KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Xavier (Ill.) is No. 1 for the second-straight edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.
The Great Plains Athletic Conference and Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference leads all leagues with five teams represented each.
Morningside holds the active streak of being ranked in the Top 25 (117). College of the Ozarks’ streak of 110-straight is second. College of the Ozarks (2007-08), Morningside (2008-09) and Saint Francis (Ind.) (1999-00) are the only teams to go the entire season ranked No. 1.
RANK | LAST WEEK^ | SCHOOL | WON | LOST | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 17 | 0 | 250 |
2 | 2 | Morningside (Iowa) | 14 | 1 | 242 |
3 | 7 | Marian (Ind.) | 13 | 3 | 225 |
4 | 5 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 13 | 2 | 218 |
5 | 12 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 13 | 1 | 215 |
6 | 8 | Davenport (Mich.) | 12 | 3 | 212 |
7 | T10 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 13 | 1 | 204 |
8 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 14 | 2 | 194 |
9 | 6 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 12 | 3 | 181 |
10 | 14 | Concordia (Neb.) | 11 | 3 | 179 |
11 | 4 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 12 | 3 | 170 |
12 | 15 | Southern Oregon | 13 | 0 | 167 |
13 | T10 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 15 | 4 | 155 |
14 | 12 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 12 | 3 | 149 |
15 | 3 | Hastings (Neb.) | 11 | 4 | 135 |
16 | 15 | Purdue Calumet (Ind.) | 12 | 3 | 123 |
17 | 17 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 14 | 1 | 118 |
18 | 18 | Haskell (Kan.) | 13 | 3 | 109 |
19 | 20 | Huntington (Ind.) | 11 | 5 | 104 |
20 | 21 | Tabor (Kan.) | 10 | 6 | 91 |
21 | 19 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 11 | 4 | 87 |
22 | 25 | Lawrence Tech (MI) | 10 | 1 | 74 |
23 | RV | Kansas Wesleyan | 14 | 3 | 70 |
24 | NR | Warner Pacific (Ore.) | 10 | 2 | 54 |
25 | RV | Milligan (Tenn.) | 13 | 3 | 48 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Northwestern (Iowa) (No. 22), Oregon Tech (No. 23) and Goshen (Ind.) (No. 24).
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana Northwest 37; Goshen (Ind.) 36; Southeastern (Fla.) 35; Oregon Tech 35; Friends (Kan.) 30; Asbury (Ky.) 18; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 12.