Jan. 3, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - With ten first-place votes and a perfect 8-0 mark on the season, Vanguard (Calif.) retained its spot atop the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball rating for the third-straight top 25 poll.

 

Vanguard finished ahead of 12-0 Oklahoma City who earned one top vote to earn second in the rating, while Union (Tenn.) enabled the top three to stay the same by keeping its No. 3 ranking in the third poll of the season. The top five was rounded out by a pair of teams that jumped four spots, as Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) moved from No. 8 to No. 4 and St. Xavier (Ill.) moved into the No. 5 spot after finishing the last rating at No. 9.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	WON	LOST	POINTS
1	1	Vanguard (Calif.)	10	8	0	329
2	2	Oklahoma City	1	12	0	319
3	3	Union (Tenn.)	0	9	2	309
4	8	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	0	14	1	283
4	9	St. Xavier (Ill.)	0	15	1	283
6	5	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	0	10	2	263
7	4	Montana-Western	0	15	1	254
8	10	Lee (Tenn.)	0	10	2	246
9	11	Cumberlands (Ky.)	0	13	2	243
10	7	The Master's (Calif.)	0	7	2	230
11	14	Cumberland (Tenn.)	0	10	1	226
12	12	Carroll (Mont.)	0	16	0	219
13	13	Houston Baptist (Texas)	0	10	3	205
14	6	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	0	8	4	197
15	17	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)	0	9	1	168
16	19	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	0	9	2	154
17	15	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	0	8	3	147
18	16	Georgetown (Ky.)	0	11	4	139
19	18	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	0	11	2	124
20	22	Mobile (Ala.)	0	8	4	121
21	20	Columbia (Mo.)	0	11	2	116
22	21	Westmont (Calif.)	0	8	2	96
23	23	Oklahoma Christian	0	7	2	92
24	24	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	0	9	3	82
25	NR	Montana Tech	0	12	2	49

Others Receiving Votes: Brewton-Parker (Ga.), 47; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 32; Oklahoma Baptist, 30; Langston (Okla.), 20; Xavier (La.), 19; McKendree (Ill.), 18; Lambuth (Tenn.), 15; Montana State-Northern, 15; West Virginia Tech, 12; Fresno Pacific (Calif.), 6; Campbellsville (Ky.), 3; Loyola (La.), 2; Wayland Baptist (Texas), 1; Westminster (Utah), 1.