KANSAS CITY Mo. – Morningside (Iowa) continues its stay at the top in the first regular-season installment of the 2015 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Tuesday.
Morningside (Iowa) continues to stay on top of the poll this week, receiving all 12 first-place votes and 312 points. Behind is Saint Xavier (Ill.) who moved up from third place last edition with 302 total points. No. 3 Hastings (Neb.) make their way into the top five after receiving votes in the previous poll. Hastings is 9-0 this season.
The Great Plains Athletic Conference has the most schools appearing in the Top 25 with five: Morningside, Hastings, Briar Cliff, No. 9 Concordia (Neb.) and Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.). With four teams are the Crossroads League and Chicagoland Colligate Athletic Conference.
2015 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 1 (Dec.1)
1 Morningside (Iowa) 8-0 312
2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 9-0 302
3 Hastings (Neb.) 9-0 289
4 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 7-1 267
5 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 8-1 263
6 Marian (Ind.) 6-2 256
7 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 9-1 255
8 Davenport (Mich.) 5-2 254
9 Concordia (Neb.) 3-2 229
T10 Indiana Wesleyan 8-2 220
T10 Jamestown (N.D.) 8-2 220
12 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 7-2 206
13 St. Francis (Ill.) 7-0 193
14 Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 6-2 175
15 Southern Oregon 5-0 171
16 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 8-1 155
17 Huntington (Ind.) 5-3 150
18 Haskell (Kan.) 8-2 131
19 Bryan (Tenn.) 9-0 118
20 Saint Francis (Ind.) 3-2 98
21 Tabor (Kan.) 4-5 96
22 Dickinson State (N.D.) 6-2 91
23 Indiana Northwest 7-2 83
24 Kansas Wesleyan 8-2 80
25 Oregon Tech 6-3 65
Dropped from Top 25: Asbury (Ky.) and Oklahoma Wesleyan
Other receiving votes: Point (Ga.) 60, Northwestern (Iowa) 51, Lawrence Tech (MI) 44, Asbury (Ky.) 38, Oklahoma Wesleyan 27, Southeastern (Fla.) 26, Milligan (Tenn.) 16, Robert Morris (Ill.) 9, Siena Heights (Mich.) 3, Ave Maria (Fla.) 3
