KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Westmont (Calif.) opens up the 2020-21 season at No. 1 in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll announced the national office on Wednesday, as the NAIA ushers in a new era of women’s basketball with one combined division.
| RANK | LAST YEAR | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | 2019-20 RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 (I) | Westmont (Calif.) [17] | 27-3 | 586 |
| 2 | 2 (I) | Wayland Baptist (Texas) [4] | 31-2 | 563 |
| 3 | 2 (II) | Marian (Ind.) | 31-3 | 545 |
| 4 | 4 (I) | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 29-3 | 534 |
| 5 | 5 (I) | The Master’s (Calif.) | 29-3 | 529 |
| 6 | 3 (I) | Oklahoma City | 30-2 | 486 |
| 7 | 3 (II) | Southeastern (Fla.) | 27-3 | 464 |
| 8 | 12 (II) | Dordt (Iowa) | 24-8 | 438 |
| 9 | 8 (I) | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 29-4 | 437 |
| 10 | 9 (I) | Vanguard (Calif.) | 23-6 | 416 |
| 11 | 1 (II) | Concordia (Neb.) | 32-2 | 413 |
| 12 | 5 (II) | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 29-4 | 343 |
| 13 | 20 (I) | Clarke (Iowa) | 25-7 | 327 |
| 14 | 6 (I) | Bethel (Tenn.) | 29-4 | 302 |
| 14 | 21 (I) | Thomas More (Ky.) | 22-10 | 302 |
| 16 | 8 (II) | St. Francis (Ill.) | 29-5 | 276 |
| 17 | 6 (I) | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 31-2 | 274 |
| 18 | 11 (I) | Lyon (Ark.) | 29-3 | 268 |
| 19 | 10 (I) | Talladega (Ala.) | 28-5 | 247 |
| 20 | 17 (I) | Carroll (Mont.) | 21-10 | 198 |
| 21 | 15 (I) | Columbia (Mo.) | 25-7 | 179 |
| 22 | 6 (II) | Indiana Tech | 30-4 | 155 |
| 23 | 9 (II) | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 29-5 | 154 |
| 24 | 10 (II) | Morningside (Iowa) | 23-10 | 146 |
| 25 | 13 (I) | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 26-6 | 144 |
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 122, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 102, Indiana Wesleyan 98, Bryan (Tenn.) 73, Loyola (La.) 71, Providence (Mont.) 50, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 42, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 27, Sterling (Kan.) 25, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 12, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 6, Union (Ky.) 4, Antelope Valley (Calif.) 3, Rust (Miss.) 3, Bushnell (Ore.) 3
