
Kansas City, Mo. – The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is represented by #25 Tabor College in the seventh edition of the 2012 -13 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25. The poll announced Tuesday, January 29 has Friends University receiving votes.
Tabor is making its first appearance since February 21, 2007 in the Top 25, and was 2-0 last week. Tabor collected wins against McPherson, 74-55, on January 24 and Bethany, 68-39, two days later.
The 15-7 (11-1 in conference) Bluejays will host Bethel College on January 31, and then travel to Ottawa on February 2.
KCAC Women's Basketball Standings
Four the fourth-consecutive week, Indiana Wesleyan sits atop poll, the national office announced Tuesday. College of the Ozarks (Mo.) jumped two spots, to No. 2. Falling one spot to No. 3 is Concordia (Neb. No. 4 Saint Francis (Ind.) makes its first top five appearance this season. Holding steady at No. 5 is Eastern Oregon, who tallied the last first-place vote.
Concordia (Mich.) and St. Thomas (Fla.) make the biggest jumps in the poll this week as both teams moved ahead three spots. Joining the Top 25 this week is No. 18 Roosevelt (Ill.), No. 23 William Penn (Iowa) and No. 25 Tabor (Kan.).
Three teams fell out of the Top 25: St. Ambrose (No. 18), Grand View (No. 22) and Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (No. 24).
Twelve of the 13 Division II women's basketball conferences/independents are represented throughout the Top 25, led by the CCAC and Great Plains Athletic Conference with four teams each.
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Independents.
The eighth regular-season poll will be announced on Feb. 5.
Notes: (All information as of the 1999 - 2000 season) Indiana Wesleyan has appeared at the top of the poll on 29 occasions, the most of any program, followed by Morningside (Iowa) with 19... There have been 14 different teams to garner the No. 1 ranking all-time ... Three schools have spent an entire season at No. 1: Morningside in 2008-09, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) in 2007-08 and Saint Francis (Ind.) in 1999-2000... In the last 13 years, six teams that have been rated No. 1 in the preseason have gone on to win the national championship with the last being Northwestern (Iowa), which has accomplished the feat the last two years... Morningside (111) and College of the Ozarks (104) are the only teams who have been ranked in the Top 25 for over 100 consecutive weeks.
2012-13 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 7
RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan (11) | 23-1 | 312 |
2 | 4 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 19-3 | 289 |
3 | 2 | Concordia (Neb.) | 20-3 | 283 |
4 | 6 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 22-2 | 276 |
5 | 5 | Eastern Oregon (1) | 23-2 | 271 |
6 | 3 | Morningside (Iowa) | 20-4 | 268 |
7 | 10 | Concordia (Mich.) | 19-4 | 254 |
8 | 8 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 20-3 | 252 |
9 | 11 | Davenport (Mich.) | 22-1 | 232 |
10 | 7 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 19-5 | 228 |
11 | 9 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 15-6 | 209 |
12 | 12 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 18-5 | 192 |
13 | 16 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 19-2 | 184 |
14 | 13 | Bethel (Ind.) | 19-5 | 172 |
15 | 14 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 19-4 | 165 |
16 | 17 | College of Idaho | 15-6 | 161 |
17 | 19 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 16-3 | 141 |
18 | RV | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 19-5 | 138 |
19 | 20 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 17-2 | 135 |
20 | 21 | Menlo (Calif.) | 19-3 | 109 |
21 | 15 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 20-5 | 108 |
22 | 23 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 17-7 | 87 |
23 | NR | William Penn (Iowa) | 15-7 | 81 |
24 | 25 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 18-4 | 79 |
25 | RV | Tabor | 15-7 | 69 |
Others receiving votes: Siena Heights (Mich.) 52; Saint Mary (Neb.) 44; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 35; Huntington (Ind.) 20; Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 14; Mount Marty (S.D.) 14; Tennessee Wesleyan 11; Grand View (Iowa) 9; Oregon Tech 9; Point Park (Pa.) 8; Grand View (Iowa) 7; Ave Maria (Fla.) 6; Friends 5; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4.
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