| Rank |
School (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Tampa (20) |
55-10 |
500 |
1 |
| 2 |
Central Missouri |
48-14 |
475 |
2 |
| 3 |
UT Tyler |
49-13 |
448 |
5 |
| 4 |
Northwest Nazarene |
46-16 |
442 |
3 |
| 5 |
Catawba |
46-14 |
420 |
6 |
| 6 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
50-15 |
383 |
4 |
| 7 |
East Stroudsburg |
41-15 |
356 |
8 |
| 8 |
Northwood |
40-22 |
339 |
9 |
| 9 |
Colorado Mesa |
42-14 |
333 |
18 |
| 10 |
Florida Southern |
38-14-1 |
309 |
15 |
| 11 |
Minnesota State |
51-8 |
294 |
14 |
| 12 |
Angelo State |
48-10 |
260 |
7 |
| 13 |
North Greenville |
45-15 |
235 |
24 |
| 14 |
Cal State Monterey Bay |
39-19 |
226 |
13 |
| 15 |
Grand Valley State |
43-14 |
205 |
21 |
| 16 |
Pittsburg State |
42-12 |
200 |
11 |
| 17 |
West Florida |
36-21 |
189 |
10 |
| 18 |
Felician |
43-22 |
171 |
12 |
| 19 |
Point Loma |
39-18 |
137 |
RV |
| 20 |
Seton Hill |
40-18 |
126 |
19 |
| 21 |
Young Harris |
40-17 |
88 |
25 |
| 22 |
Millersville |
44-10 |
82 |
16 |
| 23 |
Indianapolis |
34-24 |
76 |
20 |
| 24 |
Westmont |
43-14 |
62 |
17 |
| 25 |
Thomas Jefferson |
40-17 |
41 |
RV |
Receiving votes: St. Edward’s (37-23) 22 points; Delta State (33-20) 16 points; Davenport (42-15) 13 points; Francis Marion (40-13) 12 points; Bentley (33-15) 9 points; Arkansas Tech (32-23) 6 points;
Belmont Abbey (41-17) 4 points; Lubbock Christian (34-23) 4 points; West Chester (35-17) 4 points; North Georgia (41-17) 3 points
2026 Region Polls (Preseason - Jan. 26, 2026)
ATLANTIC REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
East Stroudsburg (8) |
41-15 |
88 |
| 2 |
Seton Hill |
40-18 |
80 |
| 3 |
Millersville (1) |
44-10 |
69 |
| 4 |
West Chester |
35-17 |
60 |
| 5 |
California (Pa.) |
38-15 |
54 |
| 6 |
Point Park |
40-14 |
41 |
| 7 |
Slippery Rock |
31-19 |
36 |
| 8 |
Frostburg State |
36-17 |
26 |
| 9 |
Shippensburg |
28-22 |
20 |
| 10 |
West Virginia State |
28-22 |
6 |
Receiving Votes: Concord (25-27) 5 points; Indiana (Pa.) (25-27) 5 points; Charleston (26-25) 2 points; Gannon (22-25) 1 point; Salem (26-25) 1 point; Shepherd (25-25) 1 point
CENTRAL REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
Points |
2025 Record |
| 1 |
Central Missouri (10) |
100 |
48-14 |
| 2 |
Minnesota State |
78 |
51-8 |
| 3 |
Pittsburg State |
77 |
42-12 |
| 4 |
Arkansas Tech |
72 |
32-23 |
| 5 |
Augustana |
55 |
39-16 |
| 6 |
Harding |
48 |
41-19 |
| 7 |
Central Oklahoma |
45 |
36-17 |
| 8 |
Southern Arkansas |
31 |
31-21 |
| 9 |
Missouri Southern |
23 |
28-25 |
| 10 |
Henderson State |
11 |
32-24 |
Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State (7), Arkansas-Monticello (2), Washburn (1)
EAST REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
Points |
2025 Record |
| 1 |
Felician (7) |
79 |
43-22 |
| 2 |
Jefferson (2) |
69 |
40-17 |
| 3 |
Bentley |
60 |
33-15 |
| 4 |
Molloy |
59 |
35-19 |
| 5 |
Franklin Pierce |
58 |
35-22 |
| 6 |
Wilmington (Del.) |
51 |
37-22 |
| 7 |
Southern New Hampshire |
42 |
32-16 |
| 8 |
Goldey-Beacom |
37 |
34-21 |
| 9 |
Dominican (N.Y.) |
21 |
37-17 |
| 10 |
Pace |
15 |
28-22 |
Receiving Votes: Southern Connecticut State (3 points); Mercy (1 point)
MIDWEST REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
Northwood (5) |
40-22 |
63 |
| 2 |
Grand Valley State (2) |
43-14 |
59 |
| 3 |
Indianapolis |
34-24 |
51 |
| 4 |
Davenport |
42-15 |
45 |
| 5 |
Ashland State |
37-18 |
41 |
| 6 |
Illinois-Springfield |
36-16 |
36 |
| 7 |
Maryville |
29-22 |
30 |
| 8 |
Drury |
33-23 |
22 |
| 9 |
Wayne State |
27-27 |
15 |
| 10 |
Walsh |
20-26 |
10 |
Receiving Votes: Lewis 5 (37-18), Missouri S&T 4 (32-25), 3 Parkside (29-21), Saginaw Valley State 1 (29-22)
SOUTH REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
Tampa (10) |
55-10 |
100 |
| 2 |
Florida Southern |
38-14-1 |
87 |
| 3 |
West Florida |
36-21 |
83 |
| 4 |
Delta State |
33-20 |
62 |
| 5 |
Rollins |
29-19-1 |
51 |
| 6 |
Mississippi College |
35-23 |
49 |
| 7 |
Lynn |
30-18 |
36 |
| 8 |
Valdosta State |
30-22 |
24 |
| 9 |
Nova Southeastern |
25-22 |
17 |
| 10 |
Albany State |
31-22 |
10 |
Receiving Votes: Lee (8 points), Savannah State (8 points), Spring Hill (7 points), West Alabama (6 points), Florida Tech (1 point)
SOUTHEAST REGION
| Rnk |
School (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
Catawba (6) |
46-14 |
95 |
| 2 |
Lenoir-Rhyne (4) |
50-15 |
91 |
| 3 |
North Greenville |
45-15 |
75 |
| 4 |
Young Harris |
40-17 |
61 |
| 5 |
Francis Marion |
40-13 |
50 |
| 6 |
Belmont Abbey |
41-17 |
46 |
| T7 |
Carson-Newman |
37-19 |
33 |
| T7 |
North Georgia |
41-17 |
33 |
| 9 |
Lander |
43-15 |
27 |
| 10 |
Columbus State |
30-23 |
19 |
Receiving votes: Mount Olive (30-21) - 13 points; Coker (30-22) - 1 point; Georgia SW (29-23) - 1 point; Wingate (26-26) - 1 point
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1st Place) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
UT Tyler (5) |
49-13 |
77 |
| 2 |
Colorado Mesa (2) |
42-14 |
69 |
| 3 |
Angelo State (1) |
48-10 |
63 |
| 4 |
St. Edward’s |
37-23 |
51 |
| 5 |
Lubbock Christian |
34-23 |
45 |
| 6 |
West Texas A&M |
31-21 |
31 |
| 7 |
CSU Pueblo |
32-20 |
30 |
| 8 |
MSU Denver |
33-24 |
29 |
| 9 |
St. Mary’s |
29-24 |
18 |
| 10 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
27-25 |
14 |
Receiving Votes: Regis 35-16 (9), UT Permian Basin 20-30 (4)
WEST REGION
| Rnk |
Team (1stPlace) |
2025 Record |
Points |
| 1 |
Northwest Nazarene (7) |
46-16 |
87 |
| 2 |
Cal State Monterey Bay (1) |
39-19 |
78 |
| 3 |
Point Loma (1) |
39-18 |
74 |
| 4 |
Westmont |
43-14 |
67 |
| 5 |
Chico State |
31-22 |
50 |
| 6 |
Hawaii Pacific |
32-22 |
34 |
| 7 |
Montana State Billings |
33-22 |
33 |
| T8 |
Jessop |
31-19 |
23 |
| T8 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills |
29-22 |
23 |
| 10 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
15-34 |
12 |
Receiving Votes: Cal State San Marcos (7), Western Oregon (6), Cal State San Bernardino (3), Concordia Irvine (1)
