2018-19 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 2 (Jan. 2)
Jan 02, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) locked in the No. 1 spot in the latest Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the 27th time in school history.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000):
- Freed-Hardeman holds a perfect 12-0 record currently. The team’s latest win was against American Midwest Conference opponent then-No. 4 Columbia (Mo.).
- The Lions are one of the top three schools that have been ranked No. 1 the most as the team has been in the top spot 28 times.
- New to the poll this week: No. 16 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), No. 24 William Jessup (Calif.) and No. 25 LSU Alexandria (La.)
- Oklahoma City holds the longest active streak in the Top 25 with 248 total appearances dating back to 1997-98 school year.
- Union (Tenn.) and Vanguard (Calif.) are the only programs to have spent an entire season ranked No. 1 (Union: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) (Vanguard: 2005-06, 2006-07).
- Union (Tenn.) leads all NAIA school with 53 No. 1 rankings. Oklahoma City is second with 50 and Vanguard (Calif.) is third with 46.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
- The frequency of polls occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete rating calendar, click here.
2018-19 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Jan. 2)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [9] | 12-0 | 219 |
| 2 | 4 | Columbia (Mo.) | 9-2 | 205 |
| 2 | 6 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 11-1 | 205 |
| 4 | 9 | Montana Western | 11-0 | 200 |
| 5 | 1 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 11-2 | 193 |
| 6 | 3 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 10-2 | 184 |
| 7 | 5 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 14-2 | 179 |
| 8 | 7 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 13-3 | 162 |
| 8 | 8 | Carroll (Mont.) | 11-3 | 162 |
| 10 | 10 | Oklahoma City | 11-1 | 157 |
| 11 | 14 | Menlo (Calif.) | 11-2 | 154 |
| 12 | 15 | Talladega (Ala.) | 14-2 | 133 |
| 13 | 13 | Providence (Mont.) | 11-3 | 132 |
| 14 | 12 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 11-4 | 127 |
| 15 | 11 | Westmont (Calif.) | 9-4 | 126 |
| 16 | NR | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 11-2 | 112 |
| 17 | 16 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 10-3 | 103 |
| 18 | 17 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 9-3 | 94 |
| 18 | 19 | Lyon (Ark.) | 10-1 | 94 |
| 20 | 20 | William Penn (Iowa) | 12-1 | 93 |
| 21 | 22 | The Master's (Calif.) | 10-4 | 88 |
| 22 | 18 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 11-3 | 73 |
| 23 | 24 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 9-4 | 63 |
| 24 | NR | William Jessup (Calif.) | 12-2 | 48 |
| 25 | NR | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 11-2 | 46 |
Receiving Votes: Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 29, Georgetown (Ky.) 28, Loyola (La.) 20, Baker (Kan.) 15, Arizona Christian 14, Huston-Tillotson (Texas) 13, William Woods (Mo.) 12, Xavier (La.) 10, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 7, Evangel (Mo.) 4
