Morningside (Iowa), SCAD Savannah (Ga.) Climb Four Spots as Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Picks Up Ground in Women’s Tennis Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) picked up ground on No. 1 Keiser (Fla.) by capturing three first-place votes in the fourth regular-season NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2026 campaign, as the top six teams remained unchanged in the final March edition of the Top 25.
The Blue Raiders are No. 2, behind the top-ranked Seahawks, with two big jumps, one in the top 10 as SCAD Savannah (Ga.) climbed from No. 11 to No. 7. The other, also a four-spot move, sent Morningside (Iowa) to No. 17, from No. 21. One new team entered the poll – Coastal Georgia at No. 25 – replacing William Woods (Mo.).
| Rank |
Last |
Trend |
|
Institution [First-Place Votes] |
Points |
| 1 |
1 |
● |
|
Keiser (Fla.) [9] |
297 |
| 2 |
2 |
● |
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [3] |
292 |
| 3 |
3 |
● |
|
Tennessee Wesleyan |
277 |
| 4 |
4 |
● |
|
Southeastern (Fla.) |
275 |
| 5 |
5 |
● |
|
William Carey (Miss.) |
260 |
| 6 |
6 |
● |
|
Xavier (La.) |
250 |
| 7 |
11 |
▲ |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
226 |
| 8 |
8 |
● |
|
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
224 |
| 9 |
7 |
▼ |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
217 |
| 10 |
9 |
▼ |
|
Loyola (La.) |
210 |
| 11 |
10 |
▼ |
|
Marian (Ind.) |
204 |
| 12 |
13 |
▲ |
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
188 |
| 13 |
14 |
▲ |
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
162 |
| 14 |
15 |
▲ |
|
Louisiana Christian |
160 |
| 15 |
12 |
▼ |
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
155 |
| 16 |
T-16 |
● |
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
146 |
| 17 |
21 |
▲ |
|
Morningside (Iowa) |
129 |
| 18 |
18 |
● |
|
Dillard (La.) |
117 |
| 19 |
22 |
▲ |
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
116 |
| 20 |
T-16 |
▼ |
|
Georgia Gwinnett |
87 |
| 21 |
20 |
▼ |
|
Indiana Wesleyan |
77 |
| 22 |
23 |
▲ |
|
Bethel (Ind.) |
67 |
| 23 |
25 |
▲ |
|
Texas A&M – Texarkana |
64 |
| 24 |
24 |
● |
|
Oakland City (Ind.) |
61 |
| 25 |
RV |
▲ |
|
Coastal Georgia |
55 |
Dropped from Top 25: William Woods (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 53, William Woods (Mo.) 52, Bethel (Kan.) 51, Bethel (Tenn.) 36, Goshen (Ind.) 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 18, Stanton (Calif.) 17, McPherson (Kan.) 16, Grace (Ind.) 14, Missouri Baptist 10, Campbellsville (Ky.) 9, Texas Wesleyan 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 5, Mobile (Ala.) 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>
