Posted: Feb 18, 2014
Central Methodist has been ranked or received votes in every poll this season.
Central Methodist hosts Evangel (Mo.) on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT.
The Lions of Vanguard (Calif.) are the consensus No. 1, topping the Poll for the ninth-straight time.
The GSACVanguard, No. 7 The Master's (Calif.), No. 9 Westmont (Calif.) and No. 14 Hope International (Calif.)and the Sooner Athletic ConferenceOklahoma Baptist, No. 6 Oklahoma City, No. 16 John Brown (Ark.) and Wayland Baptistlead all conferences with four programs among the Top 25.
The ninth regular-season Top 25 Poll will be announced Feb. 25.�
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and independents.
Notes: (All information dates back to 1999-2000) This is the 37th all-time and ninth-straight No. 1 ranking for Vanguard (Calif.) Five teams were ranked No. 1 during the 2012-13 season: Westmont (Calif.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), Oklahoma City, Vanguard and former member Lubbock Christian (Texas) Former member Union (Tenn.) leads all schools in all-time No. 1 rankings with 53, while Oklahoma City (46), Vanguard (37) and former member Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (15) are the only other programs with 10-or-more No. 1 rankings Since the start of the 1999-2000 season, only Oklahoma City and Freed-Hardeman have been listed in all 174 polls Vanguard has appeared in 141-straight No. 8 Georgetown (Ky.) made its first appearance among the top five since Jan. 11, 2005 in the Preseason PollThirty-five programs garnered Top 25 mention in 2012-13 Union and Vanguard are the only programs to have spent an entire season ranked No. 1 (Union: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) (Vanguard: 2005-06, 2006-07).�
2013-14 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll No. 8 (Feb. 18)
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2013-14 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Vanguard (Calif.) (10) | 21-0 | 250 |
| 2 | 2 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 24-1 | 240 |
| 3 | 3 | Westminster (Utah) | 20-2 | 236 |
| 4 | 5 | Oklahoma Baptist | 23-3 | 226 |
| 5 | 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 23-3 | 218 |
| 6 | 6 | Oklahoma City | 16-3 | 210 |
| 7 | 7 | The Master's (Calif.) | 19-6 | 196 |
| 8 | 8 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 16-6 | 187 |
| 9 | 10 | Westmont (Calif.) | 16-7 | 182 |
| 10 | 11 | Wiley (Texas) | 23-2 | 181 |
| 11 | 9 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 20-3 | 169 |
| 12 | 12 | Columbia (Mo.) | 20-5 | 167 |
| 13 | 14 | Baker (Kan.) | 20-5 | 152 |
| 14 | 15 | Hope International (Calif.) | 19-6 | 137 |
| 15 | 13 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 20-3 | 136 |
| 16 | 16 | John Brown (Ark.) | 20-5 | 133 |
| 16 | 16 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 24-3 | 133 |
| 18 | 18 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 19-7 | 121 |
| 19 | 20 | Talladega (Ala.) | 21-3 | 105 |
| 20 | 24 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 19-5 | 91 |
| 21 | RV | Lyon (Ark.) | 17-7 | 80 |
| 22 | 19 | Montana State-Northern | 18-8 | 79 |
| 23 | 21 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 15-9 | 77 |
| 24 | RV | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 15-10 | 63 |
| T25 | RV | Mobile (Ala.) | 17-7 | 61 |
| T25 | 23 | Xavier (La.) | 17-9 | 61 |
Others Receiving Votes: Coastal Georgia 42; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 28; Langston (Okla.) 19; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 10; Loyola (La.) 6; Southern Poly (Ga.) 6; William Woods (Mo.) 5; LSU Shreveport (La.) 4; Benedictine (Kan.) 3.
