(Tuesday, December 2; Sioux Center, Iowa) The second NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll was released shortly before Thanksgiving and the Dordt Defenders continue to hold the no. 1 spot in the poll.
Dordt is 7-0 and hasn't played since November 22 when it was an 83-44 winner over Hastings (Receiving Votes). The Defenders are 3-0 in the GPAC and took all 20 first-place votes and is 20 points in front of Bethel (Tennessee) who was second all 20 ballots.
Dordt is scheduled to travel to no. 8 Briar Cliff on Wednesday, December 3 and will host no. 14 Dakota Wesleyan on Wednesday, December 10. Dordt will also host no. 9 Concordia on Saturday, December 13 as the Defenders have four games remaining against GPAC teams before Christmas.
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| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [20] |
7-0 |
540 |
| 2 |
2 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
11-0 |
520 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
10-0 |
503 |
| 4 |
5 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
7-1 |
468 |
| 5 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
7-0 |
467 |
| 6 |
7 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
9-0 |
442 |
| 7 |
6 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
10-0 |
439 |
| 8 |
9 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
9-1 |
413 |
| 9 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
8-0 |
370 |
| 10 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
5-1 |
358 |
| 11 |
10 |
Langston (Okla.) |
6-0 |
352 |
| 12 |
12 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
7-1 |
350 |
| 13 |
20 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
6-0 |
299 |
| 14 |
16 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
5-2 |
292 |
| 15 |
17 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
3-1 |
259 |
| 16 |
14 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
3-2 |
249 |
| 17 |
18 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
7-0 |
246 |
| 18 |
19 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
9-1 |
243 |
| 19 |
13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
5-4 |
239 |
| 20 |
23 |
Indiana Tech |
5-2 |
190 |
| 21 |
15 |
Oregon Tech |
3-3 |
122 |
| 22 |
RV |
Corban (Ore.) |
7-0 |
120 |
| T-23 |
RV |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
8-0 |
110 |
| T-23 |
RV |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
10-0 |
110 |
| 25 |
21 |
Montana Tech |
5-1 |
82 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Hastings (Neb.), Loyola (La.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)Â
Receiving Votes: William Carey (Miss.) 77, Hastings (Neb.) 66, Loyola (La.) 66, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 51, Columbia (Mo.) 39, Evangel (Mo.) 24, Huntington (Ind.) 22, Shawnee State (Ohio) 16, Friends (Kan.) 15, Governors State (Ill.) 14, Northwestern (Iowa) 13, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 11, Southern Oregon (Ore.) 9, Grand View (Iowa) 8, Taylor (Ind.) 7, Montana State-Northern (Mont.) 7, Eastern Oregon 6, LSU Shreveport (La.) 6, Providence (Mont.) 6, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 5, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 4, Faulkner (Ala.) 4, College of Idaho (Idaho) 2Â
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
