2016 Women’s Division II Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 8 – (Feb. 9)
By Colbi Howser, Communications and Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Saint Xavier (Ill.) continues its No. 1 position in the eighth 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. 16.
Top 25 highlights (historical information dated back to 1991):
• Saint Xavier (Ill.) remains at the top of the Top 25 Coaches’ Poll receiving all 12 first-place votes and 312 total points. The Cougars extended its 12-0 home streak on Feb. 6 against Governors State (Ill.), 84-64. Saint Xavier holds the No. 1 ranking in blocks per game (6.6) and total blocks (172).
• In the NAIA Network Game of the Week, presented by Stretch Internet, No. 20 Dickinson State (N.D.) outlasted Mayville State (N.D.), 70-65.
• No. 11 Tabor (Kan.) moves up three spots this week. With a 20-6 record the Bluejays look to keep its 14-game win streak in tacked as they host Sterling (Kan.), Feb. 11.
• Oregon Tech, Bryan (Tenn.) and Friends (Kan.) all dropped out of the Top 25 Poll this week.
• No. 24 Mount Marty (S.D.) makes its way into the Top 25 this week. The Lancers have not seen Top 25 action since the postseason poll of the 2010-11 season. Mount Marty is 17-9 overall and look to continue its two-game win streak as they travel to Northwestern (Iowa), Feb. 10.
• Fourteen teams have 20-plus wins on the season. Saint Xavier has the most with 25.
• Saint Xavier and No. 6 Southern Oregon are the only two teams to have a lone loss on the season.
• The top five teams has been the same for the last three weeks.
• Thirteen teams have been ranked in every poll this season.
• Forty-three teams have been ranked through nine polls.
• The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference leads all leagues with six teams represented: Saint Xavier, No. 5 Saint Francis (Ill.), No. 7 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), No. 13 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), No. 15 Purdue Calumet (Ind.) and No. 25 St. Ambrose (Iowa).
• No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan (14-2) has the most No. 1 rankings in NAIA history with 34. No. 2 Morningside (Iowa) 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.
• No. 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) (2007-08), Morningside (2008-09) and No. 5 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. 9)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL (1st Place Votes) |
WON |
LOST |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) (12) |
25 |
1 |
312 |
| 2 |
2 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
24 |
2 |
302 |
| 3 |
3 |
Marian (Ind.) |
23 |
3 |
292 |
| 4 |
4 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
20 |
3 |
282 |
| 5 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
23 |
2 |
271 |
| 6 |
7 |
Southern Oregon |
21 |
1 |
257 |
| 7 |
6 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
21 |
4 |
254 |
| 8 |
8 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
22 |
4 |
242 |
| 9 |
10 |
Davenport (Mich.) |
20 |
5 |
232 |
| 10 |
9 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
18 |
7 |
211 |
| 11 |
14 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
20 |
6 |
194 |
| 11 |
11 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
17 |
8 |
194 |
| 13 |
15 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
20 |
6 |
190 |
| 14 |
12 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
19 |
7 |
186 |
| 15 |
13 |
Purdue Calumet (Ind.) |
20 |
6 |
175 |
| 16 |
16 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
19 |
6 |
168 |
| 17 |
17 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
20 |
6 |
166 |
| 18 |
19 |
Lawrence Tech (MI) |
19 |
2 |
135 |
| 19 |
18 |
Goshen (Ind.) |
19 |
7 |
129 |
| 20 |
20 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
19 |
5 |
124 |
| 21 |
21 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
20 |
5 |
105 |
| 22 |
22 |
Indiana Northwest |
18 |
7 |
96 |
| 23 |
23 |
Haskell (Kan.) |
19 |
5 |
84 |
| 24 |
NR |
Mount Marty (S.D.) |
17 |
9 |
77 |
| 25 |
24 |
St. Ambrose (Iowa) |
17 |
7 |
74 |
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Dropped from the Top 25: Oregon Tech, Bryan (Tenn.), Friends (Kan.)
Receiving Votes: Oregon Tech 72,Bryan (Tenn.) 64, Friends (Kan.) 43,
Eastern Oregon 16, Southeastern (Fla.) 15, Indiana East 9, Indiana Tech 8, Point (Ga.) 7, Oklahoma Wesleyan 4, Asbury (Ky.) 3