(Tuesday, December 23; Sioux Center, Iowa) The latest NAIA women's Basketball Coaches' Poll was released last week and the Dordt Defenders are no. 2 in the last poll before 2026. Dordt earned four first-place votes after absorbing its first loss of the season on December 6. Dordt is five points in front of Campbellsville (Kentucky) in the no. 3 spot.Â
The Defenders were 10-1 at the time of the poll and have since earned wins over no. 11 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kansas)  and Benedictine (Kansas) to improve to 12-1.   Dordt was a 64-48 winner over MidAmerica Nazarene and beat Benedictine 82-44. The Defenders will resume play on December 30 at home against Waldorf.
Dordt's start includes wins over no. 4 Dakota State, (RV) Hastings, no. 13 Briar Cliff, no. 10 Dakota Wesleyan, no. 9 Concordia and (RV) Grand View.
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| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Bethel (Tenn.) [14] |
13-0 |
534 |
| 2 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [4] |
10-1 |
510 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) [1] |
13-0 |
505 |
| 4 |
4 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
12-1 |
481 |
| 5 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
11-0 |
479 |
| 6 |
7 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
12-0 |
458 |
| 7 |
6 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
9-1 |
418 |
| 8 |
13 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
9-1 |
380 |
| 9 |
9 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
10-2 |
378 |
| 10 |
14 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
7-4 |
337 |
| 11 |
12 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
9-2 |
336 |
| 12 |
18 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
13-1 |
307 |
| 13 |
8 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
11-3 |
296 |
| 14 |
25 |
Montana Tech |
10-1 |
285 |
| 15 |
10 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
8-3 |
284 |
| 16 |
17 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
12-0 |
205 |
| 17 |
15 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
7-4 |
191 |
| 18 |
22 |
Corban (Ore.) |
9-1 |
187 |
| 19 |
11 |
Langston (Okla.) |
10-2 |
170 |
| 20 |
RV |
Huntington (Ind.) |
9-3 |
132 |
| 20 |
21 |
Oregon Tech |
6-4 |
132 |
| 22 |
20 |
Indiana Tech |
7-3 |
131 |
| 23 |
RV |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
10-3 |
118 |
| 24 |
16 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
7-4 |
117 |
| 25 |
23 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
13-1 |
116 |
Dropped from Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.), Indiana WesleyanÂ
Receiving Votes: William Carey (Miss.) 95, Southeastern (Fla.) 94, Columbia (Mo.) 78, Evangel (Mo.) 67, Southern Oregon 55, Indiana Wesleyan 49, Friends (Kan.) 44, Hastings (Neb.) 40, Loyola (La.) 39, Eastern Oregon 39, Taylor (Ind.) 38, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 33, Grand View (Iowa) 29, Shawnee State (Ohio) 15, Montana State-Northern 10, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 8, Providence (Mont.) 8, Science and Arts (Okla.) 6, Lourdes (Ohio) 2, LSU Shreveport (La.) 2
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