KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Campbellsville (Ky.) is No. 1 in the third edition of the 2020-21 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the NAIA office. This is the second time this season the Tigers have been No. 1.
After earning votes in the last poll, Lewis-Clark State College broke into the rankings this week as the No. 23-ranked team. The Warriors come off a split at NCAA Division II Seattle Pacific University, including a hard-fought 68-67 victory Friday night.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 3 (January 27, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) [14] |
9-0 |
584 |
| 2 |
3 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) [3] |
6-0 |
557 |
| 3 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) [3] |
1-1 |
554 |
| 4 |
4 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [1] |
17-1 |
539 |
| 5 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
17-4 |
492 |
| 6 |
7 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
15-2 |
471 |
| 7 |
5 |
Oklahoma City |
1-0 |
469 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
13-1 |
460 |
| 9 |
11 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
17-2 |
435 |
| 10 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
1-0 |
399 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Tech |
14-1 |
398 |
| 12 |
9 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
14-3 |
390 |
| 13 |
13 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
14-2 |
367 |
| 14 |
15 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
18-0 |
352 |
| 15 |
16 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
14-2 |
347 |
| 16 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
12-3 |
314 |
| 17 |
18 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
11-3 |
259 |
| 18 |
22 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
7-0 |
231 |
| 19 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
14-4 |
227 |
| 20 |
20 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
7-1 |
214 |
| 21 |
24 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
14-3 |
211 |
| 22 |
19 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
0-0 |
202 |
| 23 |
NR |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
6-3 |
141 |
| 24 |
25 |
Loyola (La.) |
7-1 |
123 |
| 25 |
NR |
Concordia (Neb.) |
13-7 |
119 |
Dropped from the poll: Talladega (Ala.), The Master's (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Rust (Miss.) 115, Cumberlands (Ky.) 87, Providence (Mont.) 67, LSU Shreveport (La.) 48, Benedictine (Kan.) 40, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 34, Montana Western 34, Talladega (Ala.) 32, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Bryan (Tenn.) 17, Columbia (Mo.) 16, Northwestern (Iowa) 13, Grand View (Iowa) 11, Pikeville (Ky.) 5, Concordia (Mich.) 3, The Master's (Calif.) 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.