KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2019 DII Women’s Basketball National Champions, the Bulldogs of Concordia (Neb.) stay at the top for the 2019-20 season. The Bulldogs are No. 1 according to the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll.
Concordia returns four starters from a team that went 35-3 a season ago, winning the first national title in program history. That includes three NAIA All-American forwards in Philly Lammers, tournament MVP, Grace Barry and leading scorer Taylor Cockerill.
Dordt University starts the season ranked #5 and Northwestern is ranked 11th. Other GPAC ranked teams are Dakota Wesleyan in the seven spot, Hastings at 16, and Morningside at #19
2019-20 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 Poll (Oct. 23)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Concordia (Neb.) [12] | 35-3 | 312 |
| 2 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 31-3 | 302 |
| 3 | 5 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 31-4 | 284 |
| 4 | 7 | Indiana Tech | 32-4 | 270 |
| 5 | 16 | Dordt (Iowa) | 20-12 | 266 |
| 6 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 27-7 | 264 |
| 7 | 3 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 31-6 | 258 |
| 8 | 9 | Eastern Oregon | 29-4 | 234 |
| 9 | 14 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 24-9 | 231 |
| 10 | 11 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 27-6 | 230 |
| 11 | 4 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 29-5 | 215 |
| 12 | 15 | Sterling (Kan.) | 27-6 | 195 |
| 13 | 24 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 20-13 | 192 |
| 14 | 23 | Corban (Ore.) | 25-10 | 167 |
| 15 | 6 | Taylor (Ind.) | 30-5 | 165 |
| 16 | 13 | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-13 | 163 |
| 17 | RV | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 21-10 | 158 |
| 18 | 10 | Tabor (Kan.) | 28-4 | 137 |
| 19 | 19 | Morningside (Iowa) | 19-13 | 126 |
| 20 | 12 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 31-2 | 109 |
| 21 | 25 | Oregon Tech | 24-10 | 92 |
| 22 | RV | Michigan-Dearborn | 24-7 | 80 |
| 23 | RV | Mayville State (N.D.) | 19-8 | 68 |
| 24 | RV | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 21-12 | 66 |
| 25 | 18 | Indiana Northwest (Ind.) | 27-8 | 62 |
Receiving Votes: WVU Tech 50, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 47, Huntington (Ind.) 47, Indiana Wesleyan 38, Aquinas (Mich.) 33, Bellevue (Neb.) 31, Bethany (Kan.) 17, Southern Oregon 15, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 9, Milligan (Tenn.) 7, St. Thomas (Fla.) 5, UC Merced (Calif.) 4
