NFCA/GoRout Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll - April 28, 2026


The 2025 NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by the NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll Committee. The committee consists of 10 NCAA Division III head coaches, each representing one of the NCAA’s 10 regions.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Va. Wesleyan (10) 40-0 250 1
2 Trine 26-2 240 2
3 Texas Lutheran 35-4 230 5
4 WashU 25-3-1 220 6
5 Redlands 32-4 210 7
6 East Texas Baptist 34-4 200 4
7 Linfield 33-6 190 8
8 Saint Mary's (Minn.) 33-5 180 3
9 Belhaven 32-8 170 10
10 Simpson (Iowa) 30-5 160 11
11 Tufts 25-7 150 12
12 Mount Union 25-5 140 13
13 Huntingdon 29-8 130 9
14 Wis.-Oshkosh 27-5-1 120 16
15 WPI 34-2 110 18
16 Stockton 30-6 100 19
17 Rowan 31-7 90 17
18 St. Thomas Houston 29-8 80 14
19 Colby 23-8 70 15
20 Husson 29-4 60 20
21 Pacific Lutheran 32-8 50 21
22 Swarthmore 30-8 40 22
23 Wartburg 26-8 25
24 Westfield State 33-1 16
25 Saint Benedict 27-9 9

Others receiving votes:

Muskingum 7, Manhattanville 1, Muhlenberg 1 and Transylvania 1.

Dropped out:

Central (Iowa), MIT, Middlebury and Rochester.

All Polls for Division III in 2026

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