(Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University totaled 120 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Championship. The Defenders tallied 10 of the possible 12 first-place votes. Dakota Wesleyan was picked second with 111 points and one first-place vote. Hastings was selected third with 99 points and the final first-place vote.
Dordt repeated as the NAIA National Champion in 2024-25 and won the GPAC regular season (20-2) and GPAC Tournament Championship.
Points were awarded on an 11-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2025-26 GPAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:
RANK TEAM POINTS 1st Place Votes
1. DORDT 120 10
2. DAKOTA WESLEYAN 111 1
3. HASTINGS 99 1
4. BRIAR CLIFF 86
5. MORNINGSIDE 83
6. CONCORDIA 73
7. NORTHWESTERN 62
8. MOUNT MARTY 51
9. DOANE 44
10 MIDLAND 31
11. WALDORF 18
12. COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY 14
