Jacki Speer and her SOU teammates have risen to 18th in the NAIA Top 25.
Raiders 18th, Mounties 24th in NAIA Women's Top 25 Hoop Ranking
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - College of the Ozarks (Mo.) remained No. 1 in the final National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II Women's Basketball Top-25 poll. The Lady Bobcats earned 15 first place votes and compiled 508 total points to stay in the top spot the entire season.
After spending five weeks at No. 3, Morningside (Iowa) moved up a spot to No. 2 with a win over then-No. 2 Northwestern (Iowa) last week. Morningside earned 495 total points while Northwestern dropped to No. 3 with 476 points. No. 4 Hasting (Neb.) and No. 5 Bethel (Ind.) stayed in the same spots with 455 and 443 total points respectively.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference is represented by Southern Oregon (18) and Eastern Oregon (24) in this week's Top 25.
| 2007-08 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Feb. 27 |
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
29-1 |
508 |
| 2 |
3 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
28-2 |
495 |
| 3 |
2 |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
27-2 |
476 |
| 4 |
4 |
Hastings College (Neb.) |
26-4 |
455 |
| 5 |
5 |
Bethel College (Ind.) |
26-3 |
443 |
| 6 |
7 |
Davenport University (Mich.) |
26-4 |
418 |
| 7 |
8 |
Shawnee State University (Ohio) |
26-2 |
403 |
| 8 |
9 |
Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) |
24-4 |
377 |
| 9 |
10 |
Dakota State University (S.D.) |
20-9 |
374 |
| 10 |
12 |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
24-5 |
351 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
26-4 |
346 |
| 12 |
11 |
Benedictine College (Kan.) |
26-4 |
319 |
| 13 |
15 |
Black Hills State University (S.D.) |
24-5 |
318 |
| 14 |
17 |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
23-7 |
288 |
| 15 |
14 |
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) |
25-5 |
240 |
| 16 |
20 |
Sterling College (Kan.) |
20-7 |
234 |
| 17 |
18 |
Daemen College (N.Y.) |
22-6 |
224 |
| 18 |
22 |
Southern Oregon University |
26-4 |
207 |
| 19 |
16 |
William Jewell College (Mo.) |
22-8 |
185 |
| 20 |
19 |
Ohio Dominican University |
19-9 |
175 |
| 21 |
RV |
MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) |
21-10 |
146 |
| T22 |
25 |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
21-8 |
143 |
| T22 |
21 |
University of Rio Grande (Ohio) |
22-6 |
143 |
| 24 |
RV |
Eastern Oregon University |
24-4 |
111 |
| 25 |
RV |
Union College (Ky.) |
22-7 |
91 |
Others receiving votes: Minot (N.D.) 89; Southwestern (Kan.) 71; Midway (Ky.) 59; Notre Dame (Ohio) 41; Mount Marty (S.D.) 37; Northwood (Fla.) 31; Taylor (Ind.) 28; King (Tenn.) 19; Holy Names (Calif.) 15; Indiana Southeast 11; Huntington (Ind.) 9; Mayville (Tenn.) 8; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Grand View (Iowa) 3; Covenant (Ga.) 2; Urbana (Ohio) 2; Madonna (Mich.) 2; Berea (Ky.) 2; Marian (Ind.) 1; Oklahoma Wesleyan 1.
* Records through Sunday, Feb. 24th.