KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Back-to-back national champion Grand View (Iowa) is No. 1 in the 2025 Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Postseason Poll after winning the 2025 NAIA Football National Championship 22-16, Dec. 20 over No. 2 Keiser (Fla.). Grand View garnered all 16 first-place votes in the postseason.
College of Idaho made the biggest jump within the top 10, after making the Semifinal Round, going from No. 9 to No. 4, while Campbellsville also made a four-spot move, up to No. 11 from No. 15. One team entered the Top 25, Reinhardt (Ga.) at No. 23.
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Trend
|
Rank
|
Last
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Institution [1st-Place Votes]
|
Record
|
Points
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| ● |
1 |
1 |
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Grand View (Iowa) [16] |
14-0 |
436 |
| ● |
2 |
2 |
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Keiser (Fla.) |
12-1 |
422 |
| ● |
3 |
3 |
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Benedictine (Kan.) |
12-1 |
407 |
| ▲ |
4 |
9 |
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College of Idaho |
11-2 |
395 |
| ▼ |
5 |
4 |
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Montana Tech |
12-1 |
373 |
| ▼ |
6 |
5 |
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Friends (Kan.) |
12-1 |
368 |
| ● |
7 |
7 |
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Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
10-2 |
357 |
| ● |
8 |
8 |
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Morningside (Iowa) |
9-3 |
330 |
| ▲ |
9 |
11 |
|
Dordt (Iowa) |
10-1 |
310 |
| ● |
10 |
10 |
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Indiana Wesleyan |
9-3 |
301 |
| ▲ |
11 |
15 |
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Campbellsville (Ky.) |
8-3 |
279 |
| ▲ |
12 |
14 |
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William Penn (Iowa) |
11-2 |
276 |
| ● |
13 |
13 |
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Carroll (Mont.) |
9-3 |
273 |
| ▼ |
14 |
12 |
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Southeastern (Fla.) |
9-3 |
250 |
| ▼ |
15 |
6 |
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Marian (Ind.) |
8-4 |
246 |
| ▲ |
16 |
19 |
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Saint Francis (Ind.) |
10-3 |
217 |
| ▼ |
17 |
16 |
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St. Thomas (Fla.) |
7-4 |
215 |
| ▼ |
18 |
17 |
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Montana Western |
7-3 |
195 |
| ▲ |
19 |
21 |
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Evangel (Mo.) |
9-3 |
183 |
| ▼ |
20 |
18 |
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Georgetown (Ky.) |
7-3 |
175 |
| ▲ |
21 |
T-22 |
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Southwestern (Kan.) |
8-3 |
142 |
| ● |
22 |
T-22 |
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McPherson (Kan.) |
9-2 |
136 |
| ▲ |
23 |
RV |
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Reinhardt (Ga.) |
7-4 |
125 |
| ▲ |
24 |
25 |
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Texas Wesleyan |
7-5 |
111 |
| ▼ |
25 |
24 |
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Dakota State (S.D.) |
8-2 |
106 |
| Dropped From Top 25: OUAZ (Ariz.) |
| Receiving Votes: OUAZ (Ariz.) 80, Cumberland (Tenn.) 62, Northwestern (Iowa) 56, Concordia (Neb.) 48, Taylor (Ind.) 31, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 22, Louisiana Christian 8, Baker (Kan.) 6. |
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For a complete look at the Netting Professionals NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll throughout the regular season, and for historical rankings, click here.
Key: RV – Receiving Votes, NR – Not Ranked, ▲– Climbed, ▼– Dropped, ● – Steady
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>University</th>
<th>Points</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.)</td><td>504</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.)</td><td>485</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Keiser University (Fla.)</td><td>456</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Bethel University (Ind.)</td><td>455</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)</td><td>407</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)</td><td>397</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Louisiana State University Shreveport (La.)</td><td>374</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.)</td><td>364</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>William Carey University (Miss.)</td><td>354</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Life University (Ga.)</td><td>351</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Cumberland University (Tenn.)</td><td>318</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.)</td><td>317</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Grand View University (Iowa)</td><td>281</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Bethel University (Tenn.)</td><td>270</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Madonna University (Mich.)</td><td>262</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>William Penn University (Iowa)</td><td>244</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Indiana Tech (Ind.)</td><td>229</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>West Virginia University Institute of Technology (W.Va.)</td><td>215</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Dalton State College (Ga.)</td><td>167</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Grace College (Ind.)</td><td>147</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Ottawa University (Kan.)</td><td>118</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Xavier University (La.)</td><td>108</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)</td><td>89</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.)</td><td>75</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>University of Northwestern Ohio (Ohio)</td><td>74</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
