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 moved up a spot in the rankings and are now sitting at No. 9 while also leading the nation in field goal percentage defense at .316. Eastern Oregon University secured its No. 16 placement for the second consecutive poll, while Southern Oregon University closed out the group with a No. 25 ranking, dropping two from the previous poll but still clinching a spot. The next rating release in two weeks will be the last one before the final poll.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [21] |
21-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
2 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
19-0 |
571 |
| 3 |
4 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
19-1 |
550 |
| 4 |
3 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
19-1 |
527 |
| 5 |
5 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
17-1 |
525 |
| 6 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
19-2 |
486 |
| 7 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
18-3 |
470 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
18-2 |
460 |
| 9 |
10 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
18-1 |
448 |
| 10 |
9 |
Loyola (La.) |
17-1 |
416 |
| 11 |
18 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
16-5 |
364 |
| 12 |
14 |
Indiana Tech |
17-3 |
356 |
| 13 |
11 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
18-3 |
348 |
| 14 |
13 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
14-4 |
345 |
| 15 |
12 |
Montana Western |
18-3 |
334 |
| 16 |
16 |
Eastern Oregon |
17-2 |
330 |
| 17 |
17 |
Texas Wesleyan |
18-2 |
284 |
| 18 |
21 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
15-5 |
275 |
| 19 |
19 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
18-2 |
239 |
| 20 |
15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
14-5 |
202 |
| 21 |
NR |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
16-4 |
201 |
| 22 |
20 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
15-5 |
175 |
| 23 |
25 |
Rust (Miss.) |
13-3 |
169 |
| 24 |
22 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
15-4 |
154 |
| 25 |
23 |
Southern Oregon |
14-5 |
110 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Cumberlands (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberlands (Ky.) 102, IU South Bend (Ind.) 97, Texas A&M Texarkana 54, Dakota State (S.D.) 53, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 33, Grand View (Iowa) 32, Faulkner (Ala.) 22, Jamestown (N.D.) 22, Oakland City (Ind.) 15, Menlo (Calif.) 15, Grace (Ind.) 13, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 7, LSU Shreveport (La.) 4, Bryan (Tenn.) 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.”