(Thursday, February 26; Sioux Center, Iowa)Â The final edition of the NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll and Dordt is the no. 1 team in the poll.
The Defenders are 28-1 after a GPAC Tournament Quarterfinal win on Wednesday night over Mount Marty. The Defenders took 531 points and 16 total first-place points in the voting. Dordt has won 20 games in a row and claimed its fourth straight GPAC regular season title since the last poll was announced.
Dordt will face Concordia in GPAC Semifinal play on Saturday, February 28 and is one of three GPAC teams (Dakota Wesleyan-no. 9, Concordia-no. 13) in the top-25 and another two are in Receiving Votes category of the poll (Hastings, Briar Cliff).
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| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [16] |
27-1 |
531 |
| 2 |
2 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [3] |
24-3 |
512 |
| 3 |
3 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
24-4 |
504 |
| 4 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
26-2 |
479 |
| 5 |
5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
22-6 |
437 |
| 6 |
7 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
25-3 |
435 |
| 7 |
6 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
24-4 |
428 |
| 8 |
8 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
27-1 |
422 |
| 9 |
9 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
22-6 |
365 |
| 10 |
10 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
23-3 |
334 |
| 11 |
13 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
21-7 |
318 |
| 12 |
15 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
24-2 |
303 |
| 13 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
22-6 |
293 |
| 14 |
14 |
Eastern Oregon |
24-4 |
261 |
| 15 |
17 |
Montana Tech |
22-4 |
224 |
| 16 |
19 |
Loyola (La.) |
23-3 |
223 |
| 17 |
12 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
21-7 |
221 |
| 18 |
16 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
22-6 |
212 |
| 19 |
20 |
Langston (Okla.) |
24-4 |
189 |
| 20 |
RV |
Corban (Ore.) |
23-5 |
188 |
| 21 |
22 |
Friends (Kan.) |
23-5 |
115 |
| 22 |
23 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
20-8 |
105 |
| 23 |
RV |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
25-3 |
97 |
| 24 |
RV |
Tennessee Southern |
20-5 |
79 |
| 25 |
18 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
21-5 |
78 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Indiana Tech, Carroll (Mont.), Cumberlands (Ky.)Â
Receiving Votes: Indiana Tech 71, Carroll (Mont.) 60, Georgetown (Ky.) 59, Hastings (Neb.) 54, Cumberlands (Ky.) 53, Columbia (Mo.) 48, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 45, LSU Shreveport (La.) 44, Faulkner (Ala.) 28, Huntington (Ind.) 24, College of Idaho 20, Oregon Tech 17, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 16, St. Francis (Ill.) 14, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14, Southern Oregon 9, Benedictine (Kan.) 6, Taylor (Ind.) 5, Milligan (Tenn.) 3, Indiana Wesleyan 3
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."
