Two-Time Defending National Champions Dordt (IA) Lead the Way in the Women’s Basketball NAIA Preseason Top 25 Poll
| TREND | RANK | 24-25 FINAL POLL |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | 2024-25 RECORD | POINTS |
| ● | 1 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [20] | 35-2 | 600 |
| ▲ | 2 | 16 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 27-8 | 560 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 28-4 | 543 |
| ▲ | 4 | 8 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 25-5 | 474 |
| ▲ | 5 | 12 | Marian (Ind.) | 27-8 | 471 |
| ▲ | 6 | 7 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 28-6 | 444 |
| ▲ | 7 | 25 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 26-7 | 411 |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 25-8 | 410 |
| ▲ | 9 | 13 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 25-7 | 382 |
| ▼ | 10 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 34-3 | 369 |
| ▲ | 11 | 17 | Langston (Okla.) | 31-3 | 359 |
| ▲ | 12 | 18 | Hastings (Neb.) | 25-8 | 332 |
| ▼ | 13 | 10 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 28-4 | 308 |
| ▲ | 14 | 23 | Oregon Tech | 23-8 | 281 |
| ▼ | 15 | 2 | Southern Oregon | 34-1 | 279 |
| ▲ | 16 | RV | Carroll (Mont.) | 19-12 | 259 |
| ▲ | 17 | RV | Indiana Tech | 27-6 | 248 |
| ▼ | 18 | 14 | Arizona Christian | 25-6 | 211 |
| ▲ | 19 | RV | St. Francis (Ill.) | 25-8 | 209 |
| ▼ | 20 | 5 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 30-6 | 191 |
| ▲ | 21 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 20-11 | 172 |
| ▲ | 22 | 25 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 27-4 | 168 |
| ▲ | 23 | RV | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 28-5 | 146 |
| ▲ | 24 | NR | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 16-14 | 144 |
| ▼ | 25 | 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 26-6 | 140 |
Dropped from Top 25: Georgetown (Ky.), William Carey (Miss.), Rio Grande (Ohio), Wayland Baptist (Texas), Providence (Mont.), Xavier (La.), Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Governors State (Ill.) 98, Loyola (La.) 94, Rio Grande (Ohio) 81, Georgetown (Ky.) 69, Providence (Mont.) 69, Florida Memorial 60, Pikeville (Ky.) 49, Columbia (Mo.) 34, Xavier (La.) 31, Southeastern (Fla.) 25, Montana Tech 19, Grand View (Iowa) 18, Evangel (Mo.) 17, William Carey (Miss.) 15, Huntington (Ind.) 15, College of Idaho 14, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 11, LSU Alexandria (La.) 10, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 8, Morningside (Iowa) 6, Milligan (Tenn.) 4, Friends (Kan.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 2, Hope International (Calif.) 2
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as “receiving votes.”
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no “previous ranking” column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
Key: RV – Receiving Votes, NR – Not Ranked, ▲– Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● – Steady