2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thomas More (Ky.) remains at the top of the latest edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll as one of two teams in the Top 25 to remain undefeated on the season.

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.”
RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [FIRST-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

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