KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dordt (Iowa) continues to hold firm at No. 1 in the fourth edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, maintaining its position with 561 points, extending its impressive run. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) makes one of the poll’s biggest moves inside the top five, climbing three spots to No. 2 after improving to 19-1 and earning 546 points. A pair of previous top three teams—Bethel (Tenn.) and Campbellsville (Ky.)—each slide one position to No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while Marian (Ind.) rounds out the top five.
Three other GPAC teams are included in the top 25 this wee, Dakota Wesleyan, and Concordia both held their spots at 9, and 10. Briar Cliff fell from number 16, to 19th. Hastings is receiving votes.
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORDS | POINTS |
| ● | 1 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [15] | 19-1 | 561 |
| ▲ | 2 | 5 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [4] | 19-1 | 546 |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Bethel (Tenn.) [1] | 19-2 | 533 |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 17-3 | 488 |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | Marian (Ind.) | 18-2 | 472 |
| ● | 6 | 6 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 19-1 | 466 |
| ● | 7 | 7 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 17-3 | 445 |
| ● | 8 | 8 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 19-1 | 437 |
| ● | 9 | 9 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 17-4 | 403 |
| ● | 10 | 10 | Concordia (Neb.) | 16-5 | 346 |
| ● | 11 | 11 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 15-3 | 343 |
| ▲ | 12 | 13 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 16-4 | 325 |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Montana Tech | 16-2 | 303 |
| ▲ | 14 | 19 | William Carey (Miss.) | 18-1 | 269 |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 17-3 | 259 |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | Eastern Oregon | 18-3 | 259 |
| ▲ | 17 | 22 | Evangel (Mo.) | 16-1 | 209 |
| ▲ | 18 | 21 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 17-3 | 196 |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 16-5 | 158 |
| ▲ | 20 | 23 | Friends (Kan.) | 17-3 | 151 |
| ▼ | 21 | 15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 19-2 | 139 |
| ▼ | 22 | 20 | Corban (Ore.) | 16-4 | 138 |
| ▼ | 23 | 18 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 13-7 | 113 |
| ▲ | 24 | RV | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 15-4 | 100 |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | Indiana Tech | 16-4 | 92 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.)
Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.) 85, Langston (Okla.) 81, Southeastern (Fla.) 81, Loyola (La.) 66, Hastings (Neb.) 59, Huntington (Ind.) 57, Columbia (Mo.) 49, Tennessee Southern 35, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 23, Montana State-Northern 23, LSU Shreveport (La.) 17, Taylor (Ind.) 15, Science and Arts (Okla.) 11, Georgetown (Ky.) 9, Southern Oregon 7, Oregon Tech 6. Hope International (Calif.) 6, College of Idaho 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 5, Providence (Mont.) 4, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3, Indiana Wesleyan 2
