After rolling through the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament to claim the championship last week, Mobile (46-2) held tight to the No. 1 spot in the final NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll. They received 16 of the 18 first-place votes. No. 2 Oklahoma City (42-5) received the other two.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Mobile (Ala.) [16] | 46-2 | 497 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma City [2] | 42-5 | 479 |
| 3 | 4 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 45-3 | 467 |
| 4 | 3 | Oregon Tech | 43-10 | 447 |
| 5 | 5 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 44-7 | 440 |
| 6 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 45-9 | 401 |
| 7 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 46-8 | 397 |
| 8 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 46-10 | 390 |
| 9 | 9 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 35-4 | 388 |
| 10 | 11 | Grand View (Iowa) | 40-6 | 348 |
| 11 | 18 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 43-8 | 315 |
| 12 | 15 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 35-13 | 284 |
| 12 | 15 | Georgia Gwinnett | 32-18 | 284 |
| 14 | 17 | Marian (Ind.) | 38-9 | 271 |
| 15 | RV | Eastern Oregon | 39-13 | 247 |
| 16 | 12 | Coastal Georgia | 37-10 | 241 |
| 17 | 25 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 41-9 | 239 |
| 18 | 19 | Columbia (Mo.) | 28-10 | 228 |
| 19 | 20 | Madonna (Mich.) | 29-5 | 204 |
| 20 | 7 | College of Idaho | 37-13 | 202 |
| 21 | 22 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 35-14 | 181 |
| 22 | 13 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 37-11 | 166 |
| 23 | 21 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 34-7 | 164 |
| 24 | 24 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 37-3 | 144 |
| 25 | 23 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 32-6 | 142 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Aquinas (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: Ottawa (Kan.) 90, William Jessup (Calif.) 73, Midland (Neb.) 53, Bellevue (Neb.) 25, Vanguard (Calif.) 21, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 20, Rio Grande (Ohio) 19, Cumberlands (Ky.) 16, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 14, Bryan (Tenn.) 8, Webber International (Fla.) 7, Cottey (Mo.) 5, Oklahoma Panhandle State 5.