Jan. 23, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - College of the Ozarks (Mo.) and Northwestern (Iowa) held onto No. 1 and 2 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II Women's Basketball Top-25 poll. The following three spots, however, were reshuffled.
No. 3 Morningside (Iowa) and No. 4 Bethel (Ind.) both moved up a spot with 473 and 461 total points. Saint Francis (Ind.) dropped two spots to No. 5 with 439 points.
Davenport (Mich.) and South Dakota School of Mines & Tech also jumped up in the ratings this week. Davenport climbed four spots to No. 7 while SD Tech moved up three spots to No. 10. Cornerstone (Mich.) made its season debut in the poll at No. 23.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, January 30.
2007-08 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Jan. 23
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
13 |
18-1 |
505 |
|
2 |
2 |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
4 |
17-1 |
497 |
|
3 |
4 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
|
19-2 |
473 |
|
4 |
5 |
Bethel College (Ind.) |
|
18-2 |
461 |
|
5 |
3 |
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) |
|
19-2 |
439 |
|
6 |
6 |
Hastings College (Neb.) |
|
17-4 |
413 |
|
7 |
11 |
Davenport University (Mich.) |
|
18-3 |
379 |
|
8 |
9 |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
|
17-2 |
377 |
|
9 |
10 |
Shawnee State University (Ohio) |
|
16-2 |
375 |
|
10 |
13 |
South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. |
|
16-3 |
369 |
|
11 |
12 |
Benedictine College (Kan.) |
|
17-2 |
356 |
|
12 |
8 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
|
18-3 |
331 |
|
T13 |
7 |
Black Hills State University (S.D.) |
|
15-4 |
291 |
|
T13 |
14 |
William Jewell College (Mo.) |
|
16-4 |
291 |
|
15 |
15 |
Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) |
|
15-4 |
283 |
|
16 |
16 |
Ohio Dominican University |
|
13-5 |
236 |
|
17 |
18 |
Dakota State University (S.D.) |
|
11-8 |
212 |
|
18 |
22 |
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) |
|
17-4 |
200 |
|
19 |
19 |
Eastern Oregon University |
|
15-2 |
186 |
|
20 |
21 |
University of Rio Grande (Ohio) |
|
14-4 |
151 |
|
21 |
20 |
Union College (Ky.) |
|
14-5 |
143 |
|
22 |
24 |
Southwestern College (Kan.) |
|
14-4 |
137 |
|
23 |
RV |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
|
14-7 |
131 |
|
24 |
24 |
Doane College (Neb.) |
|
14-7 |
125 |
|
25 |
17 |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
|
15-5 |
92 |
Others receiving votes: Huntington (Ind.) 80; Northwood (Fla.) 67; Daemen (N.Y.) 52; Southern Oregon 47; Minot State (N.D.0 44; Iowa Wesleyan 35; Sterling (Kan.) 25; Midway (Ky.) 24; Mayville State (N.D.) 16; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 13; Notre Dame (Ohio) 11; Berea (Ky.) 10; Milligan (Tenn.) 8; McPherson (Kan.) 5; The College of Idaho 4; SCAD (Ga.) 4; Covenant (Ga.) 3; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 2; California-East Bay 1; King (Tenn.) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Jan. 20th
