KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Montana Tech's women's basketball team remained in the NAIA coaches' top 25 poll, earning the No. 25 ranking, the national office announced Wednesday.
The Orediggers are off to a 5-1 start in 2025-26 and split the first two games of the conference season on the road over the weekend, defeating Mayville State, 79-43, Friday before falling to Valley City State, 61-58, Saturday.
Tech's ranking is just the second time in program history the Orediggers have appeared in the national poll; the first was the opening poll of the season.
The Orediggers joined a large contingent of Frontier Conference schools in the national rankings. Dakota State earned the No. 4 spot in the poll, followed by Rocky Mountain at No. 15 and Carroll at No. 16. MSU-Northern and Providence also received votes.
Montana Tech will stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday to play host to Montana Western on the front end of a men's-women's doubleheader Friday evening sponsored by Metals Sports Bar & Grill. The women's game tips off at 5 p.m. followed by the men at 7.
2025-26 NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 - Poll No. 2
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Dordt (Iowa) [20] |
7-0 |
540 |
| 2 |
2 |
Bethel (Tenn.) |
11-0 |
520 |
| 3 |
3 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
10-0 |
503 |
| 4 |
5 |
Dakota State (S.D.) |
7-1 |
468 |
| 5 |
4 |
Marian (Ind.) |
7-0 |
467 |
| 6 |
7 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
9-0 |
442 |
| 7 |
6 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
10-0 |
439 |
| 8 |
9 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
9-1 |
413 |
| 9 |
11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
8-0 |
370 |
| 10 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
5-1 |
358 |
| 11 |
10 |
Langston (Okla.) |
6-0 |
352 |
| 12 |
12 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
7-1 |
350 |
| 13 |
20 |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
6-0 |
299 |
| 14 |
16 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
5-2 |
292 |
| 15 |
17 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
3-1 |
259 |
| 16 |
14 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
3-2 |
249 |
| 17 |
18 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
7-0 |
246 |
| 18 |
19 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
9-1 |
243 |
| 19 |
13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
5-4 |
239 |
| 20 |
23 |
Indiana Tech |
5-2 |
190 |
| 21 |
15 |
Oregon Tech |
3-3 |
122 |
| 22 |
RV |
Corban (Ore.) |
7-0 |
120 |
| T-23 |
RV |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
8-0 |
110 |
| T-23 |
RV |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
10-0 |
110 |
| 25 |
21 |
Montana Tech |
5-1 |
82 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Hastings (Neb.), Loyola (La.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: William Carey (Miss.) 77, Hastings (Neb.) 66, Loyola (La.) 66, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 51, Columbia (Mo.) 39, Evangel (Mo.) 24, Huntington (Ind.) 22, Shawnee State (Ohio) 16, Friends (Kan.) 15, Governors State (Ill.) 14, Northwestern (Iowa) 13, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 11, Southern Oregon (Ore.) 9, Grand View (Iowa) 8, Taylor (Ind.) 7, Montana State-Northern (Mont.) 7, Eastern Oregon 6, LSU Shreveport (La.) 6, Providence (Mont.) 6, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 5, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 4, Faulkner (Ala.) 4, College of Idaho (Idaho) 2
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