Out to a 9-1 start to the season, the Lewis-Clark State College women’s basketball team was listed at No. 4 in second regular-season edition of the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday.
The Warriors received fewer points than they did in the previous poll but benefit from Azusa Pacific’s drop from No. 3 to No. 11.
LCSC defeated Eastern Oregon 68-59 in its only game last week and received 252 points in the poll after garnering 274 points the week before.
Oklahoma City, now 7-0, was unanimously selected as the No. 1 team with 281 points, Union (Tenn.) remained in the No. 2 spot for the third-straight poll with 272, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) jumped up to third with 263, and Westmont (Calif.) came in at No. 5 with 243.
Azusa Pacific, last year’s national title winner, was tagged with two losses over the weekend and now stands at 5-3.
LCSC was one of two Frontier Conference members listed in the poll as Rocky Mountain, currently 10-2, remained ranked at No. 24. Westminster and Montana Western received votes, but did not crack the top 25.
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and independents. The next regular-season Top 25 poll will be announced on Jan. 9.
|
RANK
|
LAST
WEEK |
SCHOOL
(1ST PLACE VOTES) |
2011
RECORD |
TOTAL
POINTS |
|
1
|
1
|
Oklahoma City (11)
|
7-0
|
281
|
|
2
|
2
|
Union (Tenn.)
|
11-1
|
272
|
|
3
|
4
|
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
|
9-2
|
263
|
|
4
|
5
|
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
|
9-1
|
252
|
|
5
|
6
|
Westmont (Calif.)
|
10-1
|
243
|
|
6
|
7
|
Shawnee State (Ohio)
|
10-2
|
233
|
|
7
|
8
|
Langston (Okla.)
|
9-0
|
226
|
|
8
|
10
|
Vanguard (Calif.)
|
6-1
|
215
|
|
9
|
9
|
Lee (Tenn.)
|
9-1
|
207
|
|
10
|
13
|
Saint Xavier (Ill.)
|
9-2
|
195
|
|
11
|
3
|
Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
|
5-3
|
192
|
|
12
|
14
|
Campbellsville (Ky.)
|
9-3
|
188
|
|
13
|
11
|
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
|
10-2
|
170
|
|
14
|
15
|
Cumberlands (Ky.)
|
10-1
|
169
|
|
15
|
16
|
Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
|
6-3
|
156
|
|
16
|
17
|
Xavier (La.)
|
7-3
|
143
|
|
17
|
19
|
Lubbock Christian (Texas)
|
6-3
|
136
|
|
18
|
18
|
Shorter (Ga.)
|
9-1
|
128
|
|
19
|
12
|
Bethel (Tenn.)
|
6-4
|
112
|
|
20
|
21
|
Georgetown (Ky.)
|
10-3
|
102
|
|
21
|
22
|
Robert Morris (Ill.)
|
9-1
|
100
|
|
22
|
25
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
|
8-3
|
89
|
|
23
|
20
|
Columbia (Mo.)
|
8-4
|
86
|
|
24
|
24
|
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
|
10-2
|
68
|
|
25
|
RV
|
Rogers State (Okla.)
|
9-3
|
52
|
Others receiving votes: William Woods (Mo.) 46; Biola (Calif.) 39; Loyola (La.) 32; Avila (Mo.) 22; Belhaven (Miss.) 19; LSU Shreveport (La.) 12; Lyon (Ark.) 6; Park (Mo.) 5; Westminster (Utah) 4; Benedictine (Kan.) 3; St. Gregory's (Okla.) 3; Montana Western 1; The Master's (Calif.) 1; St. Francis (Ill.) 1; St. Catharine (Ky.) 1.
