KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Campbellsville (Ky.) Tigers garnered top billing in the preseason 2023-24 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Rating. This is the 10th time that the Tigers have landed a No. 1 rank. Science & Arts (Okla.) was the only team to hang on the the same rank as the final rating of the 2022-23 season. Seven teams entered into the preseason Top 25 that were not ranked or receiving votes in the previous rating.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches’ 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 a low rating) 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 teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- For the complete women’s basketball ratings calendar, CLICK HERE.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Campbellsville (Ky.) [15] | 31-3 | 526 |
| 2 | 1 | Central Methodist (Mo.) [3] | 35-1 | 500 |
| 3 | 4 | Dordt (Iowa) | 30-4 | 498 |
| 4 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 30-4 | 486 |
| 5 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 29-6 | 457 |
| 6 | 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | 26-7 | 429 |
| 7 | 7 | Clarke (Iowa) | 33-4 | 417 |
| 8 | 24 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 29-7 | 413 |
| 9 | 12 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 30-4 | 378 |
| 10 | 14 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 23-7 | 372 |
| 11 | 10 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 30-4 | 367 |
| 12 | 18 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 26-8 | 334 |
| 13 | 21 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 24-8 | 316 |
| 14 | 9 | Loyola (La.) | 27-3 | 280 |
| 15 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 20-11 | 279 |
| 16 | 12 | Eastern Oregon | 30-3 | 255 |
| 17 | NR | Concordia (Neb.) | 20-12 | 234 |
| 18 | NR | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 21-8 | 216 |
| 19 | 22 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 23-7 | 203 |
| 20 | 16 | Indiana Tech | 27-6 | 172 |
| 20 | RV | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 24-10 | 172 |
| 22 | NR | Mayville State (N.D.) | 24-6 | 153 |
| 23 | RV | Rust (Miss.) | 23-6 | 152 |
| 24 | NR | Providence (Mont.) | 16-14 | 142 |
| 25 | 25 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 23-7 | 125 |
Receiving Votes: College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 71, Indiana South Bend (Ind.) 70, Southern Oregon 64, Montana Western 52, Georgetown (Ky.) 47, Bryan (Tenn.) 41, Jamestown (N.D.) 26, Menlo (Calif.) 24, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 23, Pikeville (Ky.) 21, Grace (Ind.) 20, Columbia (Mo.) 10, Grand View (Iowa) 9, Faulkner (Ala.) 7, Indiana Northwest 5, John Brown (Ark.) 3, Philander Smith (Ark.) 3, Oakland City (Ind.) 3