KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thomas More lands at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2020-21 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the NAIA office. The Saints hold the No. 1 spot for the first time.
Lewis-Clark State College remained in the poll, although dropped one spot to No. 24. The Warriors are currently on a two-game winning streak and one of two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams eligible to play in the NAIA postseason, due to the CCC season being postponed because of COVID-19 and state regulations.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 4 (Feb. 10, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORDS |
POINTS |
| 1 |
4 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [11] |
20-1 |
578 |
| 2 |
2 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) [8] |
10-0 |
569 |
| 3 |
1 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
12-1 |
546 |
| 4 |
3 |
Westmont (Calif.) [2] |
3-1 |
509 |
| 4 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
21-4 |
509 |
| 6 |
6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
17-2 |
491 |
| 7 |
9 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
21-2 |
465 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
16-2 |
431 |
| 9 |
11 |
Indiana Tech |
17-1 |
399 |
| 10 |
14 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
22-0 |
393 |
| 11 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
19-2 |
389 |
| 12 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
3-0 |
374 |
| 13 |
16 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
16-4 |
358 |
| 14 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
3-0 |
344 |
| 15 |
17 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
14-3 |
330 |
| 16 |
19 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
17-4 |
291 |
| 17 |
21 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
19-3 |
272 |
| 18 |
12 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
16-5 |
266 |
| 19 |
20 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
11-1 |
263 |
| 20 |
13 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
17-4 |
250 |
| 21 |
18 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
9-1 |
197 |
| 22 |
25 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
16-7 |
188 |
| 23 |
24 |
Loyola (La.) |
13-1 |
170 |
| 24 |
23 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
9-4 |
153 |
| 25 |
22 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
3-0 |
130 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 87, Rust (Miss.) 87, Cumberlands (Ky.) 83, Montana Western 77, Central Methodist (Mo.) 64, Bryan (Tenn.) 31, LSU Shreveport (La.) 25, Grand View (Iowa) 18, Northwestern (Iowa) 16, Concordia (Mich.) 13, Columbia (Mo.) 12, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 12, Providence (Mont.) 11, Benedictine (Kan.) 8, Talladega (Ala.) 7, Taylor (Ind.) 5
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.