Dec. 5, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - College of the Ozarks (Mo.) women's basketball team earned the top spot in the season's first NAIA Division II women's basketball regular season poll. The Lady Bobcats earned 13 of the 17 first place votes and 506 total points to edge Northwestern College (Iowa) by nine points for the top spot. The Red Raiders received the other four first place votes and earned 497 total points.
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) dropped a spot from the preseason poll to No. 3 with 455 total points while Davenport University (Mich.) climbed eight spots to No. 4 with 437 total points. Dakota State University (S.D.) also moved up from No. 9 to No. 5 with 435 total points to round the top five.
Ozarks (7-0), Northwestern (10-0) and Davenport (8-0) are all undefeated on the season.
The next regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, December 12.
2007-08 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll - Dec. 5
|
RANK |
PRESEASON |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
13 |
7-0 |
506 |
|
2 |
5 |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
4 |
10-0 |
497 |
|
3 |
2 |
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) |
|
5-1 |
455 |
|
4 |
12 |
Davenport University (Mich.) |
|
8-0 |
437 |
|
5 |
9 |
Dakota State University (S.D.) |
|
7-2 |
435 |
|
6 |
4 |
William Jewell College (Mo.) |
|
6-2 |
425 |
|
7 |
8 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
|
8-2 |
423 |
|
8 |
6 |
Bethel College (Ind.) |
|
8-1 |
379 |
|
9 |
19 |
Ohio Dominican University |
|
8-0 |
359 |
|
10 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
|
8-0 |
336 |
|
11 |
3 |
Hastings College (Neb.) |
|
8-2 |
322 |
|
12 |
RV |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
|
8-1 |
321 |
|
13 |
16 |
South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. |
|
8-2 |
320 |
|
14 |
RV |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
|
9-0 |
285 |
|
15 |
14 |
Benedictine College (Kan.) |
|
9-1 |
255 |
|
16 |
RV |
Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) |
|
8-1 |
237 |
|
17 |
22 |
Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) |
|
8-2 |
233 |
|
18 |
RV |
Friends University (Kan.) |
|
9-1 |
232 |
|
19 |
21 |
Shawnee State University (Ohio) |
|
5-1 |
220 |
|
20 |
RV |
Black Hills State University (S.D.) |
|
8-2 |
196 |
|
21 |
NR |
University of Rio Grande (Ohio) |
|
7-0 |
128 |
|
22 |
RV |
Covenant College (Ga.) |
|
9-2 |
120 |
|
23 |
NR |
Eastern Oregon University |
|
5-0 |
102 |
|
24 |
13 |
Southwestern College (Kan.) |
|
6-2 |
100 |
|
25 |
7 |
MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) |
|
6-4 |
98 |
Others receiving votes: Berea (Ky.) 93; Mount Marty (S.D.) 88; Cornerstone (Mich.) 51; Taylor (Ind.) 38; Union (Ky.) 35; Sterling (Kan.) 31; Northwood (Fla.) 27; Notre Dame (Ohio) 27; Missouri Valley 23; Mayville State (N.D.) 19; Huntington (Ind.) 11; Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 7; Southern Oregon 6; Midway (Ky.) 6; Menlo (Calif.) 5; Waldorf (Iowa) 5; Marian (Ind.) 4; Cedarville (Ohio) 2; Jamestown (N.D.) 2; Doane (Neb) 1; The College of Idaho 1; Bethany (Kan.) 1; Minot State (N.D.) 1.
