Jan. 30, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - College of the Ozarks (Mo.) and Northwestern (Iowa) both won their games last week and held onto No. 1 and 2 in the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Top-25 poll for the sixth straight week.
Ozarks received 13 first place votes and 506 total points and Northwestern earned four first place votes and 497 total points. No. 3 Morningside (Iowa), No. 4 Bethel (Ind.) and No. 5 Saint Francis (Ind.) rounded out the top-five with 472, 461 and 437 points respectively. Hastings (Neb.), Davenport (Mich.), Concordia (Neb.) and Shawnee State (Ohio) also held their places from 6-10 respectively from last week.
No. 21 Minot State (N.D.) and No. 22 Daemen (N.Y.) made their season debut in the top-25 while No. 24 Sterling (Kan.) moved back in after dropping out in week four.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, February 6.
2007-08 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Jan. 30
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
13 |
20-1 |
506 |
|
2 |
2 |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
4 |
20-1 |
497 |
|
3 |
3 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
|
21-2 |
472 |
|
4 |
4 |
Bethel College (Ind.) |
|
20-2 |
461 |
|
5 |
5 |
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) |
|
20-2 |
437 |
|
6 |
6 |
Hastings College (Neb.) |
|
19-4 |
419 |
|
7 |
7 |
Davenport University (Mich.) |
|
20-3 |
405 |
|
8 |
8 |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
|
20-2 |
385 |
|
9 |
9 |
Shawnee State University (Ohio) |
|
18-2 |
380 |
|
10 |
11 |
Benedictine College (Kan.) |
|
19-2 |
364 |
|
11 |
15 |
Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) |
|
17-4 |
318 |
|
12 |
17 |
Dakota State University (S.D.) |
|
13-8 |
316 |
|
13 |
12 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
|
19-4 |
301 |
|
14 |
13 |
Black Hills State University (S.D.) |
|
17-4 |
285 |
|
15 |
13 |
William Jewell College (Mo.) |
|
16-5 |
261 |
|
16 |
16 |
Ohio Dominican University |
|
14-6 |
252 |
|
17 |
19 |
Eastern Oregon University |
|
17-2 |
221 |
|
18 |
18 |
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) |
|
19-4 |
198 |
|
19 |
20 |
University of Rio Grande (Ohio) |
|
16-4 |
193 |
|
20 |
23 |
Cornerstone University (Mich.) |
|
15-8 |
144 |
|
21 |
RV |
Minot State University (N.D.) |
|
14-7 |
139 |
|
22 |
RV |
Daemen College (N.Y.) |
|
15-5 |
115 |
|
23 |
24 |
Doane College (Neb.) |
|
15-8 |
112 |
|
24 |
RV |
Sterling College (Kan.) |
|
12-7 |
103 |
|
25 |
10 |
South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. |
|
16-5 |
88 |
Others receiving votes: Iowa Wesleyan (87); Aquinas (Mich.) 65; Southern Oregon 57; Northwood (Fla.) 55; Southwestern (Kan.) 45; Milligan (Tenn.) 43; Union (Ky.) 41; Huntington (Ind.) 32; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 21; Midway (Ky.) 19; Notre Dame (Ohio) 16; Covenant (Ga.) 11; Berea (Ky.) 11; The College of Idaho 8; SCAD (Ga.) 7; King (Tenn.) 6; Madonna (Mich.) 2; Jamestown (N.D.) 2; Taylor (Ind.) 2; Holy Names (Calif.) 1; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 1; Asbury (Ky.) 1.
* Records through Sunday, Jan. 27th
