Kansas City, Mo. – The NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for women’s basketball was released Wednesday morning and the UPIKE Bears are ranked #21.
The Bears are riding a 10-game win streak that includes big wins over Georgetown, Cumberlands (Ky.) and Freed-Hardeman. UPIKE has led for over 30 minutes of game time in eight of those ten wins.
It is UPIKE’s first time being ranked since February of the 2018-19 season and their highest ranking since 2016-17. Coach Clifton Williams‘ #21 UPIKE Bears will be back in action tomorrow morning when they take on Cumberland University (Tenn.) on the road.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Thomas More (Ky.) [21] | 21-0 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 19-0 | 571 |
| 3 | 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 19-1 | 550 |
| 4 | 3 | Dordt (Iowa) | 19-1 | 527 |
| 5 | 5 | Westmont (Calif.) | 17-1 | 525 |
| 6 | 6 | Marian (Ind.) | 19-2 | 486 |
| 7 | 7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 18-3 | 470 |
| 8 | 8 | Clarke (Iowa) | 18-2 | 460 |
| 9 | 10 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 18-1 | 448 |
| 10 | 9 | Loyola (La.) | 17-1 | 416 |
| 11 | 18 | Carroll (Mont.) | 16-5 | 364 |
| 12 | 14 | Indiana Tech | 17-3 | 356 |
| 13 | 11 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 18-3 | 348 |
| 14 | 13 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 14-4 | 345 |
| 15 | 12 | Montana Western | 18-3 | 334 |
| 16 | 16 | Eastern Oregon | 17-2 | 330 |
| 17 | 17 | Texas Wesleyan | 18-2 | 284 |
| 18 | 21 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 15-5 | 275 |
| 19 | 19 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 18-2 | 239 |
| 20 | 15 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-5 | 202 |
| 21 | NR | Pikeville (Ky.) | 16-4 | 201 |
| 22 | 20 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 15-5 | 175 |
| 23 | 25 | Rust (Miss.) | 13-3 | 169 |
| 24 | 22 | Sterling (Kan.) | 15-4 | 154 |
| 25 | 23 | Southern Oregon | 14-5 | 110 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Cumberlands (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Cumberlands (Ky.) 102, IU South Bend (Ind.) 97, Texas A&M Texarkana 54, Dakota State (S.D.) 53, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 33, Grand View (Iowa) 32, Faulkner (Ala.) 22, Jamestown (N.D.) 22, Oakland City (Ind.) 15, Menlo (Calif.) 15, Grace (Ind.) 13, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 7, LSU Shreveport (La.) 4, Bryan (Tenn.) 3
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