edition of the 2017 NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced.  The Lions are currently 9-0/7-0 CSFL and ends the regular season at Wayland Baptist University on November 9.

The 2017 NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS) 16-team field and first round pairings will be announced Sunday at 4 p.m. CST via a video show on the NAIA official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/playnaia). Each conference champion rated in the top 20 (including ties) in the Final Coaches' Poll automatically qualifies for the FCS. The remaining at-large berths are awarded based on the final rating.

The Lions entered the eighth slot after tallying 255 total votes; Langston is the highest Central States Football League institution ranked, they trail No. 7 Baker (Kan.) 256 votes to 255 votes.

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

For the complete NAIA Football Coaches' Top 25 Poll, click here.

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