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2026 NCBWA National Poll (Week 14 - May 13, 2026)
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Rnk School (1st Place) Record Pts. Prev.
1 Colorado Mesa (20) 49-5 500 1
2 North Greenville 47-10 472 3
3 Pittsburg State 43-9 458 4
4 Point Loma 44-10 433 5
5 West Florida 39-13 411 13
6 Grand Valley State 45-8 396 7
7 Catawba 42-11 389 6
8 Tampa 41-8 365 2
9 UT Tyler 43-10 343 8
10 Rogers State 38-13 298 9
11 West Chester 39-10 271 14
12 Cal State Monterey Bay 36-16 264 11
13 Wingate 39-17 242 RV
14 Rollins 34-14 212 17
15 Central Missouri 35-15 206 16
16 Angelo State 40-17 191 19
17 Bentley 39-13 154 RV
18 Francis Marion 42-12 148 18
19 Millersville 36-16 127 RV
20 Illinois Springfield 34-18 108 NR
21 North Georgia 41-14 104 12
22 St. Mary’s 38-17 82 22
23 Molloy 39-9 79 20
24 Wayne State (Mich.) 37-14 54 15
25 Seton Hill 41-10 50 10

Dropped Out: Southern New Hampshire (21st); Young Harris (23rd); Augustana (24th); Lee (25th)

Receiving Votes: Southern New Hampshire (40-12) 27 points; Northwest Missouri (36-16) 23 points; Young Harris (39-16) 21 points; Delta State (31-21) 17 points; Cal Poly Pomona (30-23) 15 points;
MSU Denver (38-16) 12 points; Belmont Abbey (38-14) 9 points; Missouri S&T (34-18) 6 points; Northwest Nazarene (38-16) 4 points; Lee (36-17) 1 point; Wilmington (39-15) 1 point 
 
2026 Region Polls (Week 14 - May 11, 2026)

ATLANTIC REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record Previous
1 West Chester  39-10 2
2 Millersville 36-16 4
3 Seton Hill 41-10 1
4 East Stroudsburg 36-14 3
5 Bloomsburg 27-19 10
6 Charleston 25-29 NR
CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Points Record Previous
1 Pittsburg State (8) 80 43-9 1
2 Rogers State 70 38-13 2
3 Central Missouri 62 35-15 3
4 Northwest Missouri 52 36-16 6
5 Augustana 50 41-13 4
6 Minnesota State 45 40-14 5
7 Missouri Southern 30 36-17 7
8 Arkansas Tech 25 35-20 8
9 Emporia State 15 38-17 T10
10 UMary 10 37-28 8
Receiving Votes: Arkansas-Monticello (1)

EAST REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Points Record Previous
1 Bentley 88 39-13 2
2 Molloy 82 39-9 1
3 Southern New Hampshire 72 40-12 3
4 Wilmington (Del.) 64 39-15 4
5 Goldey-Beacom 51 33-22 5
6 Felician 48 33-21 6
7 Thomas Jefferson 28 24-22 7
8 Mercy 25 28-24 8
9 Saint Anselm 18 23-22 RV
10 Adelphi 14 26-23 10
Receiving Votes:  St. Thomas Aquinas – 5 points

MIDWEST REGION
Rnk Team (1st-Place) Record Points Previous
1 Grand Valley State (7) 45-8    70       1
2 Illinois Springfield 34-18   63         4 
3 Wayne State   37-14 56  2
4 Missouri S&T 34-18 49  3
5 Missouri St. Louis  33-20   42       6
6 Indianapolis 33-21   35       7
7 Davenport 29-26    28       NR
8 Kentucky Wesleyan  30-22   21        NR
9 Findlay  35-19   14      9
10 Ashland  37-16   7         5
SOUTH REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 West Florida (5) 39-13 86 2
2 Tampa (4) 41-8 85 1
3 Rollins 34-14 70 3
4 Delta State 31-21 58 6
5 Lee 36-17 53 4
6 West Alabama 34-15 41 5
7 Trevecca 34-15 40 7
8 Mississippi College 28-24 21 8
9 Nova Southeastern 31-19 14 RV
10 Edward Waters 33-19 13 RV
Receiving Votes: Eckerd (32-16, 10 points); Spring Hill (39-16, 3 points); Florida Southern (26-22, 1 point)

SOUTHEAST REGION
Rnk School (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 North Greenville (5) 47-10 97 1
2 Catawba (2) 42-11 93 2
3 Wingate 39-17 67 7
4 Francis Marion 42-12 66 4
5 North Georgia 41-14 64 3
6 Young Harris 39-16 61 5
7 Belmont Abbey 38-14 41 6
8 Lander 36-19 28 T9
9 Lenoir-Rhyne 37-13-1 23 8
10 UNC Pembroke 33-18 6 T9
Receiving Votes: USC Aiken (36-17) - 3 points; Columbus State (30-22) - 1 point

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Rnk Team (1st Place) W-L Prev. Points
1 Colorado Mesa (8) 49-5 1 80
2 UT Tyler 43-10 2 72
3 Angelo State 40-17 3 64
4 St. Mary’s 38-17 4 53
5 MSU Denver 38-16 5 45
6 Lubbock Christian 34-21 9 43
7 UT Dallas 33-17 6 29
8 St. Edward’s 31-20 8 24
9 UCCS 33-19-1 7 19
10 West Texas A&M 29-24 RV 5
Receiving Votes: CSU Pueblo 27-26 (3), Mines 21-33 (2), Texas A&M-Kingsville 26-27 (1)

WEST REGION
Rnk  Team (1st Place) Record  Points Previous
1 Point Loma (6) 44-10 87 1
2 Cal State Monterey Bay (3) 36-16 83 2
3 Cal Poly Pomona 30-23 66 5
4 Northwest Nazarene 38-16 62 4
5 Cal State San Marcos 33-17 61 3
6 Concordia 31-25 39 6
7 Cal State San Bernardino 27-25 25 RV
8 Westmont 29-21 24 7
9 Fresno Pacific 33-26 21 9
10 Cal State LA 26-25 11 8
Receiving Votes: MSU Billings (26-23) 7 points, Chico State (26-24) 5 points, Hawaii Pacific (27-21) 2 points, Jessup (27-21) 2 points