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2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Feb. 16)

2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – (Feb. 16)

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By Colbi Howser, Communications and Sports Information Intern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Xavier (Ill.) continues its No. 1 position in the ninth edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The ninth regular-season installment will be released Feb. 23.

Top 25 highlights (historical information dated back to 1991):
• Saint Xavier (Ill.) remains at the top capturing all 12 first-place votes and 312 total points. The Cougars extended its home win streak to 14-straight on Feb. 10 against Judson (Ill.), 91-53. Saint Xavier holds the No. 1 ranking in blocks per game (6.8) and total blocks (189).
• In the NAIA Network Game of the Week, presented by Stretch Internet, rebounding and shooting percentage was key for No. 10 Briar Cliff (Iowa) as they finished off No. 11 Hastings (Neb.), 82-70. The Chargers face No. 2 Morningside (Iowa) in a top 10 matchup, Feb. 17.
• No. 19 Mount Marty (S.D.) sees the biggest jump this week moving up five positions in the poll. The Lancers are 19-9 on the season after two key conference victories against Northwestern (Iowa), 101-92 (OT), Feb. 10 and Dordt (Iowa), 60-55.
• No. 25 Dickinson State finds itself at the bottom of the poll as it fell five spots after going 0-2 last week against Valley City State (N.D.), 75-65 and No. 8 Jamestown (N.D.), 74-62.
• No. 23 Bryan (Tenn.) fights its way back into the Top 25 Poll after missing the cut last week.
• Four teams are looking to crack 20 wins this season.
• Saint Xavier leads the division in wins with 27. Morningside is second with 26.
• The top eleven teams have been the same for the last two weeks.
• The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and Great Plains Athletic Conference lead the leagues with six teams representing.
• No. 15 Indiana Wesleyan (22-6) has the most No. 1 rankings in NAIA history with 34. No. 2 Morningside is second with 27.
• Morningside holds the active streak of being ranked in the Top 25 (122). No. 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) streak of 115-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 (Feb. 16)
RANK LAST WEEK^ SCHOOL WON LOST FINAL POINTS
1 1 Saint Xavier (Ill.) (12) 27 1 312
2 2 Morningside (Iowa) 26 2 302
3 3 Marian (Ind.) 25 3 292
4 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 22 3 282
5 5 St. Francis (Ill.) 25 3 269
6 6 Southern Oregon 24 1 262
7 7 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 23 4 253
8 8 Jamestown (N.D.) 24 4 239
9 9 Davenport (Mich.) 22 5 234
10 10 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 20 7 222
11 11 Tabor (Kan.) 22 6 205
12 13 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 22 6 200
13 14 Concordia (Neb.) 21 7 195
14 16 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 21 7 173
15 17 Indiana Wesleyan 22 6 172
16 15 Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 21 7 159
17 18 Lawrence Tech (MI) 20 3 143
18 19 Goshen (Ind.) 21 7 133
19 24 Mount Marty (S.D.) 19 9 118
20 11 Hastings (Neb.) 18 9 116
21 22 Indiana Northwest 20 7 112
22 23 Haskell (Kan.) 20 5 98
23 NR Bryan (Tenn.) 24 3 97
24 25 St. Ambrose (Iowa) 19 7 85
25 20 Dickinson State (N.D.) 19 7 83
 
Dropped from the Top 25: Milligan (Tenn.)

Receiving Votes: Milligan (Tenn.) 60, Friends (Kan.) 44, Eastern Oregon 38, Oregon Tech 26, Southeastern (Fla.) 15, Indiana East 14, Indiana Tech 8, Asbury (Ky.) 3

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