Kansas City Kansas — Northwestern College dropped out of this week’s NAIA D-II Women’s Basketball coaches’ poll released Tuesday by the national office. They are now in the receiving votes category.
Ranked 22nd in the Jan. 24 poll, Northwestern fell out of the top 25 and is receiving votes in the Feb. 7 ratings. The Red Raiders join four other GPAC teams in the poll; Concordia (2), Morningside (8), Hastings (10) and Dakota Wesleyan (12).
St. Francis (Ill.), one of two teams still unbeaten, holds down the top spot for the fourth consecutive coaches’ poll, owning a perfect 24-0 record. They are followed by Concordia, Saint Xavier (Ill.), Marian (Ind.) and Southern Oregon. Southeastern (Fla.) is the only other unbeaten team and is ranked seventh.
2016-17 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll No. 4 (Jan. 24)
1 St. Francis (Ill.) (8) 24-0 309
2 Concordia (Neb.) (4) 24-1 305
3 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 23-2 287
4 Marian (Ind.) 22-2 269
5 Southern Oregon 24-2 268
6 Davenport (Mich.) 24-2 262
7 Southeastern (Fla.) 21-0 262
8 Morningside (Iowa) 20-6 238
9 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 21-4 234
10 Hastings (Neb.) 20-6 212
11 Jamestown (N.D.) 18-4 209
12 Dakota Wesleyan (N.D.) 21-4 199
13 IU Northwest (Ind.) 21-4 190
14 Friends (Kan.) 20-4 186
15 Purdue Northwest (Ind.) 20-6 176
16 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 21-4 161
17 Eastern Oregon 21-4 155
18 Indiana Tech 19-6 139
19 Tabor (Kan.) 20-5 119
20 Indiana East 22-5 117
21 Dickinson State (N.D.) 20-5 107
22 Oregon Tech 21-5 98
23 Reinhardt (Ga.) 23-3 90
24 Indiana Wesleyan 16-10 89
25 Siena Heights (Mich.) 19-7 63
Dropped from the rankings: Northwestern (Iowa) (22); Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 24
Others receiving votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 52; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 50; Milligan (Tenn.) 44; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 41; Valley City State (N.D.) 23; Point (Ga.) 5; IU Kokomo (Ind.) 4; Northwest Christian (Ore.) 3; Ottawa (Kan.) 3
