NAIA Communications
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thomas More (Ky.) lands at No. 1 in the latest edition of the 2020-21 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Saints hold the No. 1 spot for the first time.
| Rank | Previous | School [First-place votes] | Records | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Thomas More [11] | 20-1 | 578 |
| 2 | 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) [8] | 10-0 | 569 |
| 3 | 1 | Campbellsville | 12-1 | 546 |
| 4 | 3 | Westmont (Calif.) [2] | 3-1 | 509 |
| 4 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 21-4 | 509 |
| 6 | 6 | Carroll (Mont.) | 17-2 | 491 |
| 7 | 9 | Morningside (Iowa) | 21-2 | 465 |
| 8 | 8 | Clarke (Iowa) | 16-2 | 431 |
| 9 | 11 | Indiana Tech | 17-1 | 399 |
| 10 | 14 | Sterling (Kan.) | 22-0 | 393 |
| 11 | 15 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 19-2 | 389 |
| 12 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 3-0 | 374 |
| 13 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson | 16-4 | 358 |
| 14 | 7 | Oklahoma City | 3-0 | 344 |
| 15 | 17 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 14-3 | 330 |
| 16 | 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 17-4 | 291 |
| 17 | 21 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 19-3 | 272 |
| 18 | 12 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 16-5 | 266 |
| 19 | 20 | Saint Xavier (Ill.) | 11-1 | 263 |
| 20 | 13 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 17-4 | 250 |
| 21 | 18 | Lyon (Ark.) | 9-1 | 197 |
| 22 | 25 | Concordia (Neb.) | 16-7 | 188 |
| 23 | 24 | Loyola (La.) | 13-1 | 170 |
| 24 | 23 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 9-4 | 153 |
| 25 | 22 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 3-0 | 130 |
Dropped from the Poll: None
Receiving Votes: Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 87, Rust (Miss.) 87, Cumberlands 83, Montana Western 77, Central Methodist (Mo.) 64, Bryan (Tenn.) 31, LSU Shreveport (La.) 25, Grand View (Iowa) 18, Northwestern (Iowa) 16, Concordia (Mich.) 13, Columbia (Mo.) 12, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 12, Providence (Mont.) 11, Benedictine (Kan.) 8, Talladega (Ala.) 7, Taylor (Ind.) 5