KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southeastern (Fla.) is the new No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2021-22 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. This is the first time the Flames have been ranked No. 1 since 2018.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) [20] | 24-1 | 591 |
| 2 | 1 | Thomas More (Ky.) [1] | 21-2 | 561 |
| 3 | 5 | Westmont (Calif.) | 19-3 | 553 |
| 4 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 22-2 | 536 |
| 5 | 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 20-3 | 513 |
| 6 | 3 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 23-2 | 486 |
| 7 | 7 | Carroll (Mont.) | 21-5 | 463 |
| 8 | 9 | Sterling (Kan.) | 25-1 | 459 |
| 9 | 8 | Morningside (Iowa) | 21-4 | 443 |
| 10 | 12 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 23-3 | 426 |
| 11 | 14 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 24-0 | 376 |
| 12 | 11 | Indiana Wesleyan | 21-4 | 372 |
| 13 | 15 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 21-4 | 351 |
| 14 | 10 | Clarke (Iowa) | 22-4 | 343 |
| 15 | 18 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 22-3 | 321 |
| 16 | 13 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 21-5 | 315 |
| 17 | 17 | Indiana Tech | 23-2 | 299 |
| 18 | 20 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 18-5 | 245 |
| 19 | 16 | Providence (Mont.) | 22-5 | 234 |
| 20 | 21 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 22-2 | 222 |
| 21 | 22 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 20-3 | 209 |
| 22 | 18 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 23-2 | 186 |
| 23 | 25 | Rust (Miss.) | 19-2 | 150 |
| 24 | NR | Dordt (Iowa) | 20-6 | 149 |
| 25 | 24 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 20-7 | 130 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.)
Receiving Votes: Lyon (Ark.) 98, Hope International (Calif.) 89, Loyola (La.) 70, Georgetown (Ky.) 52, Grand View (Iowa) 39, Southern Oregon 27, Texas Wesleyan 19, Bethel (Tenn.) 16, Cumberlands (Ky.) 15, Columbia (Mo.) 12, St. Francis (Ill.) 10, Montana Western 6, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 3
