KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The final Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 sees five Frontier Conference teams ranked inside the top 25, announced by the national office Sunday evening as the postseason gets underway next weekend for the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round.

Montana Tech was one of the top four teams that held steady in the final release, while Dakota State (S.D.) climbed into the top 25 at No. 24.

Several teams climbed in the final edition, but none as much as the four-spot jump from the College of Idaho from No. 13 to No. 9.

The Orediggers finished their regular season with an undefeated 11-0 record and ranked at No. 4, breaking away the tie with Friends (Kan.), which is also 11-0 and at No. 5. Tech collected 388 points to the final regular-season national poll.

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