By Jed Flemming, Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Southeastern (Fla.) is the No. 1 team for the first time this season in the fifth NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. Southeastern earned 11 of 12 first-place votes and 312 total points to earn the top spot.
Top 25 Highlights
• This is the Fire’s first-ever No. 1 ranking.
• Southeastern is now the only undefeated team in DII Women’s Basketball.
• Saint Francis (Ind.) rejoined the Top 25 for the first time since Dec. 12 at the No. 25 spot. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) also joins the Top 25 this week at the No. 24 spot. This is Embry-Riddle’s first time in the Top 25 ever.
• Morningside (Iowa) holds the record for the most No. 1 rankings of all time with 38. Indiana Wesleyan is second with 33.
• Morningside continues to hold the record for longest consecutively-ranked active school with 169 straight polls. Saint Xavier (Ill.) is second on the list with 156, including its time in Division I.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
• 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 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 in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2017-18 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 5 (Feb. 6)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Vote] | Record | FINAL POINTS | |
| 1 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) [11] | 23-0 | 312 | |
| 2 | 1 | Concordia (Neb.) [1] | 25-1 | 302 | |
| 3 | 3 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 26-1 | 293 | |
| 4 | 4 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 21-2 | 281 | |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 24-2 | 273 | |
| 6 | 7 | Eastern Oregon | 23-2 | 261 | |
| 7 | 8 | Indiana Tech | 25-2 | 246 | |
| 8 | 6 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 24-3 | 244 | |
| 9 | 10 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 18-6 | 232 | |
| 10 | 9 | Southern Oregon | 22-2 | 220 | |
| 10 | 12 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 22-4 | 220 | |
| 12 | 11 | Hastings (Neb.) | 20-5 | 193 | |
| 13 | 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 18-7 | 179 | |
| 14 | 16 | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 19-3 | 172 | |
| 15 | 13 | Morningside (Iowa) | 18-8 | 171 | |
| 16 | 15 | Taylor (Ind.) | 18-8 | 164 | |
| 17 | 17 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 17-7 | 155 | |
| 18 | 17 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 20-3 | 148 | |
| 19 | 19 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 21-4 | 133 | |
| 20 | 20 | Indiana Wesleyan | 19-7 | 129 | |
| 21 | 21 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 24-2 | 110 | |
| 22 | 22 | Friends (Kan.) | 18-7 | 108 | |
| 23 | 24 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 19-6 | 89 | |
| 24 | NR | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 20-3 | 57 | |
| 25 | NR | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 16-10 | 47 | |
Dropped from Top 25: Mayville State (N.D.); Tabor (Kan.)
Other Receiving Votes: Mayville State (N.D.) 47; Reinhardt (Ga.) 43; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 33; Indiana East 27; Oregon Tech 24; Oklahoma Wesleyan 16; Concordia (Mich.) 12; UC-Merced 9; St. Thomas (Fla.) 5; Tennessee Wesleyan 4; Huntington (Ind.) 3