KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One Cascade Collegiate Conference team ranks and another earned votes on the preseason edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College begins the season with a No. 22 ranking, while Eastern Oregon University is receiving votes.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (Oct. 26, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [19] |
32-4 |
590 |
| 2 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) [2] |
27-5 |
570 |
| 3 |
6 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
30-6 |
515 |
| 4 |
5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
31-6 |
505 |
| 4 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
27-8 |
505 |
| 6 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
33-2 |
492 |
| 7 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
30-5 |
480 |
| 8 |
14 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
31-5 |
478 |
| 9 |
15 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
31-6 |
470 |
| 10 |
8 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
33-4 |
418 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
30-5 |
409 |
| 12 |
RV |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
27-8 |
357 |
| 13 |
12 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
32-3 |
331 |
| 14 |
9 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
32-2 |
324 |
| 15 |
21 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
29-9 |
267 |
| 15 |
RV |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
22-12 |
267 |
| 17 |
25 |
Loyola (La.) |
23-6 |
266 |
| 18 |
7 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
31-3 |
251 |
| 19 |
NR |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
13-12 |
228 |
| 20 |
20 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
32-3 |
200 |
| 21 |
RV |
Rust (Miss.) |
26-4 |
197 |
| 22 |
19 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
25-5 |
182 |
| 23 |
NR |
Montana Western |
15-14 |
174 |
| 24 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
30-3 |
146 |
| 25 |
10 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
29-5 |
142 |
Receiving Votes: Dakota State (S.D.) 123, St. Francis (Ill.) 107, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 82, Cumberlands (Ky.) 54, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 32, Northwestern (Iowa) 30, Midway (Ky.) 28, Bethel (Tenn.) 26, Xavier (La.) 23, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 23, Columbia (Mo.) 21,
Eastern Oregon 14, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 10, Tabor (Kan.) 10, IU South Bend (Ind.) 9, Faulkner (Ala.) 8, Benedictine (Kan.) 4, Pikeville (Ky.) 4, LSU Shreveport (La.) 4
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- 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.