Women's Basketball | 02/12/25 | 4:03 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the latest edition of the 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Carroll College moved up one position from the previous poll, checking in at No. 19 in the nation.
The Fighting Saints (17-7, 9-2) are the highest Frontier Conference team appearing in the poll, with only Providence (No. 25 - idle) inside the ranks and both Rocky Mountain College and Montana Tech appearing in the receiving votes category.
In total, the Carroll Women have appeared inside the Top-25 on every poll since December 5, 2018 (57 poll releases). Their active-ranked streak of 58 consecutive polls is third in the entire NAIA, trailing only Campbellsville (169), and Marian (95).
Carroll has played a total of 10 games against teams who are currently ranked or appearing in the receiving votes portion of the poll this season.
The Saints will head to Great Falls tomorrow evening for a 5 p.m. final showdown of the season with the lone other ranked Frontier team, No. 25 Providence, with the winner owning the season series. They'll then turn around and host (RV) Montana Tech on Saturday at 2 p.m., in a senior day celebration for Kyndall Keller (Havre, Mont. / R-SR) and Addi Ekstrom (Bozeman, Mont. / SR).
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 |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [15] |
24-1 |
536 |
| 2 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan [1] |
23-1 |
506 |
| 3 |
4 |
Southern Oregon [3] |
23-0 |
505 |
| 4 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) [1] |
21-2 |
499 |
| 5 |
5 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
21-3 |
452 |
| 6 |
10 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
21-3 |
437 |
| 7 |
8 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
21-3 |
419 |
| 8 |
6 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
18-4 |
389 |
| 9 |
14 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
21-3 |
358 |
| 10 |
11 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
23-2 |
358 |
| 11 |
7 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
19-5 |
355 |
| 12 |
15 |
Marian (Ind.) |
19-5 |
310 |
| 13 |
13 |
Arizona Christian |
22-3 |
300 |
| 14 |
12 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
19-5 |
296 |
| 15 |
9 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
20-4 |
294 |
| 16 |
16 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
19-5 |
248 |
| 17 |
21 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
22-0 |
214 |
| 18 |
17 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
22-2 |
209 |
| 19 |
20 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
17-7 |
207 |
| 20 |
19 |
Langston (Okla.) |
23-2 |
207 |
| 21 |
18 |
Xavier (La.) |
23-1 |
187 |
| 22 |
23 |
Oregon Tech |
19-4 |
150 |
| 23 |
22 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
20-4 |
133 |
| 24 |
RV |
Hastings (Neb.) |
18-6 |
115 |
| 25 |
25 |
Providence (Mont.) |
16-7 |
99 |
Dropped from Top 25: Levis-Clark State (Idaho)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 82, Indiana Tech 82, Florida Memorial 60, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 51, Montana Tech 46, LSU Shreveport (La.) 35, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 28. Columbia (Mo.) 24, Milligan (Tenn.) 14, Governors State (Ill.) 13, Grand View (Iowa) 12, Southeastern (Fla.) 10, Northwestern (Iowa) 6, Jamestown (N.D.) 6, Kansas Wesleyan 5. Shawnee State (Ohio) 4, The Master's (Calif.) 3, Benedictine (Kan.) 2
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