Season's Final Flag Football Poll Remains Largely Unchanged as Conference Tournaments Begin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Warner (Fla.) held on to the top spot in the NAIA Women's Flag Football Top 10 with a 26-13 win over Keiser No. 3 Keiser (Fla.) on April 11, securing an undefeated regular season at 18-0 and the top seed in The Sun Conference Women's Flag Football Championship, which begins Thursday, April 23.
The four teams behind Warner also held their spots, including Ottawa (Kan.), the top seed in this week's KCAC Women's Flag Football Championship, one ahead of Keiser after what was the Seahawks' second loss of the season. Ottawa is 12-1, the lone blemish in a non-conference game against Kansas Wesleyan (10-2), as the Coyotes remained No. 4 in the final edition of the poll for the 2026 season. KWU closed the regular season with a 40-point win over Graceland (Iowa) and swept players of the week, including Aliyah Wood, who claimed the second 200-yard receiving performance of the 2026 season in the NAIA.
Hope International (Calif.), at 12-2, rounded out the top five before the poll's first change from April 9, as Baker (Kan.) moved up to No. 6, two spots from an April 9 tie for eighth. The Wildcats are the No. 2 seed in the KCAC tournament.
The only other undefeated team in the NAIA is No. 7 Milligan (Tenn.), after a 20-0 regular season, followed by Saint Francis (Ind.), which moved up to No. 8, two spots ahead of the Cougars' position April 9. St. Thomas (Fla.) rounded out the poll at No. 10. Both USF and STU finished the regular season at 10-4.
Thursday's poll was the final top 10 of the 2026 season, prior to the Inaugural NAIA Women's Flag Football Invitational, which will take place May 6-9 in Bradenton, Fla.
| Rank | Last | Trend | Institution [First-Place Votes] | W-L | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ● | 
|
Warner (Fla.) [7] | 18-0 | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | ● | 
|
Ottawa (Kan.) | 12-1 | 63 |
| 3 | 3 | ● | 
|
Keiser (Fla.) | 12-2 | 55 |
| 4 | 4 | ● | 
|
Kansas Wesleyan | 10-2 | 46 |
| 5 | 5 | ● | 
|
Hope International (Calif.) | 12-2 | 41 |
| 6 | T-8 | ▲ | 
|
Baker (Kan.) | 12-2 | 29 |
| 7 | 7 | ● | 
|
Milligan (Tenn.) | 20-0 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | ▼ | 
|
Webber International (Fla.) | 11-5 | 24 |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ | 
|
Saint Francis (Ind.) | 10-4 | 15 |
| 10 | T-8 | ▼ | 
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) | 10-4 | 14 |
Receiving Votes: La Sierra (Calif.) 2, Life (Ga.) 1.
Key: RV - Receiving Votes, NR - Not Ranked, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady
The poll is voted on by the NAIA Women's Flag Football National Selection Committee, a panel of administrators from NAIA campuses and conferences participating in NAIA Women's Flag Football.
