2018-19 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Dec. 11, 2018)

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2018-2019 NAIA DII Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll — No. 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After Concordia (Neb.) suffered its first loss on the season, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) has moved to the top spot in the 2018-2019 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

Top 25 Highlights

  • Dakota Wesleyan is 12-0 on the season and received all 12 first-place votes in the latest round of voting.
  • Concordia, at 11-1, didn’t fall far as it is now the No. 3 team in the nation. Southeastern (Fla.) – undefeated like Dakota Wesleyan – is No. 2.
  • Saint Francis (Ind.) is the lone newcomer to the poll at No. 25.
  • Morningside (Iowa), which checks in at No. 8, holds the record for most No. 1 rankings of all-time with 38. Indiana Wesleyan – 21st in this poll – is second with 33.
  • Morningside also holds the record for longest consecutively ranked active school with 174 straight polls. Saint Xavier (Ill.) is second on the list with 161, which includes its time in DI Women’s Basketball.

2018-19 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Dec. 11, 2018)

RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD POINTS
1 2 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) [12] 12-0 312
2 3 Southeastern (Fla.) 9-0 299
3 1 Concordia (Neb.) 11-1 295
4 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 10-1 281
5 5 Northwestern (Iowa) 10-1 273
6 7 Indiana Tech 12-1 259
7 6 Marian (Ind.) 11-3 254
8 8 Morningside (Iowa) 8-3 236
9 11 Antelope Valley (Calif.) 8-2 223
10 10 Taylor (Ind.) 11-3 221
11 13 Sterling (Kan.) 12-0 212
12 9 St. Francis (Ill.) 7-3 205
13 15 Dordt (Iowa) 10-3 201
14 17 Eastern Oregon 7-2 179
15 12 Hastings (Neb.) 9-4 166
16 21 Indiana Wesleyan 10-4 150
17 19 Bryan (Tenn.) 10-1 145
18 14 Southern Oregon 5-3 139
19 16 Tabor (Kan.) 9-3 138
20 18 Rio Grande (Ohio) 9-2 118
21 22 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7-3 112
22 23 Michigan-Dearborn 10-2 87
23 25 Milligan (Tenn.) 9-0 83
24 25 Midland (Neb.) 7-5 67
25 NR Saint Francis (Ind.) 7-5 47

Dropped out: Huntington (Ind.)

Receiving votes: Indiana Nothwest 45, UC Merced 40, Bellevue (Neb.) 38, Siena Heights (Mich.) 32, Huntington (Ind.) 31, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 17, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 13, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 11, Haskell (Kan.) 10, Kansas Wesleyan 8

 

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