KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference continued to see three teams ranked 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 held at No. 10 in the rankings, while Eastern Oregon University moved up four spots to No. 16. Southern Oregon University closed out the group with a No. 23 ranking for the second consecutive poll.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [21] |
17-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
4 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
14-0 |
564 |
| 3 |
5 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
16-0 |
549 |
| 4 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
15-1 |
537 |
| 5 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
13-1 |
516 |
| 6 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
16-1 |
503 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
14-3 |
473 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
13-2 |
444 |
| 9 |
9 |
Loyola (La.) |
13-0 |
441 |
| 10 |
10 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
14-1 |
436 |
| 11 |
12 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
15-2 |
381 |
| 12 |
18 |
Montana Western |
15-2 |
375 |
| 13 |
14 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
11-3 |
342 |
| 14 |
13 |
Indiana Tech |
14-3 |
340 |
| 15 |
15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
12-3 |
323 |
| 16 |
20 |
Eastern Oregon |
13-2 |
264 |
| 17 |
NR |
Texas Wesleyan |
14-1 |
258 |
| 18 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
12-5 |
253 |
| 19 |
17 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
14-1 |
241 |
| 20 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
12-4 |
239 |
| 21 |
22 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
12-4 |
186 |
| 22 |
16 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
12-4 |
181 |
| 23 |
23 |
Southern Oregon |
12-3 |
145 |
| 24 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
14-3 |
143 |
| 25 |
NR |
Rust (Miss.) |
8-3 |
116 |
Dropped from the Poll: Mid-America Christian (Okla.), St. Francis (Ill.), Georgetown (Ky.), Dakota Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 106, IU South Bend (Ind.) 82, Pikeville (Ky.) 55, Texas A & M Texarkana 50, Reinhardt (Ga.) 43, Dakota State (S.D.) 40, Jamestown (N.D.) 32, St. Francis (Ill.) 32, Hope International (Calif.) 29, Faulkner (Ala.) 21, Grace (Ind.) 16, Siena Heights (Mich.) 9, Philander Smith (Ark.) 6, Oakland City (Ind.) 6, Georgetown (Ky.) 4, Midway (Ky.) 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.”