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2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Jan. 26)

2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Jan. 26)

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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
 

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