KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference leaders maintain presences on the final edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College held its No. 10 ranking while Eastern Oregon University jumped two and is now holding the No. 12 position. Both teams were named co-regular season conference champions and will begin competing in the CCC tournament tonight. Southern Oregon continued to receive votes.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
TEAMS [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) [21] |
28-0 |
591 |
| 2 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
27-1 |
572 |
| 3 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
26-2 |
551 |
| 4 |
4 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
26-2 |
524 |
| 5 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
25-3 |
510 |
| 6 |
5 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
23-2 |
509 |
| 7 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
25-3 |
459 |
| 8 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
24-4 |
443 |
| 9 |
9 |
Loyola (La.) |
25-1 |
440 |
| 10 |
10 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
26-2 |
430 |
| 11 |
11 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
23-5 |
422 |
| 12 |
13 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
25-3 |
356 |
| 12 |
14 |
Eastern Oregon |
26-2 |
356 |
| 14 |
12 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
21-5 |
350 |
| 15 |
15 |
Montana Western |
24-4 |
337 |
| 16 |
16 |
Indiana Tech |
24-4 |
316 |
| 17 |
17 |
Texas Wesleyan |
24-4 |
263 |
| 18 |
23 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
21-7 |
249 |
| 19 |
25 |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
21-7 |
234 |
| 20 |
21 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
24-4 |
199 |
| 21 |
20 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
22-6 |
190 |
| 22 |
24 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
23-5 |
179 |
| 23 |
19 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
21-7 |
174 |
| 24 |
NR |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
23-5 |
161 |
| 25 |
18 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
23-5 |
133 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 115, IU South Bend (Ind.) 71,
Southern Oregon 57, Menlo (Calif.) 50, Texas A&M Texarkana 41, Rust (Miss.) 32, Bryan (Tenn.) 23, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 21, Faulkner (Ala.) 10, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 7, Midway (Ky.) 7, Philander Smith (Ark.) 3, LSU Shreveport (La.) 3, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3, Hope International (Calif.) 3, Grace (Ind.) 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.”