BALDWIN CITY, Kansas – After an impressive 3-0 start to the 2016 season, the Baker University football team climbed from number 5 to number 4 in the first NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 of the regular season.
The Wildcats are led by three-time consecutive Heart Offensive Player of the Week quarterback Logan Brettell who ranks number 1 in the NAIA in total offense with 1,177 yards and the Wildcats are number 1 in the nation in passing offense per game at 452.
Baker defeated then-number 6 Grand View, 36-13, to begin the season then followed that with a record-breaking 89-27 win over Culver-Stockton. In the win over CSC, Baker scored a school-record 75 points in the first half.
In week three, Baker defeated then-number 23 William Penn, 41-7, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Kicker Clarence Clark also is number 1 in the nation in total scoring for a kicker with 26 points.
The Wildcat offense is also the highest scoring team in the country with a total of 166 points scored.
The ‘Cats are joined by four other teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference in this week’s poll, including number 8 Grand View, number 15 Benedictine, number 16 Missouri Valley and number 18 MNU.
Baker will next face Graceland this Saturday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. in Lamoni, Iowa.
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2016 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Marian (Ind.) (15) | 2-0 | 340 |
| 2 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 1-0 | 325 |
| 3 | 4 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 3-0 | 314 |
| 4 | 5 | Baker (Kan.) | 3-0 | 303 |
| 5 | 9 | Doane (Neb.) | 2-0 | 273 |
| 5 | 11 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-0 | 273 |
| 7 | 12 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-0 | 254 |
| 8 | 6 | Grand View (Iowa) | 2-1 | 245 |
| 9 | 10 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 2-1 | 220 |
| 10 | NR | Eastern Oregon | 2-0 | 209 |
| 10 | 13 | Kansas Wesleyan | 3-0 | 209 |
| 12 | 2 | Southern Oregon | 0-2 | 206 |
| 13 | 7 | Montana Tech | 1-1 | 181 |
| 14 | 16 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 3-1 | 139 |
| 15 | 15 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 2-1 | 127 |
| 16 | NR | Missouri Valley | 3-0 | 125 |
| 17 | 8 | Tabor (Kan.) | 0-1 | 120 |
| 18 | 18 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 1-1 | 102 |
| 18 | NR | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 3-0 | 102 |
| 20 | NR | Concordia (Neb.) | 2-0 | 77 |
| 21 | 22 | Carroll (Mont.) | 1-1 | 66 |
| 22 | 25 | Montana Western | 2-1 | 61 |
| 22 | 21 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 2-1 | 61 |
| 24 | 19 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 1-1 | 50 |
| 25 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 2-1 | 38 |
Others Receiving Votes: Peru State (Neb.) 37; Southeastern (Fla.) 33; St. Francis (Ill.) 16; Sterling (Kan.) 14; Langston (Okla.) 10; Arizona Christian 6; Dakota State (S.D.) 4.
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