2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Jan. 26)
By Colbi Howser, Communications and Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Xavier (Ill.) regains the No. 1 position in the sixth edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The sixth regular-season installment will be released Feb. 2.
Top 25 highlights (historical information dated back to 1991):
• Saint Xavier (Ill.) takes over the top spot in the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, receiving 11-of-12 possible first-place votes and a total of 312 points. The Cougars helped their position after defeating then-No. 7 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 108-96, on Jan. 23. Saint Xavier held them to 17 points under its NAIA-leading scoring average of 112.5 points per game.
• Previous-No. 1 Morningside (Iowa) fell this week after a loss to Mount Marty (S.D.) on Jan. 20, 84-77. The Mustangs are now 20-2 on the season.
• In the NAIA Network Game of the Week, presented by Stretch Internet, previous-No. 19 Tabor (Kan.) cruised past No. 25 Friends (Kan.), 76-67, in a Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference match-up.
• No. 12 Briar Cliff (Iowa) moves three positions this week after defeating then-No. 13 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), 67-65, on Jan. 20.
• The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) and Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) continue to lead all leagues with five teams represented each.
• No. 8 Olivet Nazarene still leads the NAIA is scoring offense per game (111.7). It also holds No. 1 positions in nine other categories.
• There are no new newcomers to the Top 25 Poll this week.
• No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan (14-2) has the most No. 1 rankings in NAIA history with 33. Morningside is second with 26.
• Morningside holds the active streak of being ranked in the Top 25 (120). No. 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) streak of 113-straight is second.
• College of the Ozarks (2007-08), Morningside (2008-09) and Saint Francis (Ind.) (1999-00) are the only teams to go the entire season ranked No. 1.
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.
2016 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Jan. 26)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL |
WON |
LOST |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) (11) |
22 |
1 |
312 |
| 2 |
1 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
20 |
2 |
301 |
| 3 |
3 |
Marian (Ind.) (1) |
19 |
3 |
293 |
| 4 |
4 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
16 |
3 |
283 |
| 5 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
19 |
3 |
270 |
| 6 |
8 |
Davenport (Mich.) |
17 |
4 |
251 |
| 7 |
6 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
15 |
5 |
245 |
| 8 |
7 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
17 |
4 |
243 |
| 9 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
18 |
1 |
227 |
| 10 |
12 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
18 |
4 |
219 |
| 11 |
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
18 |
4 |
216 |
| 12 |
15 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
16 |
5 |
206 |
| 13 |
10 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
15 |
6 |
193 |
| 14 |
14 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
17 |
5 |
173 |
| 15 |
13 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
16 |
5 |
168 |
| 16 |
17 |
Lawrence Tech (MI) |
16 |
1 |
159 |
| 17 |
19 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
16 |
6 |
152 |
| 18 |
16 |
Purdue Calumet (Ind.) |
17 |
5 |
148 |
| 19 |
20 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
16 |
4 |
129 |
| 20 |
21 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
16 |
6 |
113 |
| 21 |
23 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
17 |
4 |
96 |
| 22 |
18 |
Haskell (Kan.) |
16 |
5 |
91 |
| 23 |
24 |
Indiana Northwest |
16 |
6 |
87 |
| 24 |
22 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
15 |
7 |
82 |
| 25 |
25 |
Friends (Kan.) |
15 |
7 |
70 |
Dropped from the Top 25: none
Receiving Votes: St. Ambrose (Iowa) 51, Bryan (Tenn.) 47,
Oregon Tech 45, Southeastern (Fla.) 30, Mount Marty (S.D.) 24, Oklahoma Wesleyan 14, Point (Ga.) 7, Asbury (Ky.) 5