The undefeated Wayland Baptist Flying Queens moved up on spot to No. 2 in the latest NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll.
Wayland was ranked second behind Westmont (Calif.) in both the preseason poll and the first poll of the regular-season. The Flying Queens slipped to No. 3 behind new No. 1 Campbellsville (Ky.) and Westmont in the Jan. 13 poll.
Now the Queens (6-0) are back in the No. 2 slot, in between Campbellsville (9-0) and Westmont (1-1).
Also in the Sooner Athletic Conference, Oklahoma City (1-0) is ranked No. 5, down two places since the last ranking. Mid-America Christian received Top 25 votes and is the equivalent of 31
st.
The Flying Queens are in Kansas today to take on Central Christian at 6 p.m., before the Pioneers meet the Tigers at 8.
NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches Top 25
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) [14] |
9-0 |
584 |
| 2 |
3 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) [3] |
6-0 |
557 |
| 3 |
2 |
Westmont (Calif.) [3] |
1-1 |
554 |
| 4 |
4 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [1] |
17-1 |
539 |
| 5 |
6 |
Marian (Ind.) |
17-4 |
492 |
| 6 |
7 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
15-2 |
471 |
| 7 |
5 |
Oklahoma City |
1-0 |
469 |
| 8 |
8 |
Clarke (Iowa) |
13-1 |
460 |
| 9 |
11 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
17-2 |
435 |
| 10 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
1-0 |
399 |
| 11 |
12 |
Indiana Tech |
14-1 |
398 |
| 12 |
9 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) |
14-3 |
390 |
| 13 |
13 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
14-2 |
367 |
| 14 |
15 |
Sterling (Kan.) |
18-0 |
352 |
| 15 |
16 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
14-2 |
347 |
| 16 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
12-3 |
314 |
| 17 |
18 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
11-3 |
259 |
| 18 |
22 |
Lyon (Ark.) |
7-0 |
231 |
| 19 |
23 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
14-4 |
227 |
| 20 |
20 |
Saint Xavier (Ill.) |
7-1 |
214 |
| 21 |
24 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
14-3 |
211 |
| 22 |
19 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
0-0 |
202 |
| 23 |
NR |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
6-3 |
141 |
| 24 |
25 |
Loyola (La.) |
7-1 |
123 |
| 25 |
NR |
Concordia (Neb.) |
13-7 |
119 |
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Dropped from the poll: Talladega (Ala.), The Master's (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Rust (Miss.) 115, Cumberlands (Ky.) 87, Providence (Mont.) 67, LSU Shreveport (La.) 48, Benedictine (Kan.) 40, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 34, Montana Western 34, Talladega (Ala.) 32, Taylor (Ind.) 20, Bryan (Tenn.) 17, Columbia (Mo.) 16, Northwestern (Iowa) 13, Grand View (Iowa) 11, Pikeville (Ky.) 5, Concordia (Mich.) 3, The Master's (Calif.) 3Â
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