CMU 8TH, COLUMBIA 13TH IN NAIA WOMEN’S POLL

The first NAIA women’s basketball poll of the regular season is out. Central Methodist is up four spots to eighth from the preseason poll. Columbia College is down four spots to 13th. Campbellsville of Kentucky received eight of nine first place votes. Oklahoma City is second, and the Master’s of California is third.

2019-20 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll

RANK LAST SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] REC POINTS
1 2 Campbellsville (Ky.) [8] 11-0 219
2 3 Oklahoma City [1] 8-0 210
3 4 The Master’s (Calif.) 7-0 207
4 10 Vanguard (Calif.) 3-1 191
5 8 Westmont (Calif.) 5-2 188
6 5 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 6-2 185
7 11 Shawnee State (Ohio) 9-1 179
8 12 Central Methodist (Mo.) 7-1 171
9 13 Talladega (Ala.) 10-2 167
10 1 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 4-3 157
11 16 Bethel (Tenn.) 7-3 139
12 NR Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 5-1 130
13 9 Columbia (Mo.) 6-2 124
14 NR Montana State-Northern 7-0 123
15 15 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 8-1 122
16 6 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3-4 112
17 24 Loyola (La.) 6-1 107
18 14 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 4-2 105
19 17 Providence (Mont.) 6-1 89
20 21 Thomas More (Ky.) 6-0 84
21 19 Clarke (Iowa) 7-1 80
21 20 Lyon (Ark.) 5-1 80
23 7 Carroll (Mont.) 6-3 73
24 22 Menlo (Calif.) 4-2 50
25 18 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5-1 48

Receiving Votes: Evangel (Mo.) 30, Montana Western 27, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 26, Science & Arts of Oklahoma 14, Benedictine (Kan.) 12, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 11, LSU Shreveport (La.) 10, Philander Smith (Ark.) 9, LSU Alexandria (La.) 8, Faulkner (Ala.) 3, Pikeville (Ky.) 3