Dordt Defenders NAIA College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Dordt

Defenders

Superior

A- Overall Grade 91

The Favorite

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

5-2 Record

71.4% Win %

#20 NAIA Rank#362 nat'l

40.4 Pts / Game

W 4 Streak

Next Up:
at Mount Marty, Sat Oct 24

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	5-2	71.4%	#20

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
303	Morningside	6	1	6
362	Dordt	5	2	26
375	Midland U.	6	1	1
386	Northwestern IA	6	2	42
561	Concordia NE	3	3	1
573	Hastings	3	3	86
587	Dakota Wesleyan	4	4	50
643	Mount Marty	3	5	13
703	Doane	1	5	9
709	Briar Cliff	1	6	11
750	Waldorf	0	7	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Aug 28	at #13 Indiana Wesleyan (6-1) (#291 nationally) Mid-States	L31-38
Sat Sep 5	vs Hastings (3-3) Great Plains	W41-7
Sat Sep 19	vs #14 Morningside (6-1) (#303 nationally) Great Plains	L31-35
Sat Sep 26	at Concordia NE (3-3) Great Plains	W51-21
Sat Oct 3	at #22 Midland U. (6-1) (#375 nationally) Great Plains	W42-17
Sat Oct 10	vs Doane (1-5) Great Plains	W38-3
Sat Oct 17	vs Briar Cliff (1-6) Great Plains	W49-3