KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southeastern (Fla.) is the No. 1 team for the second-straight week in the sixth NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. Southeastern earned 11 of 12 first-place votes and 281 total points to earn the top spot.
Top 25 Highlights
- This is the Fire's second-ever No. 1 ranking.
• Southeastern is now the only undefeated team in DII Women's Basketball this season.
• Antelope Valley (Calif.) has joined the Top 25 at the No. 24 spot. Reinhardt (Ga.) also joins the Top 25 this week at the No. 25 spot.
• Morningside (Iowa) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 38. Indiana Wesleyan is second with 33.
• Morningside continues to hold the record for longest consecutively-ranked active school with 170 straight polls. Saint Xavier (Ill.) is second on the list with 157, 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 rating) 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 appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
|
Record |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [10] |
|
27-0 |
281 |
| 2 |
2 |
Concordia (Neb.) [1] |
|
29-1 |
272 |
| 3 |
3 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
|
28-1 |
263 |
| 4 |
4 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
|
26-2 |
252 |
| 5 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
|
28-2 |
247 |
| 6 |
6 |
Eastern Oregon |
|
27-2 |
236 |
| 7 |
8 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
|
27-3 |
225 |
| 8 |
10 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
|
25-5 |
214 |
| 9 |
7 |
Indiana Tech |
|
27-3 |
209 |
| 10 |
9 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
|
21-7 |
198 |
| 11 |
10 |
Southern Oregon |
|
25-3 |
195 |
| 12 |
12 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
|
24-5 |
187 |
| 13 |
15 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
|
20-10 |
158 |
| 14 |
13 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
|
21-8 |
153 |
| 15 |
20 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
|
23-7 |
149 |
| 16 |
18 |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
|
22-4 |
139 |
| 17 |
14 |
Northwest Christian (Ore.) |
|
22-5 |
137 |
| 18 |
16 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
|
21-9 |
132 |
| 19 |
17 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
|
20-8 |
129 |
| 20 |
19 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
|
24-5 |
119 |
| 21 |
22 |
Friends (Kan.) |
|
22-7 |
106 |
| 22 |
21 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
|
27-3 |
98 |
| 23 |
23 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
|
22-8 |
74 |
| 24 |
NR |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
|
20-6 |
65 |
| 25 |
NR |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
|
22-8 |
60 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Saint Francis (Ind.)
Others receiving votes: Indiana East 42; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 36; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 32; Oklahoma Wesleyan 14; Bellevue (Neb.) 14; Concordia (Mich.) 13; St. Thomas (Fla.) 13; Oregon Tech 9; Grace (Ind.) 3; Bethany (Kan.) 3; Point (Ga.) 3