2026 NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship Field Released

Apr 28, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 24-team field for the 74th Annual UTR Sports NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship. The event will be held at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala., from May 12-16, for the 22nd consecutive year (the 2020 event was canceled due to COVID-19).

The field consists of 12 automatic berths and 12 at-large selections. Automatic qualifications are granted to conference tournament champions, while at-large teams were determined by the NAIA Tennis National Selection Committee (NSC). The NSC consists of coaches and administrators from around the country.

Georgia Gwinnett enters the championship as the No. 1 seed and will look for its 11th Red Banner.

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) has the most tournament appearances in the field with 23. New College of Florida, Loyola (La.), Bethel (Kan.) and Saint Mary (Kan.) are each attending the tennis national championship for the first time in their program's history.

The Sun Conference has the most representation at the event with five teams.

For more information on the 2026 NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship, click HERE.

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INSTITUTION	CONFERENCE	QUALIFICATION
Georgia Gwinnett	Continental Athletic Conference	At-Large
Tennessee Wesleyan	Appalachian Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Keiser (Fla.)	The Sun Conference	Tournament Champion
William Carey (Miss.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Southeastern (Fla.)	The Sun Conference	At-Large
Xavier (La.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	Tournament Champion
Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South Conference	At-Large
Holy Cross (Ind.)	Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Huntington (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
Morningside (Iowa)	Great Plains Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Missouri Baptist	Heart of America Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Dillard (La.)	HBCU Athletic Conference	At-Large
Grace (Ind.)	Crossroads League	Tournament Champion
New College of Florida	The Sun Conference	At-Large
William Woods (Mo.)	Heart of America Athletic Conference	At-Large
St. Thomas (Fla.)	The Sun Conference	At-Large
Arizona Christian	Great Southwest Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Loyola (La.)	Southern States Athletic Conference	At-Large
Coastal Georgia	The Sun Conference	At-Large
Marian (Ind.)	Crossroads League	At-Large
Bethel (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Champion
Oakland City (Ind.)	River States Conference	Tournament Champion
Saint Mary (Kan.)	Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Tournament Runner-Up


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  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rank</th>
      <th>University</th>
      <th>Points</th>
    </tr>
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  <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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