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2015 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 2 (Dec. 8)

2015 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 2 (Dec. 8)

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KANSAS CITY Mo. – Saint Xavier (Ill.) stays undefeated and moves to the No. 1 ranking in the 2015-16NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The third installment will be released on Tuesday Jan. 5, 2016.

Top 25 Highlights 
• With an undefeated season, (10-0) the Cougars of Saint Xavier take over the Top 25 Poll earning 10 out of the 12 first place votes and a total of 311 total points. Behind is Morningside (Iowa) with 300.
• No. 1 Morningside fell in the rankings this week after its first loss against then-receiving votes Northwestern (Iowa), 72-65.  This breaks the streak of 15-consecutive No. 1 rankings for the Mustangs since the Dec. 2 poll last season.
• Goshen (Ind.) sees Top 25 action since failing to do so since the preseason poll in the 2004 – 05 season when it was ranked No. 18.  The Maple Leafs started the season 10-0 with a win against then-No. 20 Saint Francis (Ind.), 85-61.
• The Great Plains Athletic Conference has the most teams appearing in the Top 25 Poll with six: Morningside, No. 3 Hastings (Neb.), No. 4 Briar Cliff (Iowa), No. 12 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), No. 14 Concordia (Neb.) and No. 22 Northwestern (Iowa). The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference is second with five teams representing.
• With an undefeated season (11-0), No. 17 Bryan (Tenn.) is the only team to represent the Appalachian Athletic Conference in the Top 25 Poll.  The Lions haven’t been ranked since the 2013 – 14 Dec. 10 poll (No. 25). 
• Newcomers to the Top 25 Poll include, No. 22 Northwestern and No. 25 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) who missed the Top 25 after receiving votes last week. 
• Six teams continue their season with a perfect record including: Saint Xavier (10-0), No. 3 Hastings (Neb.) (11-0), No. 10 St. Francis (9-0), No. 13 Southern Oregon (8-0), No. 17 Bryan (Tenn.) (11-0) and No. 25 Lawrence Tech (7-0).
• No. 14 Concordia falls five spots in the rankings after losing to then-No. 16 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), 73-63.  The Tigers move to the No. 12 ranking on the week after the win.
• No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan has the most No. 1 rankings in NAIA history with 33. Morningside is right behind with 24.
• Morningside has the most active Top 25 straight appearances with 116.  College of the Ozarks (Mo.) is only seven behind with 109¬¬¬.
• College of the Ozarks (Mo.), Morningside and Saint Francis (Ind.) are the only teams to be ranked No. 1 for an entire season. College of the Ozarks in 2007-08 season, Morningside in 2008-09 and Saint Francis in 1999-2000.

Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

2015-16 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Dec. 8)

RANK LAST WEEK^ SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) 2014-15 RECORD TOTAL POINTS
1 2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) (10) 10-0 311
2 1 Morningside (Iowa) (2) 9-1 300
3 3 Hastings (Neb.) 11-0 295
4 4 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 9-1 278
5 5 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 9-1 268
6 7 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 10-1 259
7 6 Marian (Ind.) 8-2 257
8 8 Davenport (Mich.) 7-2 245
9 T10 Indiana Wesleyan 10-2 223
T10 13 St. Francis (Ill.) 9-0 213
T10 T10 Jamestown (N.D.) 8-2 213
12 16 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D) 10-1 206
13 15 Southern Oregon 8-0 187
14 9 Concordia (Neb.) 4-3 178
15 14 Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 8-2 174
16 12 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8-3 173
17 19 Bryan (Tenn.) 11-0 145
18 18 Haskell (Kan.) 9-2 142
19 22 Dickinson State (N.D) 6-2 114
20 17 Huntington (Ind.) 5-5 98
21 21 Tabor (Kan.) 5-5 95
22 RV Northwestern (Iowa) 7-4 90
23 25 Oregon Tech 8-3 81
24 NV Goshen (Ind.) 10-1 75
25 RV Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 7-0 63


Dropped from Top 25: Saint Francis (Ind.) 

Other receiving votes: Milligan (Tenn.) 54, Kansas Wesleyan 52, Asbury (Ky.) 51, Indiana Northwest 48, Saint Francis (Ind.) 41, Point (Ga.) 29, Robert Morris (Ill.) 9, Friends (Kan.) 4, Oklahoma Wesleyan 3

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