Pikeville, Milligan Receive Votes in NAIA Women's Basketball Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) saw two teams receive votes in the 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Wednesday.
Pikeville collected 50 voting points to put it five spots outside the top 25.
Meanwhile, Milligan picked up five voting points.
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 | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | 2023-24 RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [12] | 35-2 | 532 |
| 2 | Providence (Mont.) [7] | 27-9 | 525 |
| 3 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 29-5 | 496 |
| 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 31-2 | 470 |
| 5 | Concordia (Neb.) | 27-7 | 452 |
| 6 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 28-7 | 432 |
| 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 26-10 | 422 |
| 8 | Carroll (Mont.) | 28-6 | 412 |
| 9 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 22-11 | 357 |
| 10 | Southern Oregon | 28-5 | 330 |
| 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 25-7 | 326 |
| 12 | Indiana Tech | 30-4 | 298 |
| 13 | Loyola (La.) | 26-5 | 289 |
| 14 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 30-3 | 252 |
| 15 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 26-6 | 235 |
| 16 | Mayville State (S.D.) | 26-4 | 230 |
| 17 | Grand View (Iowa) | 37-5 | 216 |
| 18 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 23-9 | 200 |
| 19 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 19-12 | 192 |
| 20 | Oregon Tech | 27-5 | 181 |
| 21 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 16-13 | 163 |
| 22 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 18-11 | 151 |
| 23 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 24-10 | 139 |
| 24 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 26-6 | 125 |
| 25 | IU South Bend (Ind.) | 31-2 | 124 |
Receiving Votes: The Master's (Calif.) 115, Marian (Ind.) 102, Jamestown (N.D.) 91, William Carey (Miss.) 57, Pikeville (Ky.) 50, Tabor (Kan.) 47, Benedictine (Kan.) 43, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 39, Stephens (Mo.) 35, Southeastern (Fla.) 22, Oakland City (Ind.) 15, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 13, Arizona Christian 12, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 12, Langston (Okla.) 11, Xavier (La.) 9, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6, Milligan (Tenn.) 5, Columbia (Mo.) 4