OSKALOOSA — The Statesmen football team picked up four spots after pulling away from its Homecoming foe, as the NAIA released its sixth top-25 poll Monday, sponsored by Netting Professionals.

WPU (6-1, 1-1 Heart North) is now 21st with 153 points.  It is the fourth time the navy and gold have been featured in the top 25 this fall.

William Penn is one of six representatives from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the rating.  Grand View remains No. 1 with all 16 first-place votes, while Benedictine is No. 3.  MidAmerica Nazarene (unofficially No. 28), Peru State (No. 32), and Baker (No. 39) all sit in the receiving votes grouping.

Keiser (Fla.) is second nationally, while Friends (Kan.) and Montana Tech are tied for fourth to round out the top five.

WPU travels to Dubuque Saturday to face Clarke in a Heart North game at 1 p.m.

NAIA Football Rating No. 6 — October 20, 2025
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Grand View (16)
2. Keiser (Fla.)
3. Benedictine (Kan.)
4. Friends (Kan.)
4. Montana Tech
6. Campbellsville (Ky.)
7. Dordt
8. Marian (Ind.)
9. Carroll (Mont.)
10. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
11. Morningside
12. Ottawa (Ariz.)
13. St. Thomas (Fla.)
14. Indiana Wesleyan
15. Southwestern (Kan.)
16. College of Idaho
17. Southeastern (Fla.)
18. Georgetown (Ky.)
19. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
20. Montana Western
21. William Penn
22. McPherson (Kan.)
23. Concordia (Neb.)
24. Northwestern
25. Bethel (Tenn.)
25. Texas Wesleyan

Receiving votes: Kansas Wesleyan 65, Evangel (Mo.) 53, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 43, Saint Francis (Ind.) 41, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 19, Peru State (Neb.) 15, Cumberland (Tenn.) 8, Faulkner (Ala.) 7, Florida Memorial 6, Midland (Neb.) 5, Dakota State (S.D.) 4, Reinhardt (Ga.) 4, Baker (Kan.) 2.