Box Score Matt Barker, Sports Information Director
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Following an impressive start to the 2017-18 season, including an 11-2 record on the season and 6-1 mark in conference play, the NAIA announced Tuesday that the Freed-Hardeman Lady Lion basketball team remains the No. 2 team in the country in the latest NAIA Coaches Poll, released by the national office.
Vanguard (Calif.) remains the No. 1 team in the latest poll after starting the season with a 9-0 mark and garnering 8-of-9 first-place votes. The Lady Lions stayed put at No. 2 and racked up 182 points in the recent ranking.
Three other schools in the American Midwest Conference were recognized in the Top 25 poll, including Lyon College (10-2) who moved up one spot to No. 13. Columbia College (9-5) fell two spots to No. 18 in the latest poll while Lindenwood-Belleville (8-3) moved up two spots to No. 21.
Poll Methodology
-The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
-The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
-The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
-Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
-Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
2017-18 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 2 (Jan. 2)
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Vanguard (Calif.) [8] |
9-0 |
188 |
| 2 |
2 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
11-2 |
182 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
13-2 |
176 |
| 4 |
4 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
13-3 |
169 |
| 5 |
5 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
8-1 |
164 |
| 6 |
7 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
11-1 |
156 |
| 7 |
6 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
11-2 |
155 |
| 8 |
8 |
Oklahoma City |
10-2 |
146 |
| 9 |
9 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
11-2 |
140 |
| 10 |
12 |
Montana Western |
11-3 |
126 |
| 11 |
13 |
Baker (Kan.) |
12-2 |
125 |
| 12 |
9 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
12-2 |
123 |
| 13 |
14 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
10-2 |
118 |
| 14 |
11 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
7-4 |
116 |
| 15 |
15 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
9-2 |
105 |
| 16 |
20 |
Dillard (La.) |
12-2 |
90 |
| 17 |
17 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
10-5 |
88 |
| 18 |
16 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
9-5 |
80 |
| 19 |
18 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
7-4 |
72 |
| 19 |
24 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
9-6 |
72 |
| 21 |
23 |
Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) |
8-3 |
70 |
| 21 |
22 |
Montana State-Northern |
9-4 |
70 |
| 23 |
19 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
11-4 |
61 |
| 24 |
25 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
14-0 |
53 |
| 24 |
21 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
9-4 |
R53 |
Others Receiving Votes: Menlo (Calif.) 38, Providence (Mont.) 26, Loyola (La.) 22, Central Methodist (Mo.) 8, Arizona Christian 7, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 7, Cumberland (Tenn.) 7, Science & Arts (Okla.) 6
