Northwestern College moved up one spot in this week’s edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball coaches’ poll released Tuesday.
Owning an 18-6 overall record and winning 10 of their last 11 games, the Red Raiders move up to ninth in the Feb.6 edition of the poll. They join four other team from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in the top 25; Concordia (2), Dakota Wesleyan (T10), Hastings (12) and Morningside (15). This is the highest ranking for the Red Raiders since the 2013-14 season.
Southeastern (Fla.) owns the top spot in the coaches’ poll for the first time in program history and is the lone unbeaten team remaining in the Division II ranks, owning a 23-0 record. They received 11 of the 12 first place votes. Former No.1 Concordia slipped to second, followed by College of the Ozarks (Mo.), Saint Xavier (Ill.) and Marian (Ind.).
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Vote] | Record | FINAL POINTS | |
| 1 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) [11] | 23-0 | 312 | |
| 2 | 1 | Concordia (Neb.) [1] | 25-1 | 302 | |
| 3 | 3 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 26-1 | 293 | |
| 4 | 4 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 21-2 | 281 | |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 24-2 | 273 | |
| 6 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 23-2 | 261 | |
| 7 | 8 | Indiana Tech | 25-2 | 246 | |
| 8 | 6 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 24-3 | 244 | |
| 9 | 10 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 18-6 | 232 | |
| 10 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 22-2 | 220 | |
| 10 | 12 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 22-4 | 220 | |
| 12 | 11 | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-5 | 193 | |
| 13 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 18-7 | 179 | |
| 14 | 16 | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 19-3 | 172 | |
| 15 | 13 | Morningside (Iowa) | 18-8 | 171 | |
| 16 | 15 | Taylor (Ind.) | 18-8 | 164 | |
| 17 | 17 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 17-7 | 155 | |
| 18 | 17 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 20-3 | 148 | |
| 19 | 19 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 21-4 | 133 | |
| 20 | 20 | Indiana Wesleyan | 19-7 | 129 | |
| 21 | 21 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 24-2 | 110 | |
| 22 | 22 | Friends (Kan.) | 18-7 | 108 | |
| 23 | 24 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 19-6 | 89 | |
| 24 | NR | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 20-3 | 57 | |
| 25 | NR | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 16-10 | 47 | |
Dropped from Top 25: Mayville State (N.D.); Tabor (Kan.)
Other Receiving Votes: Mayville State (N.D.) 47; Reinhardt (Ga.) 43; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 33; Indiana East 27; Oregon Tech 24; Oklahoma Wesleyan 16; Concordia (Mich.) 12; UC-Merced 9; St. Thomas (Fla.) 5; Tennessee Wesleyan 4; Huntington (Ind.) 3
