Louisiana Christian Makes Three-Spot Jump, Keiser (Fla.) Remains No. 1 in Women’s Tennis Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Louisiana Christian made the most significant upward movement in the third installment of the 2026 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, climbing to No. 15 from No. 18 in a poll that saw little movement since the last edition, in February. No. 1 through No. 7 stayed the same, as Keiser (Fla.) claimed all 12 first-place votes to remain atop the poll.
One team moved into the poll, Texas A&M-Texarkana, at No. 25, and there’s one tie, between Georgia Gwinnett and Our Lady of the Lake (Texas), at No. 16. The next poll is scheduled for March 25.
| Rank |
Last Time |
Trend |
|
Institution [First-Place Votes] |
Points |
| 1 |
1 |
● |
|
Keiser (Fla.) [12] |
300 |
| 2 |
2 |
● |
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
290 |
| 3 |
3 |
● |
|
Tennessee Wesleyan |
280 |
| 4 |
4 |
● |
|
Southeastern (Fla.) |
270 |
| 5 |
5 |
● |
|
William Carey (Miss.) |
260 |
| 6 |
6 |
● |
|
Xavier (La.) |
248 |
| 7 |
7 |
● |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
230 |
| 8 |
9 |
▲ |
|
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
226 |
| 9 |
8 |
▼ |
|
Loyola (La.) |
221 |
| 10 |
10 |
● |
|
Marian (Ind.) |
209 |
| 11 |
12 |
▲ |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
208 |
| 12 |
11 |
▼ |
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
190 |
| 13 |
13 |
● |
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
183 |
| 14 |
15 |
▲ |
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
157 |
| 15 |
18 |
▲ |
|
Louisiana Christian |
148 |
| T-16 |
14 |
▼ |
|
Georgia Gwinnett (Ga.) |
144 |
| T-16 |
17 |
▲ |
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
144 |
| 18 |
16 |
▼ |
|
Dillard (La.) |
137 |
| 19 |
19 |
● |
|
William Woods (Mo.) |
116 |
| 20 |
21 |
▲ |
|
Indiana Wesleyan |
94 |
| 21 |
20 |
▼ |
|
Morningside (Iowa) |
93 |
| 22 |
22 |
● |
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
90 |
| 23 |
23 |
● |
|
Bethel (Ind.) |
78 |
| 24 |
24 |
● |
|
Oakland City (Ind.) |
54 |
| 25 |
RV |
▲ |
|
Texas A&M-Texarkana |
47 |
Dropped from Top 25: LSU Shreveport (La.)
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Kan.) 40, LSU Shreveport (La.) 29, Bethel (Tenn.) 26, Stanton (Calif.) 16, Coastal Georgia 14, Grace (Ind.) 9, McPherson (Kan.) 9, Missouri Baptist 7, Mobie (Ala.) 6, Huntington (Ind.) 3, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3.
Key: Steady●| Climbed ▲ | Dropped ▼
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 the Preseason Poll, there is no “previous ranking” column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
<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>
