(Thursday, January 15; Sioux Center, Iowa) The latest NAIA Women's Basketball Top-25 Poll has been released and the Dordt Defenders moved back into the no. 1 slot after dropping to no. 2 in the previous voting.
NAIA Release
The Defenders are 17-1 overall and 11-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference after a 74-61 win over Morningside on Wednesday night, January 14. Dordt has won nine games in a row since absorbing a 73-68 overtime loss to Doane on December 6. The Defenders took nine first-place votes and Bethel (Tenn.) took six first-place votes. There are 11 teams in the top-25 with one loss and three other GPAC teams (Dakota Wesleyan, Concordia and Briar Cliff) are in the top-25. Hastings is also receiving votes in the polling.
Dordt is scheduled to host Doane on Saturday, January 17 at 2pm and will have a break from GPAC action until it travels to Concordia on Saturday, January 24.
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| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Dordt (Iowa) [9] |
16-1Â |
522 |
| 2 |
1 |
Bethel (Tenn.) [6] |
17-1Â |
519 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) [1] |
16-1 |
481 |
| 4 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) [1] |
16-1Â |
479 |
| 5 |
6 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] |
17-0Â |
477 |
| 6 |
7 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
16-1 |
413 |
| 7 |
4 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
14-3Â |
405 |
| 8 |
8 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
16-1Â |
384 |
| 9 |
10 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
13-4Â |
359 |
| 10 |
9 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
14-3 |
335 |
| 11 |
11 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
12-3 |
329 |
| 12 |
14 |
Montana Tech (Mont.) |
14-1Â |
306 |
| 13 |
15 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
12-4Â |
279 |
| 14 |
12 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
15-3Â |
273 |
| 15 |
16 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
16-1 |
198 |
| 16 |
13 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
13-4Â |
197 |
| 17 |
RV |
Eastern Oregon |
15-1Â |
188 |
| 18 |
17 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
12-5Â |
160 |
| 19 |
RV |
William Carey (Miss.) |
14-0Â |
155 |
| 20 |
18 |
Corban (Ore.) |
13-3Â |
151 |
| 21 |
NR |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
15-2Â |
129 |
| 22 |
RV |
Evangel (Mo.) |
13-1Â |
122 |
| 23 |
RV |
Friends (Kan.) |
15-1 |
105 |
| 24 |
22 |
Indiana Tech |
12-4Â |
101 |
| 25 |
RV |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
15-3Â |
99 |
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Dropped from Top 25: Oregon Tech, Carroll (Mont.), Langston (Okla.), Huntington (Ind.), Georgetwon (Ky.), Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 92, Langston (Okla.) 90, Huntington (Ind.) 72, Georgetown (Ky.) 66, Columbia (Mo.) 59, Science and Arts (Okla.) 57, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 54, Loyola (La.) 47, Taylor (Ind.) 47, Hastings (Neb.) 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 22, Shawnee State (Ohio) 18, Southern Oregon (Ore.) 17, Tennessee Southern 14, Cumberland (Tenn.) 10, Montana State-Northern 8, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 7, Grand View (Iowa) 7, College of Idaho 6, Faulkner University (Ala.) 4
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