The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens continue to gain respect in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 poll. After earning six votes and four votes in the previous two polls, the Flying Queens this week garnered 43 points, the equivalent of 28
th in the nation. The Queens were the equivalent of 31
st in both previous polls.
The Flying Queens (13-10, 10-4 Sooner Athletic Conference) have not been ranked in the Top 25 since 2009-10.
Other Sooner Athletic Conference teams mentioned in the poll are Oklahoma Baptist, which fell one spot from No. 4 after falling to Wayland last week, No. 6 Oklahoma City and No. 16 John Brown.
The Queens play only one of those teams in their remaining six regular-season games, that coming at 1 p.m. Saturday against OCU. The Stars were No. 2 when they defeated Wayland in Oklahoma City early last month in their SAC opener, 78-68. The Queens host Southwestern Christian (8-15, 6-9) at 6 p.m. Thursday. Wayland previously defeated the Lady Eagles, 83-61.
The Pioneers (16-8, 7-7) also play only one ranked team in their remaining six games: No. 5 Southwestern Assemblies of God on the road next week. Other SAC teams getting Top 25 votes are No. 14 Mid-America Christian, No. 21 St. Gregory's and Oklahoma City, which is the equivalent of No. 27
th. The Pioneers host the Stars at 3 p.m. Saturday after entertaining Southwestern Christian at 8 p.m. Thursday. On the road in the first half of SAC play, Wayland defeated the Eagles, 83-62, but lost to the Stars, 85-75.
NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Feb. 11
|
RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2013-14 RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Vanguard (Calif.) (9) |
19-0 |
250 |
|
2 |
2 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) (1) |
23-0 |
242 |
|
3 |
3 |
Westminster (Utah) |
18-2 |
234 |
|
4 |
T5 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
22-2 |
226 |
|
5 |
4 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
20-3 |
216 |
|
6 |
T5 |
Oklahoma City |
15-2 |
213 |
|
7 |
9 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
18-5 |
197 |
|
8 |
8 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
16-5 |
195 |
|
9 |
10 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
18-2 |
185 |
|
10 |
11 |
Westmont (Calif.) |
15-6 |
173 |
|
11 |
12 |
Wiley (Texas) |
21-2 |
167 |
|
12 |
14 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
18-5 |
158 |
|
13 |
7 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
18-3 |
153 |
|
14 |
18 |
Baker (Kan.) |
18-5 |
144 |
|
15 |
17 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
17-5 |
139 |
|
16 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
23-3 |
131 |
|
16 |
16 |
John Brown (Ark.) |
17-5 |
131 |
|
18 |
15 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
17-7 |
122 |
|
19 |
19 |
Montana State-Northern |
18-6 |
107 |
|
20 |
22 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
19-3 |
96 |
|
21 |
23 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
15-8 |
83 |
|
22 |
21 |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
17-6 |
72 |
|
23 |
20 |
Xavier (La.) |
17-8 |
68 |
|
24 |
RV |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
17-5 |
65 |
|
25 |
24 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
16-6 |
54 |
Others Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 49; Lyon (Ark.) 44;
Wayland Baptist (Texas) 43; Coastal Georgia 20; Benedictine (Kan.) 19; Southern Poly (Ga.) 6; William Woods (Mo.) 5; Loyola (La.) 3.
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NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Feb. 11
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2013-14 RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Cal State San Marcos (9) |
25-1 |
250 |
|
2 |
2 |
Pikeville (Ky.) (1) |
21-2 |
240 |
|
3 |
3 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
20-1 |
236 |
|
4 |
5 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
17-2 |
225 |
|
5 |
4 |
SAGU (Texas) |
20-3 |
218 |
|
6 |
6 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
22-2 |
211 |
|
T7 |
7 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
20-4 |
191 |
|
T7 |
10 |
Emmanuel (Ga.) |
21-2 |
191 |
|
9 |
9 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
20-3 |
188 |
|
10 |
12 |
Culver-Stockton (Mo.) |
18-4 |
187 |
|
11 |
16 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
18-6 |
163 |
|
12 |
11 |
Xavier (La.) |
18-6 |
160 |
|
13 |
22 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
18-6 |
141 |
|
14 |
14 |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
14-6 |
138 |
|
15 |
19 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
16-7 |
132 |
|
16 |
20 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
16-6 |
127 |
|
17 |
8 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
18-6 |
121 |
|
18 |
15 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
15-6 |
120 |
|
19 |
13 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
18-6 |
110 |
|
20 |
23 |
Montana State-Northern |
21-5 |
107 |
|
21 |
24 |
St. Gregory's (Okla.) |
17-5 |
91 |
|
22 |
18 |
Biola (Calif.) |
15-9 |
87 |
|
23 |
21 |
Wiley (Texas) |
16-5 |
70 |
|
24 |
17 |
Philander Smith (Ark.) |
16-7 |
61 |
|
25 |
RV |
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
14-7 |
49 |
Others Receiving Votes: Westminster (Utah) 33; Oklahoma City 28; St. Thomas (Texas) 23; Westmont (Calif.) 20; Life (Ga.) 17; Bethel (Tenn.) 16; Campbellsville (Ky.) 14; Central Methodist (Mo.) 10; Montana Western 4; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 3.
