Back-to-Back National Champion Grand View (Iowa) Tops 2025 Postseason NAIA Football Poll
Jan 05, 2026
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.
|
Trend |
Rank |
Last |
|
Institution [1st-Place Votes] |
Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | 1 | 1 | 
|
Grand View (Iowa) [16] | 14-0 | 436 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | 
|
Keiser (Fla.) | 12-1 | 422 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | 
|
Benedictine (Kan.) | 12-1 | 407 |
| ▲ | 4 | 9 | 
|
College of Idaho | 11-2 | 395 |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | 
|
Montana Tech | 12-1 | 373 |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | 
|
Friends (Kan.) | 12-1 | 368 |
| ● | 7 | 7 | 
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10-2 | 357 |
| ● | 8 | 8 | 
|
Morningside (Iowa) | 9-3 | 330 |
| ▲ | 9 | 11 | 
|
Dordt (Iowa) | 10-1 | 310 |
| ● | 10 | 10 | 
|
Indiana Wesleyan | 9-3 | 301 |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | 
|
Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-3 | 279 |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | 
|
William Penn (Iowa) | 11-2 | 276 |
| ● | 13 | 13 | 
|
Carroll (Mont.) | 9-3 | 273 |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 9-3 | 250 |
| ▼ | 15 | 6 | 
|
Marian (Ind.) | 8-4 | 246 |
| ▲ | 16 | 19 | 
|
Saint Francis (Ind.) | 10-3 | 217 |
| ▼ | 17 | 16 | 
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) | 7-4 | 215 |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | 
|
Montana Western | 7-3 | 195 |
| ▲ | 19 | 21 | 
|
Evangel (Mo.) | 9-3 | 183 |
| ▼ | 20 | 18 | 
|
Georgetown (Ky.) | 7-3 | 175 |
| ▲ | 21 | T-22 | 
|
Southwestern (Kan.) | 8-3 | 142 |
| ● | 22 | T-22 | 
|
McPherson (Kan.) | 9-2 | 136 |
| ▲ | 23 | RV | 
|
Reinhardt (Ga.) | 7-4 | 125 |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | 
|
Texas Wesleyan | 7-5 | 111 |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | 
|
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
