| NAIA teams | |||||||||
| 2005 Season | |||||||||
| Rank | Team | Conference | W | L | T | Net | Score | Win | |
| 1 | Carroll (Montana) | Frontier | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41.83 | 39.51 | 2.32 | |
| 2 | Saint Francis (IN) | Mid-States - Mideast | 13 | 1 | 0 | 37.14 | 36.72 | 0.42 | |
| 3 | Morningside | Great Plains | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31.02 | 28.12 | 2.90 | |
| 4 | Sioux Falls | Great Plains | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28.51 | 26.17 | 2.34 | |
| 5 | Saint Xavier | Mid-States - Midwest | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21.46 | 16.38 | 5.08 | |
| 6 | Georgetown (KY) | Mid-South | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21.42 | 19.94 | 1.48 | |
| 7 | Tabor | Kansas | 11 | 1 | 0 | 21.22 | 13.92 | 7.30 | |
| 8 | McKendree | Mid-States - Midwest | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21.04 | 18.62 | 2.42 | |
| 9 | Montana Tech | Frontier | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19.12 | 14.30 | 4.82 | |
| 10 | Evangel | Heart of America | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17.74 | 10.07 | 7.67 | |
| 11 | Azusa Pacific | X_Independents | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17.68 | 11.41 | 6.27 | |
| 12 | Graceland | Heart of America | 9 | 3 | 0 | 17.01 | 12.79 | 4.22 | |
| 13 | Webber International | X_Independents | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16.90 | 12.19 | 4.71 | |
| 14 | Walsh | Mid-States - Mideast | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16.19 | 13.61 | 2.58 | |
| 15 | Saint Ambrose | Mid-States - Midwest | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15.08 | 10.05 | 5.03 | |
| 16 | Northwestern (IA) | Great Plains | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14.40 | 15.69 | (1.29) | |
| 17 | Geneva | Mid-States - Mideast | 8 | 4 | 0 | 13.96 | 9.94 | 4.02 | |
| 18 | Langston | Central States | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13.56 | 14.61 | (1.05) | |
| 19 | Dickinson State | Dakota | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11.76 | 15.64 | (3.88) | |
| 20 | Eastern Oregon | X_Independents | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11.61 | 4.32 | 7.29 | |
| 21 | MidAmerica Nazarene | Heart of America | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10.51 | 3.94 | 6.57 | |
| 22 | Bethel (TN) | Mid-South | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9.74 | 10.65 | (0.91) | |
| 23 | Mary | X_Independents | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9.32 | 7.88 | 1.44 | |
| 24 | Valley City State | Dakota | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9.30 | 7.57 | 1.73 | |
| 25 | Friends | Kansas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9.10 | 10.40 | (1.30) | |
| 26 | Cumberlands (KY) | Mid-South | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9.02 | 1.77 | 7.25 | |
| 27 | Montana State - Northern | Frontier | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9.01 | 9.54 | (0.53) | |
| 28 | Lindenwood | Heart of America | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8.97 | 5.96 | 3.01 | |
| 29 | William Penn | Mid-States - Midwest | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8.26 | 6.56 | 1.70 | |
| 30 | Pikeville | Mid-South | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7.71 | 2.16 | 5.55 | |
| 31 | Black Hills State | Dakota | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6.92 | 6.45 | 0.47 | |
| 32 | Texas College | Central States | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6.74 | 8.22 | (1.48) | |
| 33 | William Jewell | Heart of America | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6.41 | 2.62 | 3.79 | |
| 34 | Olivet Nazarene | Mid-States - Midwest | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6.20 | 6.32 | (0.12) | |
| 35 | Kansas Wesleyan | Kansas | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5.86 | (1.55) | 7.41 | |
| 36 | Benedictine (KS) | Heart of America | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5.45 | 0.21 | 5.24 | |
| 37 | Quincy | Mid-States - Mideast | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4.72 | 4.17 | 0.55 | |
| 38 | Southern Nazarene | Central States | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.98 | 3.04 | 0.94 | |
| 39 | Concordia (AL) | X_Independents | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.87 | 0.95 | 2.92 | |
| 40 | Midland Lutheran | Great Plains | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2.75 | (0.56) | 3.31 | |
| 41 | Urbana | Mid-States - Mideast | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.86 | 0.79 | 1.07 | |
| 42 | NW Oklahoma State | Central States | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1.52 | 6.96 | (5.44) | |
| 43 | Missouri Valley | Heart of America | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.86 | 1.60 | (0.74) | |
| 44 | Sterling | Kansas | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.45 | (0.73) | 1.18 | |
| 45 | Union (KY) | Mid-South | 4 | 6 | 0 | (0.22) | (1.33) | 1.11 | |
| 46 | Bacone | Central States | 4 | 6 | 0 | (1.65) | (0.71) | (0.94) | |
| 47 | Minot State | Dakota | 4 | 6 | 0 | (2.45) | (0.46) | (1.99) | |
| 48 | Saint Mary | Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0 | (2.93) | (2.29) | (0.64) | |
| 49 | Concordia (Neb) | Great Plains | 4 | 6 | 0 | (2.94) | 2.21 | (5.15) | |
| 50 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Great Plains | 5 | 5 | 0 | (3.18) | (4.43) | 1.25 | |
| 51 | Hastings | Great Plains | 4 | 6 | 0 | (3.80) | 1.33 | (5.13) | |
| 52 | Montana - Western | Frontier | 2 | 9 | 0 | (3.88) | 0.54 | (4.42) | |
| 53 | Dana | Great Plains | 5 | 6 | 0 | (4.15) | (2.03) | (2.12) | |
| 54 | Trinity International | Mid-States - Midwest | 3 | 7 | 0 | (4.88) | (6.67) | 1.79 | |
| 55 | Belhaven | Mid-South | 5 | 6 | 0 | (5.89) | (4.35) | (1.54) | |
| 56 | Allen | X_Independents | 4 | 4 | 0 | (6.16) | (7.03) | 0.87 | |
| 57 | Jamestown | Dakota | 3 | 7 | 0 | (6.18) | 1.41 | (7.59) | |
| 58 | Ottawa | Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0 | (6.30) | (9.18) | 2.88 | |
| 59 | Dakota State | Dakota | 4 | 6 | 0 | (6.33) | (4.42) | (1.91) | |
| 60 | Edward Waters | X_Independents | 2 | 7 | 0 | (7.07) | (7.41) | 0.34 | |
| 61 | Malone | Mid-States - Mideast | 3 | 7 | 0 | (7.33) | (7.99) | 0.66 | |
| 62 | McPherson | Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0 | (7.64) | (11.31) | 3.67 | |
| 63 | Culver - Stockton | Heart of America | 3 | 7 | 0 | (7.97) | (8.86) | 0.89 | |
| 64 | Ohio Dominican | Mid-States - Mideast | 3 | 7 | 0 | (8.38) | (4.48) | (3.90) | |
| 65 | Southern Oregon | X_Independents | 1 | 9 | 0 | (8.41) | (0.01) | (8.40) | |
| 66 | Iowa Wesleyan | Mid-States - Midwest | 3 | 8 | 0 | (8.62) | (8.23) | (0.39) | |
| 67 | Lambuth | Mid-South | 5 | 6 | 0 | (8.96) | (9.54) | 0.58 | |
| 68 | Baker | Heart of America | 3 | 8 | 0 | (9.61) | (8.09) | (1.52) | |
| 69 | Central Methodist | Heart of America | 3 | 8 | 0 | (9.96) | (11.85) | 1.89 | |
| 70 | Bethel (KS) | Kansas | 3 | 7 | 0 | (10.05) | (2.09) | (7.96) | |
| 71 | Southwestern | Kansas | 3 | 7 | 0 | (10.11) | (5.92) | (4.19) | |
| 72 | Briar Cliff | Great Plains | 4 | 7 | 0 | (10.84) | (10.71) | (0.13) | |
| 73 | Paul Quinn | X_Independents | 2 | 7 | 0 | (12.10) | (9.45) | (2.65) | |
| 74 | Rocky Mountain | Frontier | 1 | 10 | 0 | (12.11) | (5.28) | (6.83) | |
| 75 | Virginia - Wise | Mid-South | 4 | 7 | 0 | (12.95) | (13.32) | 0.37 | |
| 76 | Saint Francis (IL) | Mid-States - Midwest | 2 | 9 | 0 | (14.19) | (16.92) | 2.73 | |
| 77 | Doane | Great Plains | 2 | 8 | 0 | (14.58) | (6.62) | (7.96) | |
| 78 | Shorter | Mid-South | 2 | 8 | 0 | (14.70) | (7.87) | (6.83) | |
| 79 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Mid-South | 3 | 7 | 0 | (14.75) | (12.28) | (2.47) | |
| 80 | Haskell Indian Nations | X_Independents | 4 | 7 | 0 | (15.87) | (20.58) | 4.71 | |
| 81 | Waldorf | X_Independents | 2 | 9 | 0 | (16.13) | (16.54) | 0.41 | |
| 82 | Seton Hill (PA) | Mid-States - Mideast | 1 | 9 | 0 | (16.81) | (8.57) | (8.24) | |
| 83 | Campbellsville | Mid-South | 2 | 8 | 0 | (17.60) | (15.52) | (2.08) | |
| 84 | Dakota Wesleyan | Great Plains | 1 | 9 | 0 | (18.40) | (8.07) | (10.33) | |
| 85 | Bethany (KS) | Kansas | 2 | 8 | 0 | (18.43) | (14.85) | (3.58) | |
| 86 | Southern Virginia | X_Independents | 2 | 5 | 0 | (19.17) | (14.88) | (4.29) | |
| 87 | Taylor | Mid-States - Mideast | 0 | 10 | 0 | (21.00) | (13.37) | (7.63) | |
| 88 | Mayville State | Dakota | 2 | 8 | 0 | (21.04) | (23.01) | 1.97 | |
| 89 | SW Assemblies of God | X_Independents | 2 | 8 | 0 | (22.87) | (18.48) | (4.39) | |
| 90 | Peru State | Central States | 1 | 10 | 0 | (23.29) | (19.57) | (3.72) | |
| 91 | Cumberland (TN) | Mid-South | 2 | 8 | 0 | (23.41) | (19.95) | (3.46) | |
| 92 | Avila | Heart of America | 0 | 10 | 0 | (25.30) | (23.87) | (1.43) | |
| 93 | South Dakota Tech | Dakota | 1 | 9 | 0 | (26.18) | (25.64) | (0.54) | |