Oct. 31, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - College of the Ozarks (Mo.) women's basketball team will tip-off the 2007-08 season as the leader in the NAIA Preseason Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 poll. The Lady Bobcats earned 11 first place votes and compiled 498 total points.
Ozarks will return four starters and 11 letterwiinners from the team that finished 34-3 and advanced to the National Championship game last season.
St. Francis (Ind.) claimed the second spot in the poll with 490 total points and four first place votes. Hastings (Neb.) and William Jewell (Mo.) each received a first place vote and will begin the season at No. 3 and No. 4 with 480 and 448 total points respectively. No. 5 Northwestern (Iowa) rounds out the Top 5 with 443 total points.
The 2007-08 National Champion, Indiana Wesleyan will begin the season at No. 15 in the preseason poll.
The first regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, December 5.
2007-08 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Preseason Top 25 Poll - Oct. 31
|
RANK |
06-07
FINAL |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2006-07 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
2 |
Ozarks (Mo.) |
11 |
34-3 |
498 |
|
2 |
3 |
St. Francis (Ind.) |
4 |
28-8 |
490 |
|
3 |
10 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
1 |
28-7 |
480 |
|
4 |
6 |
William Jewell (Mo.) |
1 |
27-7 |
448 |
|
5 |
16 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
0 |
24-9 |
443 |
|
6 |
4 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
0 |
28-7 |
433 |
|
7 |
8 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
0 |
30-3 |
391 |
|
8 |
12 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
0 |
21-12 |
387 |
|
9 |
14 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
0 |
21-11 |
357 |
|
10 |
7 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
0 |
25-3 |
331 |
|
11 |
22 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
0 |
23-12 |
326 |
|
12 |
18 |
Davenport (Mich.) |
0 |
25-8 |
294 |
|
13 |
NR |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
0 |
18-12 |
293 |
|
14 |
NR |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
0 |
22-10 |
286 |
|
15 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
0 |
38-0 |
260 |
|
16 |
25 |
South Dakota Mines |
0 |
20-11 |
258 |
|
17 |
20 |
Mount Marty (S.D.) |
0 |
22-10 |
240 |
|
18 |
NR |
Iowa Wesleyan |
0 |
22-11 |
213 |
|
19 |
NR |
Ohio Dominican |
0 |
20-11 |
205 |
|
20 |
9 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
0 |
27-6 |
183 |
|
21 |
NR |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
0 |
19-13 |
141 |
|
22 |
15 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
0 |
25-6 |
134 |
|
23 |
NR |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
0 |
23-9 |
125 |
|
24 |
NR |
Mayville State (N.D.) |
0 |
16-13 |
120 |
|
25 |
NR |
Berea (Ky.) |
0 |
22-8 |
93 |
Others receiving votes: Cedarville (Ohio) 81; Doane (Neb.) 74; Eastern Oregon 54; Missouri Valley 46; Friends (Kan.) 41; Aquinas (Mich.) 40; Union (Ky.) 31; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 16; Indiana Southeast 15; Northwood (Fla.) 14; Notre Dame (Ohio) 11; Cornerstone (Mich.) 10; Huntington (Ind.) 8; Holy Names (Calif.) 7; Jamestown (N.D.) 6; McPherson College (Kan.) 6; The College of Idaho 6; Concordia (Neb.) 4; St. Mary (Neb.) 2 Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 1; Black Hills State (S.D.) 1; California State-East Bay 1; Covenant (Ga.) 1.
