(Friday, January 30; Sioux Center, Iowa) The NAIA Women's Basketball team is no. 1 in the fourth edition of the NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll released on January 28.
Dordt is 20-1 after a win over Northwestern in GPAC play on Wednesday night, January 28 and is one of four GPAC teams in the top-19. Dordt continues its season on Saturday, January 31 at home against Mount Marty. The Defenders have won 12 games in a row and are14-1 in the GPAC.
Dordt is scheduled to play Morningside and the College of Saint Mary on Wednesday and Saturday, February 4 and 7.
Dordt earned 15 out of 20 first place votes and garnered 561 points and Freed Hardeman (Tennessee) moved from no. 5 to no. 2 with a 19-1 record and five first place votes.
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| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORDS |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [15] |
19-1 |
561 |
| 2 |
5 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [4] |
19-1 |
546 |
| 3 |
2 |
Bethel (Tenn.) [1] |
19-2 |
533 |
| 4 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
17-3 |
488 |
| 5 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
18-2 |
472 |
| 6 |
6 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
19-1 |
466 |
| 7 |
7 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
17-3 |
445 |
| 8 |
8 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
19-1 |
437 |
| 9 |
9 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
17-4 |
403 |
| 10 |
10 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
16-5 |
346 |
| 11 |
11 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
15-3 |
343 |
| 12 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
16-4 |
325 |
| 13 |
12 |
Montana Tech |
16-2 |
303 |
| 14 |
19 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
18-1 |
269 |
| 15 |
14 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
17-3 |
259 |
| 15 |
17 |
Eastern Oregon |
18-3 |
259 |
| 17 |
22 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
16-1 |
209 |
| 18 |
21 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
17-3 |
196 |
| 19 |
16 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
16-5 |
158 |
| 20 |
23 |
Friends (Kan.) |
17-3 |
151 |
| 21 |
15 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
19-2 |
139 |
| 22 |
20 |
Corban (Ore.) |
16-4 |
138 |
| 23 |
18 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
13-7 |
113 |
| 24 |
RV |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
15-4 |
100 |
| 25 |
24 |
Indiana Tech |
16-4 |
92 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.)Â
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 85, Langston (Okla.) 81, Southeastern (Fla.) 81, Loyola (La.) 66, Hastings (Neb.) 59, Huntington (Ind.) 57, Columbia (Mo.) 49, Tennessee Southern 35, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 23, Montana State-Northern 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 17, Taylor (Ind.) 15, Science and Arts (Okla.) 11, Georgetown (Ky.) 9, Southern Oregon 7, Oregon Tech 6. Hope International (Calif.) 6, College of Idaho 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 5, Providence (Mont.) 4, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3, Indiana Wesleyan 2
Poll Methodology
- 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."
