KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Campbellsville (Ky.) is the new No. 1 in the second edition of the 2020-21 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the NAIA office. The last time the Tigers were at No. 1 was the 2019-20 season.
Lewis-Clark State College is the lone Cascade Collegiate Conference team earning votes on the poll, sitting just outside the top-25 with 99 points.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 2 (January 13, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
7-0 |
577 |
| 2 |
1 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
0-1 |
575 |
| 3 |
2 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
3-0 |
563 |
| 4 |
8 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
12-0 |
530 |
| 5 |
5 |
Oklahoma City |
0-0 |
505 |
| 6 |
9 |
Marian (Ind.) |
11-4 |
465 |
| 7 |
6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
11-2 |
464 |
| 8 |
13 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
11-1 |
441 |
| 9 |
7 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
11-2 |
425 |
| 10 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
0-0 |
409 |
| 11 |
14 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
13-2 |
403 |
| 12 |
11 |
Indiana Tech |
12-1 |
392 |
| 13 |
12 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
11-2 |
345 |
| 14 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
2-1 |
321 |
| 15 |
18 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
17-0 |
319 |
| 16 |
16 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
10-2 |
314 |
| 17 |
19 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
9-1 |
282 |
| 18 |
17 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
9-2 |
277 |
| 19 |
15 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
0-0 |
257 |
| 20 |
21 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
5-0 |
222 |
| 21 |
20 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
5-1 |
213 |
| 22 |
23 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
2-0 |
182 |
| 23 |
NR |
Indiana Wesleyan |
11-3 |
156 |
| 24 |
NR |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
12-3 |
121 |
| 25 |
NR |
Loyola (La.) |
4-0 |
118 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Columbia (Mo.), Providence (Mont.), Bethel (Tenn.)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark (Idaho) 99, Columbia (Mo.) 84, Grand View (Iowa) 48, Montana Western 40, Providence (Mont.) 40, Rust (Miss.) 37, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 36, LSU Shreveport (La.) 35, Cumberlands (Ky.) 25, Taylor (Ind.) 21, Bryan (Tenn.) 8, Concordia (Neb.) 4, IU South Bend (Ind.) 4, Mobile (Ala.) 4, Bethany (Kan.) 3, Benedictine (Kan.) 3
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and 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”
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) beginning in the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.