2019-20 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 3
Jan 15, 2020
Top 25 Highlights
- The No. 1 Fire had six wins since the last ratings period including a 20-point win over previous No. 1 Concordia.
- With a 16-2 overall record, Southeastern is averaging over 95 points per game this season.
- Hastings (Neb.) moved up two spots to No. 2 after defeating then-No. 10 Saint Xavier (Ill.), then-No. 1 Concordia (Neb.) and then-RV Jamestown. The Broncos are 10-0 in conference and 18-0 overall.
- Northwest Christian (Ore.) and Kansas Wesleyan both join the poll this week.
- Taylor (Ind.) has an undefeated record of 18-0 beating then-No. 5 Marian (Ind.) and then-No. 13 St. Francis (Ind.). The Trojans joined the top five this week.
- Morningside (Iowa) holds record for most No. 1 rankings of all-time with 39. Indiana Wesleyan is second with 34.
- Morningside also holds the record for longest consecutively ranked active school with 182 straight polls. Saint Xavier (Ill.) is second on the list with 167, which includes its time in DI Women’s Basketball.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions 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 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”
Dropped Out: Eastern Oregon and Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
Receiving Votes: Mount Vernon Nazarene 53, WVU Tech 38, Oregon Tech 32, Indiana Wesleyan 24, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 23, Bethany (Kan.) 17, Jamestown (N.D.) 14, Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 12, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 12, Corban (Ore.) 42019-20 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 3 (Jan. 15)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Southeastern (Fla.) [11] | 16-2 | 312 |
| 2 | 4 | Hastings (Neb.) [1] | 18-0 | 302 |
| 3 | 1 | Concordia (Neb.) | 15-2 | 292 |
| 4 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 16-2 | 282 |
| 5 | 9 | Taylor (Ind.) | 18-0 | 267 |
| 6 | 3 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 14-3 | 264 |
| 7 | 7 | Morningside (Iowa) | 15-4 | 251 |
| 8 | 8 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 16-3 | 242 |
| 9 | 6 | Dordt (Iowa) | 16-3 | 233 |
| 10 | 10 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 16-3 | 219 |
| 11 | 13 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 13-4 | 216 |
| 12 | 14 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 13-5 | 195 |
| 13 | 11 | Indiana Tech | 14-4 | 188 |
| 14 | 19 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 17-1 | 176 |
| 15 | 15 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 12-3 | 162 |
| 16 | 21 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 14-2 | 160 |
| 17 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 11-5 | 144 |
| 18 | 17 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 16-1 | 142 |
| 19 | 16 | Sterling (Kan.) | 13-5 | 139 |
| 20 | 24 | Indiana South Bend (Ind.) | 18-1 | 129 |
| 21 | 22 | Huntington (Ind.) | 15-3 | 123 |
| 22 | NR | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 12-3 | 103 |
| 23 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 14-2 | 76 |
| 24 | NR | Kansas Wesleyan | 14-4 | 66 |
| 25 | 20 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 13-6 | 64 |