KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw three teams ranked in the first NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of 2024, released Wednesday by the national office.
Lewis-Clark State College remained ranked at No. 7. For the first time since the final regular season poll of the 2018-19 season, Oregon Tech found itself nationally ranked, landing at No. 20. Southern Oregon University dropped four spots to sit at No. 24.
2023-24 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [18] |
14-1 |
589 |
| 2 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan [3] |
16-1 |
572 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
16-1 |
553 |
| 4 |
4 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
15-0 |
534 |
| 5 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
16-1 |
510 |
| 6 |
5 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
12-3 |
497 |
| 7 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
13-2 |
471 |
| 8 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
12-2 |
448 |
| 9 |
9 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
16-2 |
438 |
| 10 |
8 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
12-3 |
434 |
| 11 |
13 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
15-4 |
398 |
| 12 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
9-3 |
372 |
| 13 |
18 |
Mayville State (N.D.) |
13-2 |
353 |
| 14 |
15 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
13-5 |
300 |
| 15 |
19 |
Loyola (La.) |
14-1 |
289 |
| 16 |
16 |
Providence (Mont.) |
11-5 |
280 |
| 17 |
14 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
15-4 |
271 |
| 18 |
22 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
13-2 |
268 |
| 19 |
21 |
Indiana South Bend (Ind.) |
16-0 |
242 |
| 20 |
RV |
Oregon Tech |
14-1 |
209 |
| 21 |
RV |
John Brown (Ark.) |
12-3 |
203 |
| 22 |
24 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
16-2 |
191 |
| 23 |
25 |
Indiana Tech |
13-3 |
177 |
| 24 |
20 |
Southern Oregon |
11-4 |
122 |
| 25 |
RV |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
16-0 |
118 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Rocky Mountain (Mont.), College of the Ozarks (Mo.), Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 105; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 75; Jessup (Calif.) 68; Northwestern (Iowa) 62; Langston (Okla.) 44; Rust (Miss.) 37; College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 33; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 25; LSU Shreveport (La.) 23; St. Thomas (Fla.) 13; Bethel (Tenn.) 11; Stephens (Mo.) 11; Menlo (Calif.) 8; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 7; Oakland City (Ind.) 6; Siena Heights (Mich.) 3
Rating Methodology:
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches' 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 a low rating) 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 teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
- For the complete women's basketball ratings calendar, CLICK HERE.