WPU Improves to No. 20 as Top-20 Heart Clash of the Week Awaits

Oskaloosa–As it prepares for its biggest test of the season, the Statesmen football team enjoyed a significant bump nationally with the NAIA announcing its third top-25 poll Monday.

William Penn (5-0, 1-0 Heart North) is now No. 20 with 151 points. It is the highest ranking for the program since also being 20th on November 7, 2016.

Four programs represent the Heart of America Athletic Conference, including No. 1 Grand View, No. 3 Benedictine, and No. 23 MidAmerica Narene.

Keiser (Fla.) is second in the country, while Morningside is fourth and Friends (Kan.) is fifth to complete the top five.

WPU will host Grand View in Oskaloosa Saturday at 2 p.m. The game is the Heart Clash of the Week.

NAIA Football Rating No. 3 — September 29, 2025
(Number in parentheses is first-place votes)
1. Grand View
2. Keiser (Fla.)
3. Benedictine (Kan.)
4. Morningside
5. Montana Tech
6. Friends (Kan.)
7. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
8. Montana Western
9. St. Thomas (Fla.)
10. Southeastern (Fla.)
11. Georgetown (Ky.)
12. Campbellsville (Ky.)
13. Dordt
14. Marian (Ind.)
15. Ottawa (Ariz.)
16. Indiana Wesleyan
17. Carroll (Mont.)
18. Southwestern (Kan.)
19. Concordia (Neb.)
20. William Penn
21. Texas Wesleyan
22. Northwestern
23. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
24. McPherson (Kan.)
25. College of Idaho

Receiving votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 80, Dickinson State (N.D.) 62, Taylor (Ind.) 38, Saint Francis (Ind.) 36, Kansas Wesleyan 20, Cumberland (Tenn.) 16, Faulkner (Ala.) 7, Evangel (Mo.) 3, Briar Cliff 2, Mount Marty (S.D.) 2, Cumberlands (Ky.) 2.