KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two-time defending national champion Grand View (Iowa) will start 2026 where the Vikings left things in 2025, as the top-ranked team in the preseason edition of the 2026 STADIONIC-NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.
Two GPAC Teams are ranked in the top 10, Morningside is number 7, and Dordt is right behind in 8th. The Northwestern football team has been ranked No. 24. Concordia is receiving votes.
Following Grand View at the top, Keiser (Fla.), Benedictine (Kan.), College of Idaho, and Montana Tech, round out the top 5.
RANK INSTITUTION FIRST-PLACE VOTES 2025 RECORD
1 Grand View (Iowa) [13] 14-0
2 Keiser (Fla.) 12-1
3 Benedictine (Kan.) 12-2
4 College of Idaho 11-2
5 Montana Tech 12-1
6 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 10-2
7 Morningside (Iowa) 9-3
8 Dordt (Iowa) 10-1
T-9 Friends (Kan.) 12-1
T-9 Indiana Wesleyan 9-3
11 Carroll (Mont.) 9-3
12 Marian (Ind.) 8-4
13 William Penn (Iowa) 11-2
14 Campbellsville (Ky.) 8-3
15 Southeastern (Fla.) 9-3
16 St. Thomas (Fla.) 7-4
17 Saint Francis (Ind.) 10-3
18 Montana Western 7-3
19 Evangel (Mo.) 9-3
20 Georgetown (Ky.) 7-3
21 McPherson (Kan.) 9-2
22 Southwestern (Kan.) 8-3
23 Reinhardt (Ga.) 7-4
24 Northwestern (Iowa) 6-4
25 Dakota State (S.D.) 8-2
Receiving Votes: Baker (Kan.), Bethel (Tenn.), Concordia (Neb.), Cumberland (Tenn.), Dickinson State (N.D.), Kansas Wesleyan, Louisiana Christian, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), OUAZ (Ariz.), Pikeville (Ky.), Saint Xavier (Ill.), St. Francis (Ill.), Taylor (Ind.), Texas Wesleyan.
