Division I Women's Basketball Rating No. 10 :: Vanguard No. 1 while Tennessee teams dot remainder of Top 10

Feb. 21, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Vanguard (Calif.) is the No. 1 rated NAIA Division I Women's Basketball team for the tenth-straight week, sweeping 10 first-place votes to stay 10 points ahead of No. 2 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho). The top six places remained unchanged, as Saint Xavier (Ill.) is third followed by Lee (Tenn.), Union (Tenn.) and Lubbock Christian (Texas).

Carroll (Mont.) - who moved up three spots from last week - sits at No. 7, followed by Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Montana-Western and Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) in the Top 10. While much of the poll remained unchanged, Freed-Hardman (Tenn.) fell from No. 14 to No. 17 this week, while Lambuth (Tenn.) jumped from No. 22 to No. 19.

Three newcomers round out the poll, beginning with No. 23 Oklahoma Baptist, followed by McKendree (Ill.) and Westmont (Calif.).

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Vanguard (Calif.)	10	22-0	300
2	2	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		26-1	290
3	3	St. Xavier (Ill.)		24-2	279
4	4	Lee (Tenn.)		24-3	266
5	5	Union (Tenn.)		23-4	260
6	6	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		23-4	255
7	10	Carroll (Mont.)		26-2	232
8	9	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		20-5	230
9	7	Montana-Western		24-4	214
10	8	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)		21-5	213
11	11	Cumberlands (Ky.)		23-4	200
12	12	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		21-5	193
13	13	Cumberland (Tenn.)		21-6	174
14	16	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)		24-4	161
15	15	Oklahoma Christian		20-5	156
16	17	Langston (Okla.)		23-3	150
17	14	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)		19-9	149
18	18	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		22-5	133
19	22	Lambuth (Tenn.)		20-7	121
20	19	Oklahoma City		22-6	118
21	23	Loyola (La.)		20-8	100
22	21	Houston Baptist (Texas)		19-6	85
23	NR	Oklahoma Baptist		15-10	76
24	NR	McKendree (Ill.)		18-9	68
25	NR	Westmont (Calif.)		14-10	42

Others Receiving Votes: Southern-New Orleans (La.), 41; Columbia (Mo.), 34; The Master's (Calif.), 31; Westminster (Utah), 26; Mobile (Ala.), 14; Xavier (La.), 13; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 11; Southern Polytechnic, 5; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 4; Montana State-Northern, 3; Science & Arts (Okla.), 3.