2005-06 Division I Women's Basketball Rating #1

Rank

Pre Season

Institution

1st Place Votes

Record

Total Points

1

1

Vanguard (Calif.)

11

5-0

330

2

4

Union (Tenn.)

 

8-2

310

3

5

The Master's (Calif.)

 

4-1

302

4

10

Carroll (Mont.)

 

14-1

300

5

2

Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)

 

12-1

291

6

13

Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)

 

10-0

272

7

25

Oklahoma Baptist

 

8-0

263

8

18

Montana-Western

 

11-1

253

9

23

Cumberland (Tenn.)

 

7-0

232

10

7

Oklahoma City

 

6-2

229

11

8

Georgetown (Ky.)

 

6-2

225

12

11

Brewton-Parker (Ga.)

 

9-3

205

13

14

Mobile (Ala.)

 

6-1

189

14

3

Oklahoma Christian

 

4-3

178

15

16

Cumberlands (Ky.)

 

5-2

169

16

NR

Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)

 

6-2

165

17

15

Lee (Tenn.)

 

6-3

161

18

12

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

 

4-3

133

19

21

St. Xavier (Ill.)

 

5-2

124

20

NR

Lambuth (Tenn.)

 

8-3

107

21

19

John Brown (Ark.)

 

6-3

104

22

NR

California Baptist

 

6-2

97

23

NR

Missouri Baptist

 

10-1

87

24

NR

Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)

 

5-4

70

25

NR

Westmont (Calif.)

 

5-5

46


Others Receiving Votes:
Shorter (Ga.), 44; Lubbock Christian (Texas), 41; Louisiana State-Shreveport, 36; Pikeville (Ky.), 27;
Berry (Ga.), 25; Voorhees (S.C.), 23; Columbia (Mo.), 21; Science & Arts (Okla.), 17; Indiana-South Bend, 15;
Montana State-Northern, 12; Spring Hill (Ala.), 5; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 4; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 2; McKendree (Ill.), 1.

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