KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams moved up in the rankings and another continued to earn votes on the latest edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College made another big jump, moving up four spots to No. 13 to lead the trio of CCC teams. Southern Oregon University also moved up on the list, now sitting at No. 18 in the rankings, while Eastern Oregon University continued to receive votes in the poll.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [21] |
8-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
7-0 |
572 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
5-0 |
542 |
| 4 |
6 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
6-0 |
539 |
| 5 |
13 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
8-0 |
500 |
| 6 |
5 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
6-1 |
496 |
| 7 |
4 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
7-2 |
483 |
| 8 |
8 |
Marian (Ind.) |
7-1 |
451 |
| 9 |
9 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
4-3 |
439 |
| 10 |
14 |
Loyola (La.) |
7-0 |
420 |
| 11 |
7 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
5-1 |
415 |
| 12 |
15 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
5-0 |
370 |
| 13 |
17 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
4-1 |
362 |
| 14 |
16 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
7-1 |
334 |
| 15 |
21 |
Indiana Tech |
8-2 |
300 |
| 16 |
25 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
8-0 |
291 |
| 17 |
19 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
6-0 |
271 |
| 18 |
20 |
Southern Oregon |
4-1 |
248 |
| 19 |
10 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
4-3 |
241 |
| 20 |
23 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
6-0 |
229 |
| 21 |
22 |
Montana Western |
5-1 |
222 |
| 22 |
18 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
5-3 |
208 |
| 23 |
NR |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
7-1 |
173 |
| 24 |
24 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
6-2 |
136 |
| 25 |
12 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
3-3 |
131 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Wayland Baptist (Texas)
Receiving Votes: Science & Arts (Okla.) 79, IU South Bend (Ind.) 60, Faulkner (Ala.) 36, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 31,
Eastern Oregon 30, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 30, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 26, Dakota State (S.D.) 22, Grace (Ind.) 19, Xavier (La.) 9, Stillman (Ala.) 9, Oakland City (Ind.) 9, Rust (Miss.) 9, Reinhardt (Ga.) 9, St. Thomas (Fla.) 9, Grand View (Iowa) 7, Philander Smith (Ark.) 6, LSU Shreveport (La.) 5, Siena Heights (Mich.) 5, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5
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.”