KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dordt (Iowa) remains at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2024-25 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. Despite its first loss of the season to Hastings, Dordt once again takes the top spot with 15-of-20 first-place votes. Southern Oregon, Indiana Wesleyan and Campbellsville (Ky.) also received first-place votes.
Three other GPAC teams are ranked this week, Briar Cliff held its spot at number 5, Dakota Wesleyan is 16th, and, following a win over Dordt, Hastings moved into the Top 25 this week at number 24. Northwestern continues to receive votes.
RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [15] | 24-1 | 536 |
2 | 2 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 23-1 | 506 |
3 | 4 | Southern Oregon [3] | 23-0 | 505 |
4 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) [1] | 21-2 | 499 |
5 | 5 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 21-3 | 452 |
6 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 21-3 | 437 |
7 | 8 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 21-3 | 419 |
8 | 6 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 18-4 | 389 |
9 | 14 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 21-3 | 358 |
10 | 11 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 23-2 | 358 |
11 | 7 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 19-5 | 355 |
12 | 15 | Marian (Ind.) | 19-5 | 310 |
13 | 13 | Arizona Christian | 22-3 | 300 |
14 | 12 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 19-5 | 296 |
15 | 9 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 20-4 | 294 |
16 | 16 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 19-5 | 248 |
17 | 21 | William Carey (Miss.) | 22-0 | 214 |
18 | 17 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 22-2 | 209 |
19 | 20 | Carroll (Mont.) | 17-7 | 207 |
20 | 19 | Langston (Okla.) | 23-2 | 207 |
21 | 18 | Xavier (La.) | 23-1 | 187 |
22 | 23 | Oregon Tech | 19-4 | 150 |
23 | 22 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 20-4 | 133 |
24 | RV | Hastings (Neb.) | 18-6 | 115 |
25 | 25 | Providence (Mont.) | 16-7 | 99 |
Dropped from Top 25: Levis-Clark State (Idaho)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 82, Indiana Tech 82, Florida Memorial 60, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 51, Montana Tech 46, LSU Shreveport (La.) 35, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 28. Columbia (Mo.) 24, Milligan (Tenn.) 14, Governors State (Ill.) 13, Grand View (Iowa) 12, Southeastern (Fla.) 10, Northwestern (Iowa) 6, Jamestown (N.D.) 6, Kansas Wesleyan 5. Shawnee State (Ohio) 4, The Master’s (Calif.) 3, Benedictine (Kan.) 2