Division I Women's Preseason Rating

Division I Women's Preseason Rating

Rank

2005 Final

Institution

1st Place Votes

2005
Record

Total Points

1

2

Vanguard (Calif.)

11

32-4

330

2

5

Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)

 

30-7

311

3

12

Oklahoma Christian

 

26-9

295

4

7

Union (Tenn.)

 

35-5

286

5

6

The Master's (Calif.)

 

26-6

284

6

1

Houston Baptist (Texas)

 

36-3

278

7

3

Oklahoma City

 

32-7

266

8

10

Georgetown (Ky.)

 

27-7

232

9

8

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

 

28-7

228

10

16

Carroll (Mont.)

 

29-7

224

11

14

Brewton-Parker (Ga.)

 

32-4

217

12

17

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

 

24-11

216

13

13

Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)

 

22-10

206

14

19

Mobile (Ala.)

 

25-9

182

15

23

Lee (Tenn.)

 

23-12

172

16

21

Cumberlands (Ky.)

 

21-10

154

17

4

Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)

 

33-5

150

18

20

Montana-Western

 

25-8

143

19

NR

John Brown (Ark.)

 

14-16

110

20

11

Columbia (Mo.)

 

31-6

99

21

25

St. Xavier (Ill.)

 

21-13

97

22

24

Campbellsville (Ky.)

 

17-14

95

23

18

Cumberland (Tenn.)

 

25-10

92

24

NR

Berry (Ga.)

 

20-12

74

25

NR

Oklahoma Baptist

 

22-9

65

Others Receiving Votes:
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 63; Spring Hill (Ala.), 60; McKendree (Ill.), 36; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 27; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 19;
California Baptist, 18; Lubbock Christian (Texas), 16; Loyola (La.), 15; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 14; Missouri Baptist, 8;
Montana State-Northern, 7; Pikeville (Ky.), 7; Texas Wesleyan, 7; Concordia (Calif.), 6; Voorhees (S.C.), 5; Indiana-South Bend, 1.

 

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