Top Four Teams Hold Steady In Final Netting Professional Top 25 Poll of 2025

NAIA Staff

November 16, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The final Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll is here as the postseason gets underway next weekend for the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round. The top four teams in Grand View (Iowa), Keiser (Fla.), Benedictine (Kan.), and Montana Tech all held steady in the final release, while Dakota State (S.D.) and Texas Wesleyan climbed into the top 25, ranking No. 24 and No. 25, respectively.

Several teams climbed in the final edition, but none as much as the four-spot jump from the College of Idaho. The Fire rose three spots to No. 12, William Penn (Iowa), Georgetown (Ky.), and Saint Francis (Ind.) all climbed two.

Trend	Rank	Last	Institution [1st-Place Votes]	Record	Points
●	1	1	Grand View (Iowa) [15]	10-0	435
●	2	2	Keiser (Fla.) [1]	10-0	421
●	3	3	Benedictine (Kan.)	10-1	404
●	4	T-4	Montana Tech	11-0	388
▼	5	T-4	Friends (Kan.)	11-0	384
▲	6	7	Marian (Ind.)	10-1	363
▲	7	8	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	9-1	344
▲	8	9	Morningside (Iowa)	9-2	337
▲	9	13	College of Idaho	9-1	308
▲	10	T-11	Indiana Wesleyan	9-2	305
▼	11	6	Dordt (Iowa)	9-1	298
▲	12	15	Southeastern (Fla.)	8-2	261
▲	13	14	Carroll (Mont.)	8-2	251
▲	14	16	William Penn (Iowa)	10-1	244
▼	15	10	Campbellsville (Ky.)	8-2	234
▲	16	17	St. Thomas (Fla.)	7-3	222
▲	17	18	Montana Western	7-3	219
▲	18	20	Georgetown (Ky.)	7-3	205
▲	19	21	Saint Francis (Ind.)	9-2	174
▼	20	T-11	OUAZ (Ariz.)	8-1	170
▼	21	22	Evangel (Mo.)	9-2	154
▼	T-22	23	Southwestern (Kan.)	8-3	138
▼	T-22	24	McPherson (Kan.)	9-2	137
▲	24	RV	Dakota State (S.D.)	8-2	102
▲	25	RV	Texas Wesleyan	7-4	84
Dropped From Top 25: Saint Xavier (Ill.), Northwestern (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 73; Cumberland (Tenn.) 65; Concordia (Neb.) 59; Tylor (Ind.) 50; Northwestern (Iowa) 36; Louisiana Christian 23; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 19; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7; Baker (Kan.) 5; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 5

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>

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