KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The IU Southeast Women's Basketball program finds itself just outside the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was released Monday by the NAIA national office. The Grenadiers received one vote for the weekly top 25 poll. The IU Southeast women's basketball program is currently 10-7 overall and 4-0 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC).

Davenport (Mich.) maintained its position at No. 1 in the fourth edition of the Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Lady Panthers captured 14 first-place votes and 435 points. The top-five teams from 2009 stayed put as No. 2 Hastings (Neb.) earned a pair of first-place nods, followed by No. 3 Northwestern (Iowa), No. 4 Shawnee State (Ohio) and No. 5 Jamestown (N.D.).

Eight teams held on to their ranking as they closed out 2009 and a trio of teams broke into the poll to begin 2010. New to the poll this week is No. 14 Marian (Ind.), No. 20 College of Idaho and No. 25 Bryan (Tenn.). College of Idaho was previously receiving votes. Saint Francis (Ind.), Southern Oregon and Concordia (Ore.) fell out of the Top 25.

The Great Plains Athletic Conference continues to lead all leagues with five ranked teams: Hastings, Northwestern, No. 7 Mount Marty (S.D.), No. 10 Briar Cliff (Iowa) and No. 16 Morningside (Iowa). The Mid-Central Collegiate Conference boasts four ranked teams in No. 6 Indiana Wesleyan, Marian (Ind.), No. 18 Bethel (Ind.) and No. 23 Taylor (Ind.).

Davenport (17-1, 2-0 WHAC) is the second team of the season to occupy the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks. The Panthers are averaging nearly 90 points a game at 88.5 ppg and are defeating opponents by a margin 23.2 ppg. Head coach Mark Young's team is coming off a pair of Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference wins, defeating Concordia (Mich.) 82-63 and Michigan-Dearborn 76-47. On the docket this week for Davenport is WHAC opponents Madonna (Mich.) and Siena Heights (Mich.).

No. 2 Hastings (423 points) sports a 17-2 mark overall and a spotless 7-0 record against the staggering competition of the GPAC. The Broncos have already toppled ranked league foes Mount Marty and Briar Cliff, but await their dates with Morningside (Jan. 30) and Northwestern (Feb. 13). The nation's top-ranked team from behind the arc at 43 percent is coming off of a 72-51 dismantling of Mount Marty on Sunday. Hastings will continue in GPAC action with a home matchup against Dana (Neb.) on Wednesday, followed by a Saturday meeting at Dordt (Iowa).

Ranked third with 408 points, Northwestern has rattled off seven straight wins since a Dec. 9 loss to then-No. 18 Morningside to improve to 15-2, 6-1 GPAC. The Red Raiders enter this week's action, a pair of league road games at Sioux Falls (S.D.) and Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), after an 86-51 win over Nebraska Wesleyan on Jan. 9. Northwestern ranks third in points per game at 85.8, winning by over 20 points per contest and limiting opponents to 36 percent from the field.

Hailing from the American Mideast Conference, fourth-ranked Shawnee State was awarded 391 points to hold steady at No. 4 for a second-straight week. The Bears improved to 11-2, 3-0 AMC record after handing Houghton (N.Y.) an 85-67 setback on Jan. 5. Shawnee State is at the top of the charts nationally, shooting 83.5 percent from the charity stripe and is also ranked sixth from beyond the arc, connecting on 3's at 38.2 percent. The Bears, who average 78.46 ppg, are set to take on Wilberforce (Ohio), Notre Dame (Ohio) and Walsh (Ohio) this week.

Jamestown (N.D.) earned 382 points to come in at No. 5 to earn its second straight top-five rating of the season. The Jimmies took down then-No. 6 Black Hills State (S.D.) 67-63 on Jan. 9 to take control of the Dakota Athletic Conference with a 15-3, 4-0 record. A single game this week is scheduled for Jamestown, a Thursday road game at Valley City State (N.D.) in league action.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. The next poll will be announced on Jan. 18.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Davenport University (Mich.) (14)	17-1
2	2	Hastings College (Neb.) (2)	17-2
3	3	Northwestern College (Iowa)	15-2
4	4	Shawnee State University (Ohio)	11-2
5	5	Jamestown College (N.D.)	15-3
6	8	Indiana Wesleyan University	16-3
7	7	Mount Marty College (S.D.)	14-3
8	11	Cedarville University (Ohio)	13-3
9	13	Minot State University (N.D.)	13-3
10	15	Briar Cliff University (Iowa)	15-3
11	12	College of the Ozarks (Mo.)	10-4
12	14	Saint Ambrose University (Iowa)	16-3
13	6	Black Hills State University (S.D.)	11-5
14	NR	Marian University (Ind.)	12-6
15	25	Sterling College (Kan.)	12-3
16	18	Morningside College (Iowa)	11-7
17	17	Aquinas College (Mich.)	12-5
18	15	Bethel College (Ind.)	14-5
19	18	Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.)	12-3
20	RV	College of Idaho	10-4
21	20	Grand View University (Iowa)	14-5
22	22	Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.)	16-2
23	10	Taylor University (Ind.)	11-5
24	21	Kansas Wesleyan University	11-4
25	NR	Bryan College (Tenn.)	13-4

Others receiving votes: Eastern Oregon University 60; Dickinson State University (N.D.) 54; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 42; Walsh University (Ohio) 38; University of Saint Francis (Ind.) 38; Iowa Wesleyan College 37; Southwestern College (Kan.) 16; University of Northwestern Ohio 8; Huntington University (Ind.) 6; University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) 5; Bluefield College (Va.) 4; Florida Memorial University 4; Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) 1; Northwest University (Wash.) 1; Indiana University Southeast 1; Milligan College (Tenn.) 1; Northwood University (Fla.) 1; Holy Names University (Calif.) 1.