OSKALOOSA — The William Penn football team holds its best position of the year heading into a huge league battle as the NAIA released its seventh top-25 poll Monday, sponsored by Netting Professionals.

WPU (7-1, 2-1 Heart North) is now No. 19 with 182 points.  It is the fifth time the navy and gold have been featured in the top 25 this fall.  The ranking is the highest for the program since also being 19th on November 9, 2015.

William Penn is one of five representatives from the Heart of America Athletic Conference in the rating.  Grand View is again No. 1 with 15 first-place votes, while Benedictine is No. 3.  MidAmerica Nazarene (unofficially No. 30) and Baker (No. 37) are in the receiving votes section as well.

Keiser (Fla.) is second nationally, but now has one first-place ballot, while Friends (Kan.) is fourth and Montana Tech is fifth to conclude the top five.

WPU returns to Oskaloosa Saturday to host Peru State in a Heart North game at 11 a.m.

NAIA Football Rating No. 7 — October 27, 2025
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Grand View (15)
2. Keiser (Fla.) (1)
3. Benedictine (Kan.)
4. Friends (Kan.)
5. Montana Tech
6. Dordt
7. Marian (Ind.)
8. Carroll (Mont.)
9. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
10. Morningside
11. Campbellsville (Ky.)
12. Ottawa (Ariz.)
13. Indiana Wesleyan
14. Southeastern (Fla.)
15. College of Idaho
16. Georgetown (Ky.)
17. St. Thomas (Fla.)
18. Southwestern (Kan.)
19. William Penn
20. Montana Western
21. McPherson (Kan.)
22. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
23. Northwestern
24. Evangel (Mo.)
25. Texas Wesleyan

Receiving votes: Saint Francis (Ind.) 87, Cumberland (Tenn.) 78, Kansas Wesleyan 69, Concordia (Neb.) 55, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 30, Tayor (Ind.) 28, Dakota State (S.D.) 10, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 8, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Florida Memorial 4, Bethel (Tenn.) 3, Baker (Kan.) 2, Faulkner (Ala.) 2.