Reinhardt Moves Closer to Cracking NAIA Top 25
December 14, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team received votes in the 2022-23 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Wednesday.
Reinhardt picked up 90 voting points to place it one spot outside the top 25.
The Eagles are 12-0 overall and 8-0 in conference play.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Independents, 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 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 team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Dordt (Iowa) | 12-0 | 588 |
| 2 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 9-1 | 573 |
| 3 | 1 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8-1 | 552 |
| 4 | 4 | Clarke (Iowa) | 9-0 | 531 |
| 5 | 5 | Carroll (Mont.) | 6-2 | 510 |
| 6 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-1 | 506 |
| 7 | 8 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 7-1 | 468 |
| 8 | 9 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 10-1 | 453 |
| 9 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 12-0 | 438 |
| 10 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 5-1 | 409 |
| 11 | 7 | Concordia (Neb.) | 7-2 | 390 |
| 12 | 12 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 7-0 | 379 |
| 13 | 15 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 8-2 | 359 |
| 14 | 14 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 9-2 | 339 |
| 15 | 11 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 8-2 | 334 |
| 16 | 17 | Providence (Mont.) | 8-2 | 332 |
| 17 | 16 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 8-1 | 267 |
| 18 | 20 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 9-2 | 257 |
| 19 | 19 | Loyola (La.) | 8-1 | 236 |
| 20 | 21 | Southern Oregon | 6-2 | 223 |
| 21 | 22 | Indiana South Bend | 10-0 | 182 |
| 22 | 23 | Grand View (Iowa) | 9-1 | 179 |
| 23 | RV | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 9-3 | 135 |
| 24 | 24 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 11-1 | 122 |
| 25 | RV | Indiana Tech | 8-1 | 94 |
Receiving Votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 90, Science & Arts (Okla.) 75, Rust (Miss.) 67, Xavier (La.) 57, The Master's (Calif.) 50, Northwestern (Iowa) 41, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 41, Stephens (Mo.) 25, Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 23, Bethel (Tenn.) 20, John Brown (Ark.) 15, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 13, LSU Shreveport (La.) 8, Oregon Tech 4, Saint Mary (Kan.) 3, Jessup (Calif.) 3