Reinhardt Cracks Way into NAIA Top 25
January 17, 2024
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 118 voting points, placing it in the top 25 at No. 25.
The Eagles are 16-0 overall and 12-0 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 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [18] | 14-1 | 589 |
| 2 | 2 | Indiana Wesleyan [3] | 16-1 | 572 |
| 3 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 16-1 | 553 |
| 4 | 4 | Clarke (Iowa) | 15-0 | 534 |
| 5 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 16-1 | 510 |
| 6 | 5 | Carroll (Mont.) | 12-3 | 497 |
| 7 | 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 13-2 | 471 |
| 8 | 11 | Concordia (Neb.) | 12-2 | 448 |
| 9 | 9 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 16-2 | 438 |
| 10 | 8 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 12-3 | 434 |
| 11 | 13 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 15-4 | 398 |
| 12 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 9-3 | 372 |
| 13 | 18 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 13-2 | 353 |
| 14 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 13-5 | 300 |
| 15 | 19 | Loyola (La.) | 14-1 | 289 |
| 16 | 16 | Providence (Mont.) | 11-5 | 280 |
| 17 | 14 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 15-4 | 271 |
| 18 | 22 | Grand View (Iowa) | 13-2 | 268 |
| 19 | 21 | Indiana South Bend (Ind.) | 16-0 | 242 |
| 20 | RV | Oregon Tech | 14-1 | 209 |
| 21 | RV | John Brown (Ark.) | 12-3 | 203 |
| 22 | 24 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 16-2 | 191 |
| 23 | 25 | Indiana Tech | 13-3 | 177 |
| 24 | 20 | Southern Oregon | 11-4 | 122 |
| 25 | RV | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 16-0 | 118 |
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 105; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 75; Jessup (Calif.) 68; Northwestern (Iowa) 62; Langston (Okla.) 44; Rust (Miss.) 37; College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 33; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 25; LSU Shreveport (La.) 23; St. Thomas (Fla.) 13; Bethel (Tenn.) 11; Stephens (Mo.) 11; Menlo (Calif.) 8; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 7; Oakland City (Ind.) 6; Siena Heights (Mich.) 3