Red-hot Flying Queens earn Top 25 votes

On the strength of a six-game winning streak, the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens received votes in this week's NAIA Women's Basketball Top 25 poll.
 
The Flying Queens (10-8 overall, 7-2 Sooner Athletic Conference) earned six votes in this week's poll, making them the equivalent of No. 31 in the nation.
 
The Flying Queens have not been ranked in the Top 25 since 2009-10.
 
With a win on Thursday at home against St. Gregory's University (2-14, 1-9), a team Wayland defeated on Jan. 20 in Shawnee, Okla., 108-82, the Queens will own a seven-game win streak, their longest run since the 1999 team won its first 11 games of the season. Tip-off in Hutcherson Center is 6 p.m.
 
Other SAC teams mentioned in the Top 25 are No. 5 Oklahoma Baptist (16-2, 9-0), No. 7 Oklahoma City (12-2, 9-1) and No. 19 John Brown (14-4, 7-3). OBU and OCU retained their rankings from last week while JBU dropped one spot from 18^th. Wayland hosts JBU at 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
In the men's poll, the WBU Pioneers did not receive any votes, although they were responsible for a new No. 1 after knocking off then top-ranked Southwestern Assemblies of God at home on Thursday, 89-82. SAGU (16-2, 9-1) fell from No. 1 to No. 4.
 
Other ranked SAC teams are Mid-America Christian (11-5, 7-3), which improved from 22^nd to 16^th, and St. Gregory's (15-4, 6-4), which fell from 17^th to 22^nd. Oklahoma City University (10-7, 6-4) received votes. 
 
The Pioneers host St. Gregory's on Thursday, at 8 p.m.  WBU fell to the Cavaliers, 102-99, on Jan. 20 in Shawnee. WBU entertains John Brown (12-7, 2-7) at 3 p.m. Saturday.

NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll (Jan. 28)

RANK	LAST TIME	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	2013-14 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Vanguard (Calif.) (9)	15-0	250
2	2	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (1)	19-0	242
3	3	Westminster (Utah)	14-2	230
4	4	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	17-1	228
5	5	Oklahoma Baptist	16-2	221
6	6	Georgetown (Ky.)	14-3	205
7	7	Oklahoma City	12-2	203
8	8	Campbellsville (Ky.)	18-2	193
9	9	The Master's (Calif.)	16-3	192
10	11	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	15-2	174
11	10	Talladega (Ala.)	17-2	156
12	13	Wiley (Texas)	18-2	153
13	14	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	20-2	152
14	12	Westmont (Calif.)	11-6	148
15	15	Columbia (Mo.)	14-5	144
16	16	Bethel (Tenn.)	14-6	136
T17	21	Hope International (Calif.)	14-4	119
T17	17	Montana State-Northern	16-4	119
19	18	John Brown (Ark.)	14-4	117
20	20	Baker (Kan.)	15-5	92
21	22	Cumberlands (Ky.)	13-6	88
22	19	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	15-4	83
23	25	Xavier (La.)	16-6	74
24	23	Mobile (Ala.)	14-4	70
25	RV	LSU Shreveport (La.)	14-5	53

Others Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 42; Coastal Georgia 38; Lyon (Ark.) 37; Benedictine (Kan.) 26; Southern Poly (Ga.) 13; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 6; Concordia (Calif.) 5; Loyola (La.) 3. 
 
NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 (Jan. 28)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	2013-14 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
T1	2	Cal State San Marcos (4)	20-1	244
T1	3	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (5)	16-0	244
3	4	Pikeville (Ky.) (1)	16-2	234
4	1	SAGU (Texas)	16-2	230
5	8	William Carey (Miss.)	13-2	213
6	7	Columbia (Mo.)	18-2	204
7	6	Talladega (Ala.)	18-3	199
8	8	Concordia (Calif.)	16-4	197
9	15	Benedictine (Kan.)	15-4	196
10	5	Evangel (Mo.)	16-4	176
11	14	Emmanuel (Ga.)	18-2	165
12	23	Vanguard (Calif.)	17-2	161
13	16	Xavier (La.)	16-5	144
14	20	Rio Grande (Ohio)	14-6	135
15	11	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)	15-4	132
16	22	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	11-5	119
17	RV	LSU Shreveport (La.)	13-5	118
18	11	Georgetown (Ky.)	14-5	107
19	18	Montana Western	12-7	106
20	21	Philander Smith (Ark.)	15-5	103
21	10	Wiley (Texas)	14-4	90
22	17	St. Gregory's (Okla.)	15-4	81
23	19	Hope International (Calif.)	14-5	77
24	24	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	12-5	75
T25	24	Great Falls (Mont.)	14-7	63
T25	13	Arizona Christian	15-4	63

Others receiving votes: St. Catharine (Ky.) 30; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 24; Oklahoma City 22; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 14; St. Thomas (Texas) 11; Faulkner (Ala.) 9; Life (Ga.) 8.