The latest NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll has a traditional power back atop it. Oklahoma City (25-2) took over the top spot with six first-place votes to bump previous No. 1 Oregon Tech (33-6) to second as the Owls garnered five first-place votes. Undefeated Mobile (32-0) is gaining steam coming in at No. 3 with eight first-place votes.
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 2 | Oklahoma City [6] | 25-2 | 510 |
2 | 1 | Oregon Tech [5] | 33-6 | 509 |
3 | 6 | Mobile (Ala.) [8] | 32-0 | 499 |
4 | 3 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 33-3 | 488 |
5 | 4 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 29-6 | 458 |
6 | 5 | College of Idaho | 28-6 | 451 |
7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 32-5 | 426 |
8 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 25-5 | 405 |
9 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 29-9 | 392 |
10 | 10 | Coastal Georgia | 29-4 | 376 |
11 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 17-4 | 375 |
12 | 13 | Grand View (Iowa) | 17-5 | 326 |
13 | 14 | Texas A&M Texarkana | 25-7 | 318 |
14 | 15 | Georgia Gwinnett | 25-13 | 287 |
15 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 26-12 | 285 |
16 | 18 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 22-4 | 264 |
17 | 12 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 24-10 | 253 |
18 | 16 | Marian (Ind.) | 18-5 | 247 |
19 | 20 | Madonna (Mich.) | 16-2 | 198 |
20 | 19 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 28-7 | 196 |
21 | 21 | Columbia (Mo.) | 16-10 | 167 |
22 | 22 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 19-8-1 | 160 |
23 | NR | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 26-2 | 135 |
24 | RV | Tennessee Wesleyan | 24-3 | 122 |
24 | 25 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 15-5 | 122 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Morningside (Iowa), William Jessup (Calif.)
Others Receiving Votes: Morningside (Iowa) 107, William Jessup (Calif.) 99, Vanguard (Calif.) 45, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 30, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 30, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 26, Rio Grande (Ohio) 26, Cottey (Mo.) 18, Bellevue (Neb.) 17, Eastern Oregon 15, Oklahoma Panhandle State 11, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7, Midland (Neb.) 5, Webber International (Fla.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3.