Jan. 10, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - For the third-straight week in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Top 25, Vanguard (Calif.) has earned the poll's No. 1 position, with this week's rating marking the first this season in which the Lions have garnered all 11 first-place votes. Vanguard stayed ahead of Oklahoma City, who finished second in the poll, followed by St. Xavier (Ill.), who moved up to No. 3 after spending last week in a tie for fourth.
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) remained in the No. 4 position this week, followed by Lee (Tenn.) who moved from eighth into fifth. Montana Western made the jump to No. 6 after occupying the No. 7 slot last week, while 7th-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.) moved up two spots in this week's rating. Cumberland (Tenn.) moves to No. 8 from No. 11, while Lubbock Christian (Texas) and Union (Tenn.) fell this week to round out the Top 10.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
11 |
10-0 |
330 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City |
|
14-0 |
318 |
|
3 |
4 |
St. Xavier (Ill.) |
|
15-1 |
300 |
|
4 |
4 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
|
15-1 |
296 |
|
4 |
8 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
|
12-2 |
277 |
|
6 |
7 |
Montana-Western |
|
16-1 |
265 |
|
7 |
9 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
|
15-2 |
263 |
|
8 |
11 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
|
11-2 |
252 |
|
9 |
6 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
|
11-3 |
250 |
|
10 |
3 |
Union (Tenn.) |
|
9-4 |
232 |
|
11 |
12 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
|
18-0 |
224 |
|
12 |
13 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) |
|
11-3 |
206 |
|
13 |
17 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) |
|
10-3 |
201 |
|
14 |
15 |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) |
|
10-2 |
181 |
|
15 |
10 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
|
8-3 |
179 |
|
16 |
14 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
|
9-5 |
156 |
|
17 |
19 |
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) |
|
13-2 |
149 |
|
18 |
23 |
Oklahoma Christian |
|
9-2 |
133 |
|
19 |
24 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
|
11-3 |
130 |
|
20 |
18 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
|
13-5 |
124 |
|
21 |
NR |
Oklahoma Baptist |
|
8-4 |
96 |
|
22 |
22 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
|
9-3 |
88 |
|
23 |
21 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
|
12-3 |
82 |
|
23 |
NR |
Xavier (La.) |
|
10-5 |
82 |
|
25 |
20 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
|
9-5 |
62 |
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 58; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 50; Montana Tech, 37; Langston (Okla.), 27; McKendree (Ill.), 22; Lambuth (Tenn.), 17; Montana State-Northern, 10; West Virginia Tech, 10; Brewton-Parker (Ga.), 4; Campbellsville (Ky.), 3.
