KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sterling College moved up three spots to No. 21 in the latest edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.
The next edition of the NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll will be released Wednesday, February 22.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Independents 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 low ratings) 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 team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
| RANK | LAST TIME | TEAMS [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Thomas More (Ky.) [10] | 23-1 | 580 |
| 2 | 2 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [10] | 23-0 | 579 |
| 3 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) [1] | 23-1 | 557 |
| 4 | 4 | Dordt (Iowa) | 23-1 | 527 |
| 5 | 5 | Westmont (Calif.) | 20-1 | 522 |
| 6 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 23-2 | 495 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 22-3 | 475 |
| 8 | 8 | Clarke (Iowa) | 21-3 | 441 |
| 9 | 10 | Loyola (La.) | 21-1 | 431 |
| 10 | 9 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 22-2 | 429 |
| 11 | 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | 20-5 | 419 |
| 12 | 14 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 18-4 | 358 |
| 13 | 13 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 21-3 | 353 |
| 14 | 16 | Eastern Oregon | 21-2 | 344 |
| 15 | 15 | Montana Western | 21-4 | 332 |
| 16 | 12 | Indiana Tech | 20-4 | 317 |
| 17 | 17 | Texas Wesleyan | 20-3 | 290 |
| 18 | 19 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 21-3 | 245 |
| 19 | NR | Jamestown (N.D.) | 19-5 | 186 |
| 20 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 19-5 | 180 |
| 21 | 24 | Sterling (Kan.) | 20-4 | 168 |
| 22 | 22 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 17-7 | 167 |
| 23 | 18 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 17-7 | 157 |
| 24 | NR | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 20-4 | 132 |
| 25 | 21 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 18-6 | 121 |
Dropped from the Poll: Southern Oregon, Rust (Miss.), Northwestern (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Southern Oregon 115, Dakota State (S.D.) 102, Rust (Miss.) 90, IU South Bend (Ind.) 92, Texas A&M Texarkana 54, Menlo (Calif.) 48, Concordia (Neb.) 30, Bryan (Tenn.) 18, Northwestern (Iowa) 15, Grace (Ind.) 12, Midway (Ky.) 8, Siena Heights (Mich.) 8, Faulkner (Ala.) 6, Grand View (Iowa) 5, Philander Smith (Ark.) 3, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3, Florida Memorial 3, IU Northwest (Ind.) 3
