2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 4 (January 15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dordt (Iowa) remains at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll with all 21 first-place votes. Indiana Wesleyan, Campbellsville and Southern Oregon remain at the same spot in the Top 5, while Briar Cliff (Iowa) joins the Top 5 from No. 9. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) made the largest jump in the poll from receiving votes to No. 7. Two other teams also joined the Top 25: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) and Hastings (Neb.).
Poll Methodology:
- The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest vote for each team (a non-vote is considered a low vote) is removed.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [21] | 17-0 | 570 |
| 2 | 2 | Indiana Wesleyan | 17-0 | 548 |
| 3 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 15-0 | 534 |
| 4 | 4 | Southern Oregon | 15-0 | 513 |
| 5 | 9 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 14-2 | 464 |
| 6 | 6 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 13-3 | 458 |
| 7 | RV | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 17-0 | 419 |
| 8 | 10 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 15-1 | 410 |
| 9 | 16 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 16-1 | 378 |
| 10 | 11 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 16-1 | 367 |
| 11 | 8 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 13-3 | 335 |
| 12 | 12 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 15-1 | 334 |
| 13 | 19 | Arizona Christian | 15-2 | 289 |
| 14 | 20 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 15-2 | 276 |
| 15 | 17 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 13-4 | 275 |
| 16 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 14-3 | 270 |
| 17 | 15 | Marian (Ind.) | 13-4 | 263 |
| 18 | 18 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 14-2 | 214 |
| 19 | 13 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 14-2 | 202 |
| 20 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 11-5 | 165 |
| 21 | 25 | Xavier (La.) | 16-0 | 144 |
| 22 | 21 | Carroll (Mont.) | 10-6 | 124 |
| 23 | 5 | Providence (Mont.) | 9-5 | 123 |
| 24 | 24 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 13-3 | 119 |
| 25 | RV | Hastings (Neb.) | 12-5 | 97 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.), Mayville State (N.D.), Indiana Tech
Receiving Votes: Indiana Tech 94, Oregon Tech 82, Mayville State (N.D.) 73, William Carey (Miss.) 70, Langston (Okla.) 70, Florida Memorial 62, Doane (Neb.) 57, Benedictine (Kan.) 55, Montana Tech 51, Columbia (Mo.) 43, Governors State (Ill.) 23, Shawnee State (Ohio) 15, LSU Shreveport (La.) 8, Northwestern (Iowa) 8, Grand View (Iowa) 7, Southeastern (Fla.) 7, Milligan (Tenn.) 5, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 5, St. Francis (Ill.) 5, Kansas Wesleyan 4, IU South Bend (Ind.) 3
