KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the second week in-a-row Morningside is No. 1 in the fifth edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll announced Tuesday. The sixth regular-season installment will be released Jan. 26.
2016 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Jan. 19)
1 Morningside (Iowa) (11) 19 1 281
2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 20 1 272
3 Marian (Ind.) 17 3 262
4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 15 3 252
5 St. Francis (Ill.) 16 3 234
5 Concordia (Neb.) 14 4 234
7 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 16 3 224
8 Davenport (Mich.) 15 4 214
9 Indiana Wesleyan 17 3 206
10 Hastings (Neb.) 15 4 201
11 Southern Oregon 16 1 193
12 Jamestown (N.D.) 16 4 183
13 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 15 4 179
14 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 16 4 172
15 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 14 5 151
16 Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 15 5 138
17 Lawrence Tech (MI) 14 1 130
18 Haskell (Kan.) 15 4 122
19 Tabor (Kan.) 14 6 121
20 Dickinson State (N.D.) 14 4 116
21 Goshen (Ind.) 14 6 89
22 Huntington (Ind.) 14 6 76
23 Milligan (Tenn.) 16 4 70
24 Indiana Northwest 15 5 64
25 Friends (Kan.) 14 6 56
Dropped from the Top 25: none
Receiving Votes: St. Ambrose (Iowa) 44, Northwestern (Iowa) 44, Bryan (Tenn.) 44, Oregon Tech 28, Kansas Wesleyan 22, Southeastern (Fla.) 19, Asbury (Ky.) 9, Eastern Oregon 7, Mayville State (N.D.) 6, Point (Ga.) 6, Oklahoma Wesleyan 3
