Last year’s National Runner-up Mobile (13-2) has moved up to No. 1 in the first regular season NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Rams were previously No. 2 in the preseason poll.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes} | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Mobile (Ala.) [16] | 13-2 | 527 |
| 2 | 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 5-1 | 476 |
| 3 | 5 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 5-3 | 462 |
| 4 | RV | Texas A&M Texarkana [1] | 15-0 | 454 |
| 5 | 7 | Oregon Tech | 12-5 | 452 |
| 6 | 1 | Oklahoma City [2] | 13-5 | 435 |
| 7 | 15 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 16-4 | 415 |
| 8 | 3 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 9-5 | 406 |
| 9 | 10 | Southern Oregon | 12-4 | 398 |
| 10 | NR | Baker (Kan.) | 13-2 | 385 |
| 11 | 14 | Georgia Gwinnett | 13-4 | 369 |
| 12 | 13 | College of Idaho | 16-2 | 342 |
| 13 | 24 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 17-2 | 333 |
| 14 | 11 | Grand View (Iowa) | 14-3 | 294 |
| 15 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-4 | 283 |
| 16 | 4 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 7-8 | 267 |
| 17 | NR | Northwestern (Iowa) | 16-0 | 252 |
| 18 | 9 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 5-3 | 233 |
| 19 | NR | Ottawa (Kan.) | 13-3 | 201 |
| 20 | 8 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 8-4 | 189 |
| 21 | 19 | Eastern Oregon | 12-6 | 187 |
| 22 | NR | Middle Georgia State | 14-2 | 181 |
| 23 | 17 | Marian (Ind.) | 1-1 | 170 |
| 24 | 20 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 10-6-1 | 130 |
| 25 | 18 | Coastal Georgia | 9-4 | 128 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Jessup (Calif.), Midland (Neb.), Columbia (Mo.), Webber International (Fla.), Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Others Receiving Votes: Jessup (Calif.) 116, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 75, Oklahoma Wesleyan 73, Hope International (Calif.) 61, Midland (Neb.) 33, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 23, St. Francis (Ill.) 23, Bellevue (Neb.) 17, Michigan-Dearborn 17, Missouri Baptist 14, Reinhardt (Ga.) 7, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 7, Vanguard (Calif.) 6, St. Mary of the Woods (Ind.) 3, Arizona Christian 3.