OSKALOOSA — The Statesmen football team is peaking at the right time, owning its highest ranking of the year as the NAIA released its final top-25 poll Sunday, sponsored by Netting Professionals.

WPU (10-1, 5-1 Heart North) moves up two positions to No. 14 with 244 points.  It is the eighth time the navy and gold have been featured in the top 25 this fall (sixth consecutive).  The rating is the highest for the program since being No. 13 on October 26, 2015.

There are once again five programs from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the rating.  Grand View remains No. 1 with 15 first-place votes, while Benedictine is still third.  MidAmerica Nazarene (unofficially No. 32) and Baker (tied at No. 34) are in the receiving votes section as well.

Keiser (Fla.) is second in the NAIA with the last first-place ballot, while Montana Tech and Friends (Kan.) are fourth and fifth, respectively, to conclude the top five.

NAIA Football Rating Final — November 16, 2025
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Grand View (15)
2. Keiser (Fla.) (1)
3. Benedictine (Kan.)
4. Montana Tech
5. Friends (Kan.)
6. Marian (Ind.)
7. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
8. Morningside
9. College of Idaho
10. Indiana Wesleyan
11. Dordt
12. Southeastern (Fla.)
13. Carroll (Mont.)
14. William Penn
15. Campbellsville (Ky.)
16. St. Thomas (Fla.)
17. Montana Western
18. Georgetown (Ky.)
19. Saint Francis (Ind.)
20. Ottawa (Ariz.)
21. Evangel (Mo.)
22. McPherson (Kan.)
22. Southwestern (Kan.)
24. Dakota State (S.D.)
25. Texas Wesleyan

Receiving votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 73; Cumberland (Tenn.) 65; Concordia (Neb.) 59; Taylor (Ind.) 50; Northwestern 36; Louisiana Christian 23; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 19; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7; Baker (Kan.) 5; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 5.