KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The same two teams continued to represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference on the final edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College moved up again, climbing two spots to No. 19 after winning the CCC regular-season championship, while Southern Oregon University continued to receive votes.
2021-22 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll (Feb. 23, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORDS |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Southeastern (Fla.) [21] |
27-1 |
591 |
| 2 |
3 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
23-3 |
567 |
| 3 |
2 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
26-3 |
557 |
| 4 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
25-3 |
522 |
| 5 |
5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
26-4 |
515 |
| 6 |
9 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
25-4 |
487 |
| 7 |
6 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
26-3 |
465 |
| 8 |
10 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
28-3 |
456 |
| 9 |
11 |
Bryan (Tenn.) |
28-0 |
413 |
| 10 |
15 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
24-4 |
401 |
| 11 |
7 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
23-6 |
382 |
| 12 |
8 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
28-2 |
374 |
| 12 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
25-4 |
374 |
| 14 |
14 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
26-4 |
356 |
| 15 |
13 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
25-4 |
346 |
| 16 |
19 |
Providence (Mont.) |
23-6 |
324 |
| 17 |
17 |
Indiana Tech |
27-2 |
298 |
| 18 |
18 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
23-5 |
261 |
| 19 |
21 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
25-3 |
234 |
| 20 |
22 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
28-2 |
214 |
| 21 |
24 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
23-7 |
197 |
| 22 |
20 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
26-3 |
183 |
| 23 |
NR |
Lyon (Ark.) |
25-4 |
147 |
| 24 |
25 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
23-7 |
128 |
| 25 |
NR |
Loyola (La.) |
19-5 |
107 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Rust (Miss.), Northwestern (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Rust (Miss.) 105, Northwestern (Iowa) 83, Cumberlands (Ky.) 78, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 77, Grand View (Iowa) 41, Georgetown (Ky.) 30, Hape International (Calif.) 21, Bethel (Tenn.) 16, Columbia (Mo.) 14,
Southern Oregon 13, Texas Wesleyan 9, Concordia (Neb.) 3, St. Francis (Ill.) 3
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.”