Dec. 13, 2006

OLATHE, Kan. - Indiana Wesleyan earned all 17 first-place votes to stay atop the NAIA Top 25 Division-II Women's Basketball rating after starting the season by rattling off 13-consecutive wins.

 

Ozarks (Mo.) fell a spot behind IWU in second, while Northwestern (Iowa), Saint Francis (Ind.) and Minot State (N.D.) also earned spots in the top five. Mid-America Nazarene (Kan.) checked in at No. 6, followed by Cedarville (Ohio), Bethel (Ind.), Morningside (Iowa) and Tabor (Kan.) in the top 10.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	RECORD	LOST	POINTS
1	1	Indiana Wesleyan	17	13	0	510
2	2	Ozarks (Mo.)		10	1	482
3	3	Northwestern (Iowa)		12	2	469
4	4	St. Francis (Ind.)		12	1	463
5	6	Minot State (N.D.)		12	0	426
6	5	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)		11	1	425
7	7	Cedarville (Ohio)		9	3	401
8	8	Bethel (Ind.)		12	0	399
9	9	Morningside (Iowa)		10	3	384
10	10	Tabor (Kan.)		10	1	370
11	11	Mount Marty (S.D.)		10	3	329
12	13	Bryan (Tenn.)		10	3	309
13	15	Menlo (Calif.)		6	1	300
14	17	Mayville State (N.D.)		9	3	295
15	18	Notre Dame (Ohio)		6	1	257
16	16	Doane (Neb.)		8	5	245
17	20	William Jewell (Mo.)		11	2	232
18	12	Dakota State (S.D.)		7	4	207
19	NR	Ottawa (Kan.)		6	5	155
20	22	Aquinas (Mich.)		6	4	142
20	21	Berea (Ky.)		11	3	142
22	25	Cardinal Stritch (Wis.)		10	2	138
23	19	Hastings (Neb.)		9	4	120
24	24	Oregon Tech		9	2	118
25	23	Mount Mercy (Iowa)		5	2	116

 

Others Receiving Votes: Sterling (Kan.), 101; Black Hills State (S.D.), 83; Malone (Ohio), 79; Davenport (Mich.), 44; Daemen (N.Y.), 38; Covenant (Ga.), 31; Taylor (Ind.), 29; South Dakota Mines, 19; Benedictine (Kan.), 8; King (Tenn.), 7; Northwood (Fla.), 7; Siena Heights (Mich.), 7; Shawnee State (Ohio), 5; Union (Ky.), 5; Iowa Wesleyan, 3; Dominican (Calif.), 2; Huntington (Ind.), 2; Concordia (Neb.), 1.