Keiser (Fla.) Tops 2025-26 NAIA Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) will begin the 2026 Women's Tennis season as the top-ranked team in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll, six points and four first-place votes in front of defending national champion and No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett.
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), an NAIA semifinalist from a season ago, is the No. 3 team in the poll, followed by William Carey (Miss.), at No. 4, and the team that eliminated William Carey in last season's championship, semifinalist Tennessee Wesleyan, at No. 5.
This week's poll is the only fall poll of the 2025-26 season, with the first regular-season edition of the poll slated for Wednesday, February 11.
| RANK | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Keiser (Fla.) [8] | 15-3 | 296 |
| 2 | 
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Georgia Gwinnett (Ga.) [4] | 17-2 | 290 |
| 3 | 
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Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 18-3 | 261 |
| 4 | 
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William Carey (Miss.) | 15-2 | 257 |
| 5 | 
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Tennessee Wesleyan (Tenn.) | 17-5 | 252 |
| 6 | 
|
Loyola (La.) | 17-6 | 239 |
| 7 | 
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 17-7 | 227 |
| 8 | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 19-8 | 220 |
| 9 | 
|
Xavier (La.) | 14-11 | 218 |
| 10 | 
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LSU Alexandria (La.) | 9-6 | 201 |
| 11 | 
|
Marian (Ind.) | 15-9 | 188 |
| 12 |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 12-9 | 186 |
| 13 | 
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) | 9-6 | 179 |
| 14 | 
|
Dillard (La.) | 13-12 | 155 |
| 15 | 
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) | 18-6 | 149 |
| 16 | 
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St. Thomas (Fla.) | 9-9 | 141 |
| 17 | 
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 11-13 | 133 |
| 18 | 
|
Louisiana Christian | 12-10 | 111 |
| 19 | 
|
Indiana Wesleyan | 20-8 | 97 |
| 20 | 
|
Oakland City (Ind.) | 15-5 | 90 |
| 21 | 
|
William Woods (Mo.) | 11-11 | 87 |
| 22 | 
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Bethel (Ind.) | 14-1 | 73 |
| 23 | 
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Cumberland (Tenn.) | 11-9 | 55 |
| 24 | 
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LSU Shreveport (La.) | 8-5 | 51 |
| 25 | 
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Morningside (Iowa) | 18-6 | 36 |
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 35, McPherson (Kan.) 31, Mobile (Ala.) 18, Grace (Ind.) 15, Bethel (Kan.) 15, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 14, Missouri Baptist 12, Huntington (Ind.) 11, Concordia (Neb.) 11, OUAZ (Ariz.) 10, Campbellsville (Ky.) 8, Oklahoma Wesleyan 7, Arizona Christian 6, Pikeville (Ky.) 2, Lawrence (Mich.) 2.
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.
