KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two teams represented the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the latest edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College broke into the top-25 with a No. 22 ranking after boasting a 16-3 overall record, while Southern Oregon University continued to receive votes.
2021-22 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Jan. 26, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [20] |
18-1 |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [1] |
20-1 |
570 |
| 3 |
4 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
22-0 |
554 |
| 4 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
17-2 |
519 |
| 5 |
5 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
16-3 |
505 |
| 6 |
7 |
Marian (Ind.) |
18-2 |
499 |
| 7 |
6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
18-4 |
481 |
| 8 |
8 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
17-3 |
456 |
| 9 |
10 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
20-1 |
441 |
| 10 |
12 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
20-2 |
401 |
| 11 |
11 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
18-3 |
395 |
| 12 |
9 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
20-3 |
394 |
| 13 |
14 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
19-3 |
346 |
| 14 |
15 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
19-0 |
340 |
| 15 |
13 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
17-4 |
320 |
| 16 |
22 |
Providence (Mont.) |
20-3 |
282 |
| 17 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
20-2 |
280 |
| 18 |
15 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
18-2 |
279 |
| 18 |
18 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
20-1 |
279 |
| 20 |
23 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
14-5 |
212 |
| 21 |
NR |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
18-2 |
174 |
| 22 |
NR |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
16-3 |
161 |
| 23 |
19 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
12-9 |
158 |
| 24 |
21 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
16-7 |
125 |
| 25 |
NR |
Rust (Miss.) |
16-2 |
118 |
Dropped from Top 25: Loyola (La.), Vanguard (Calif.), Montana Western
Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 103, Columbia (Mo.) 95, Grand View (Iowa) 59, Vanguard (Calif.) 44, Dordt (Iowa) 44, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 44, Lyon (Ark.) 24, Texas Wesleyan 23, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 19, Montana Western 10, Hope International (Calif.),
Southern Oregon 5, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 5, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 4, Science & Arts of Oklahoma 4
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Independents and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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 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 team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”