Rank	Pre Season	Institution (Region)	1st Place Votes	Record	Total Points
1	1	Lindenwood (Mo.) (V)	12	1-0-0	324
2	2	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (XI)	1	2-0-0	311
3	3	Berry (Ga.) (XIII)		3-0-0	295
4	5	Rio Grande (Ohio) (IX)		3-0-0	284
5	8	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)		3-0-0	276
6	11	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		2-0-0	247
7	13	Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I)		4-0-0	237
8	4	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)		2-1-0	235
9	12	Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (VI)		1-0-0	227
10	15	Baker (Kan.) (V)		2-0-0	188
11	NR	Virginia Intermont (XII)		2-0-0	176
12	NR	Park (Mo.) (IV)		1-1-0	160
13	10	Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		0-0-0	151
14	9	Evergreen State (Wash.) (I)		2-1-0	137
15	6	Holy Names (Calif.) (II)		0-1-0	131
16	18	Grand View (Iowa) (VII)		3-1-0	118
17	NR	Oklahoma Baptist (VI)		4-0-0	116
18	20	Columbia (Mo.) (V)		1-0-1	90
19	NR	Brescia (Ky.) (XII)		3-1-0	76
20	23	Hastings (Neb.) (III)		0-1-1	72
21	NR	Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) (XIV)		3-0-0	70
22	22	Cumberlands (Ky.) (XI)		3-0-0	59
23	NR	Notre Dame (Ohio) (IX)		3-0-0	52
24	7	Judson (Ill.) (VII)		2-2-0	42
25	NR	Oklahoma City (VI)		3-0-0	38

Others Receiving Votes:
Bethel (Tenn.) (XII), 20; Bellevue (Neb.) (IV), 19; William Jewell (Mo.) (V), 19; Madonna (Mich.) (VIII), 18; William Carey (Miss.) (XIII), 15; Westmont (Calif.) (II), 9; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (XI), 6; Graceland (Iowa) (V), 5; Lee (Tenn.) (XIII), 2.