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2026 NCBWA National Poll (Week 11 - April 22, 2026)
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Rnk School (1st Place Votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1 Colorado Mesa (20) 42-3 500 1
2 Tampa 33-7 475 2
3 North Greenville 40-7 461 3
4 Point Loma 35-8 427 4
5 Catawba 35-8 416 5
6 Rogers State 36-7 398 7
7 Grand Valley State 33-7 389 6
8 UT Tyler 37-9 349 9
9 Pittsburg State 33-8 326 10
10 West Alabama 32-11 303 8
11 Seton Hill 33-8 301 11
12 Cal State Monterey Bay 32-10 279 12
13 Francis Marion 37-9 266 13
14 Wayne State (Mich.) 30-9 190 15
15 St. Mary’s 35-11 183 17
16 Minnesota State 31-9 167 NR
17 West Chester 29-8 151 18
18 Bentley 28-10 142 19
19 North Georgia 35-11 107 20
20 Lee 31-14 96 RV
21 Central Missouri 30-11 83 14
22 Southern New Hampshire 30-9 73 22
23 Young Harris 33-13 70 21
24 Northwest Nazarene 30-12 37 23
25 Illinois Springfield 29-13 30 NR

Dropped Out: Rollins (16th); Missouri S&T (24th); Northwest Missouri (25th)

Receiving Votes: Angelo State (32-14) 30 points; Belmont Abbey (33-11) 24 points; Eckerd (28-11) 15 points; Molloy (29-7) 12 points; East Stroudsburg (27-12) 10 points;Millersville (26-13) 6 points;
Lenoir-Rhyne (32-10-1) 5 points; Missouri S&T (27-13) 4 points; MSU Denver (32-10) 2 points; Cal Poly Pomona (25-17) 2 points; Rollins (27-12) 2 points

2026 Region Polls (Week 11 - April 20, 2026)


ATLANTIC REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Seton Hill (9) 33-8 99 1
2 West Chester (1) 29-8 91 2
3 East Stroudsburg 27-12 80 T3
4 Millersville 26-13 62 T3
5 California (Pa.) 23-15 43 7
6 Bloomsburg 23-14 41 9
7 Wheeling 30-11 39 8
8 Frostburg State 27-13 32 6
9 Shippensburg 23-16 31 5
10 Point Park 25-14 21 RV
Receiving Votes: Point Park (22-12) 5 points; Slippery Rock (18-14) 2 Shepherd (24-17) 5 points; Indiana (Pa.) (23-17) 3 Points; Slippery Rock (22-15) 3 Points

CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team  (1st Place) Points Record Previous
1 Rogers State (9) 98 36-7 1
2 Pittsburg State (1) 90 33-8 2
3 Minnesota State 70 31-9 5
4 Central Missouri 63 30-11 3
5 Augustana 47 28-12 4
6 Northwest Missouri 41 29-13 6
7 Emporia State 31 30-13 7
8 Missouri Southern 28 29-13 9
9 Arkansas-Monticello 27 28-15 8
10 Arkansas Tech 8 27-19 10
Receiving Votes: Umary (6), Harding (5)

EAST REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Points Record Previous
1 Bentley (5) 84 28-10 1
2 SNHU (4) 81 30-9 2
3 Molloy 78 29-7 3
4 Wilmington (Del.) 63 29-12 4
5 Felician 48 24-18 6
6 Goldey-Beacom 32 26-17 5
7 Mercy  27 21-19 8
8 Thomas Jefferson 25 19-15 10
9 St. Thomas Aquinas 24 23-15 7
10 Adelphi  18 20-16 0
Receiving Votes: Post University (15 points)

MIDWEST REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Grand Valley State (7)  33-7   70    1
2 Wayne State       30-9   61     2
3 Illinois Springfield    29-13  54    4
4 Missouri S&T     27-13  45   3
5 Drury            26-16  38    6
6 Findlay          25-15  33    5
7 Quincy         28-17  32    7
8 Ashland             28-13 30    9
9 Maryville         23-18  9 8
10 Rockhurst        27-13  9     NR
Receiving Votes: Missouri St Louis (23-18) 4 points

SOUTH REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Tampa (8)  33-7 80 1
2 West Alabama 32-11 67 2
3 Lee 31-14 66 4
4 Eckerd 28-11 51 5
5 Rollins 27-12 46 3
6 West Florida 32-13 35 7
7 Spring Hill 32-14 25 8
8 Mississippi College 26-20 24 9
9 Delta State 26-16 23 NR
10 Trevecca 28-17 10 6
Receiving Votes: Albany State (25-15, 5 points), Nova Southeastern (23-17, 5 points); Edward Waters (25-19, 2 points); Florida Southern (21-17, 1 point)

SOUTHEAST REGION
Rnk School (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 North Greenville (8) 40-7 89 1
2 Catawba (1) 35-8 82 2
3 Francis Marion 37-9 71 3
4 North Georgia 35-11 61 4
5 Young Harris 33-13 49 5
6 Belmont Abbey 33-11 48 6
7 Lenoir-Rhyne 32-10-1 35 7
8 Wingate 32-14 31 8
9 USC Aiken 33-13 13 RV
10 UNC Pembroke 28-16 9 9
Receiving votes: Columbus State (27-16) - 5 points; Flagler (30-14) - 1 point; Mount Olive (26-18) 1 point

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team (First Place) W-L Prev. Points
1 Colorado Mesa (8) 42-3 1 80
2 UT Tyler 37-9 2 72
3 St. Mary’s 35-11 3 63
4 Angelo State 32-14 6 55
5 MSU Denver 32-10 4 46
6 UT Dallas 32-14 5 36
7 UCCS 29-12-1 7 31
8 St. Edward’s 28-17 8 27
9 Lubbock Christian 28-18 9 18
10 West Texas A&M 27-19 10 11
Receiving Votes: CSU Pueblo 21-20 (1)

WEST REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record  Points Previous
1 Point Loma (8) 35-8 89 1
2 Cal State Monterey Bay (1) 32-10 82 2
3 Northwest Nazarene 30-12 69 3
4 Cal Poly Pomona 25-17 63 4
5 Cal State San Marcos 26-13 52 T5
6 Concordia 27-21 45 T5
7 Cal State LA 25-20 31 9
8 Jessup 26-18 25 7
9 Westmont 23-16 22 8
10 Fresno Pacific 25-21 10 T10
Receiving Votes: Hawaii Pacific (25-21) 5 points, MSU Billings (21-19) 2 points