KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dordt (Iowa) opens the season as the No. 1 voted team in the preseason edition of the 2024-25 NAIA Women’s Basketball Top 25 Poll. The Defenders won the Battle for the Red Banner in 2023-24. Dordt received 12 of the 20 first-place votes, while Providence (Mont.) and Indiana Wesleyan garnered first-place votes with seven and one, respectively. 

Poll Methodology:

• The poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing each conference and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) voted on the poll.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter votes the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest vote for each team (a non-vote is considered a low vote) is removed.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
• Records listed are as of the end of the day on Monday of the poll week.
• For the first preseason poll, there is no column referencing the last time, as polls are new and different from the rating system.

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