2017-18 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1
EOU No. 8, SOU No. 12, NCU No. 25, OIT RV
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the first regular-season poll of the 2017-18 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball season, the Cougars of Saint Xavier move up one spot to take over the No. 1 ranking, the national office announced Tuesday. This is the program’s seventh No. 1 ranking all time.
Top 25 Highlights
- Last year’s runner-up at the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship, Saint Xavier currently holds a 6-0 record.
- The Cougars have been led by Kara Krolicki, who is averaging 23.2 points per game so far this season.
- Defending National Champion Marian (Ind.) suffered a loss to St. Francis (Ill.), which dropped the Knights three spots to No. 4. Marian is currently 10-1 on the year.
- Four teams join the Top 25 for the first time this year: No. 16 Mayville State (N.D.), No. 23 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 24 Lawrence Tech (Mich.), No. 25 Northwest Christian (Ore.).
- Morningside (Iowa) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 38. Indiana Wesleyan is second with 33.
- Morningside also holds the record for longest consecutively-ranked active school with 165 straight polls. Saint Xavier (Ill.) is second on the list with 152, including its time in Division I.
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.
2017-18 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll No. 1 (Nov. 28)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) [5] |
6-0 |
306 |
| 2 |
3 |
Concordia (Neb.) [5] |
7-0 |
305 |
| 3 |
4 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
9-0 |
288 |
| 4 |
1 |
Marian (Ind.) [2] |
10-1 |
280 |
| 4 |
6 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
9-0 |
280 |
| 6 |
8 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
7-1 |
261 |
| 7 |
5 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
5-2 |
242 |
| 8 |
9 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
8-2 |
232 |
| 8 |
7 |
Eastern Oregon |
6-2 |
232 |
| 10 |
10 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
8-2 |
228 |
| 11 |
14 |
Indiana Tech |
9-1 |
224 |
| 12 |
15 |
Southern Oregon |
7-0 |
197 |
| 13 |
13 |
Indiana East |
7-2 |
196 |
| 14 |
12 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
5-2 |
182 |
| 15 |
17 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
5-3 |
157 |
| 16 |
NR |
Mayville State (N.D.) |
6-1 |
151 |
| 17 |
21 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
6-2 |
137 |
| 18 |
19 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
6-1 |
133 |
| 19 |
20 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
6-1 |
127 |
| 20 |
23 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
6-3 |
119 |
| 21 |
16 |
Friends (Kan.) |
5-3 |
118 |
| 22 |
11 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
4-3 |
104 |
| 23 |
NR |
Indiana Wesleyan |
7-2 |
96 |
| 24 |
NR |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
7-1 |
92 |
| 25 |
NR |
Northwest Christian (Ore.) |
7-0 |
72 |
|
Dropped From Top 25: UC Merced, Indiana Northwest, Siena Heights (Mich.), Milligan (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Valley City State (N.D.) 67; Point (Ga.) 27; Ave Maria (Fla.) 27; Taylor (Ind.) 26; Trinity Christian (Ill.) 22; Concordia (Mich.) 18; Oregon Tech 13; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 7; IU Kokomo 3