AMC Womens Poll and NAIA Womens Basketball Preseason Rankings

The Columbia College women’s basketball team tied with Lyon atop the American Midwest Conference in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Both the Cougars and Lyon received five first place votes.

In the NAIA Preseason Women’s Coaches Basketball Poll, Central Methodist is 17th and Columbia College is 21st. You can find the full set of rankings with this story at centralmoinfo.com.

T1 Columbia 76 (5)
T1 Lyon 76 (5)
3 Williams Baptist 58
4 Missouri Baptist 56
5 William Woods 54
6 Central Baptist 45
7 Health Sciences & Pharmacy 30
8 Harris-Stowe 29
T9 Hannibal-LaGrange 13
T9 Stephens 13

NAIA Preseason Women’s Basketball Rankings
1 1 (I) Westmont (Calif.) [17] 27-3 586
2 2 (I) Wayland Baptist (Texas) [4] 31-2 563
3 2 (II) Marian (Ind.) 31-3 545
4 4 (I) Campbellsville (Ky.) 29-3 534
5 5 (I) The Master’s (Calif.) 29-3 529
6 3 (I) Oklahoma City 30-2 486
7 3 (II) Southeastern (Fla.) 27-3 464
8 12 (II) Dordt (Iowa) 24-8 438
9 8 (I) Shawnee State (Ohio) 29-4 437
10 9 (I) Vanguard (Calif.) 23-6 416
11 1 (II) Concordia (Neb.) 32-2 413
12 5 (II) College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 29-4 343
13 20 (I) Clarke (Iowa) 25-7 327
14 6 (I) Bethel (Tenn.) 29-4 302
14 21 (I) Thomas More (Ky.) 22-10 302
16 8 (II) St. Francis (Ill.) 29-5 276
17 6 (I) Central Methodist (Mo.) 31-2 274
18 11 (I) Lyon (Ark.) 29-3 268
19 10 (I) Talladega (Ala.) 28-5 247
20 17 (I) Carroll (Mont.) 21-10 198
21 15 (I) Columbia (Mo.) 25-7 179
22 6 (II) Indiana Tech 30-4 155
23 9 (II) Saint Xavier (Ill.) 29-5 154
24 10 (II) Morningside (Iowa) 23-10 146
25 13 (I) Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 26-6 144