KANSAS CITY, Mo. �National champion MidAmerica Nazarene headlines the postseason edition of the 2015-16 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The Pioneers captured their first-ever national title with a 49-35 victory over Baker (Kan.) on March 22.

Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 1999-2000)
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) tallied all nine first-place votes and 219 points en route to the program's first-ever No. 1 ranking. Previously, the Pioneers highest ranking was a No. 4 mark on Jan. 21 and Jan. 28, 2014.
The Pioneers, who ran the table at the national championship as the No. 2 seed in the Duer Bracket, won 11-straight to finish the year with a 32-5 overall record. MidAmerica Nazarene's 32 wins are the most in Division I women's basketball this season.
MidAmerica Nazarene has been ranked among the top 10 in every poll this season.
Five teams have held the No. 1 ranking this season MidAmerica Nazarene (once), Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) (six times), Campbellsville (Ky.) (three times), Westmont (Calif.) (two times) and Vanguard (Calif.) (once).
No. 2 Our Lady of the Lake, No. 3 Westmont, No. 4 Lyon (Ark.) and No. 5 Campbellsville round out the remainder of the top five. Among the quintet, Campbellsville was the only team to advance past the second round at the national championship.
Four teams record positive movements of eight places or more, led by national runner-up Baker's (Kan.) 11-spot vault from No. 22 to No. 7. Prior to this year's run, the Wildcats had never advance beyond the second round of the national championship.
Baker's No. 7 ranking is its highest in program history.
MidAmerica Nazarene (eight), No. 8 Benedictine (Kan.) (11) and No. 14 Pikeville (Ky.) (nine) were the other three teams that jumped eight-or-more places. All four squads made up the Fab Four.
Conversely, No. 12 Bethel (Tenn.) dropped down eight positions for the worst tumble. The Wildcats, who were the No. 1 seed in the Cramer Bracket, lost in the first round of the national championship to Cumberland (Tenn.), 56-51.
No. 23 Cumberland is the lone newcomer. The Phoenix were last ranked on Jan. 19.
The Mid-South Conference leads all leagues with five teams represented Campbellsville, No. 6 Shawnee State (Ohio), Pikeville, No. 15 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Cumberland.
No. 13 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and No. 22 Oklahoma City have been listed in all 204 polls dating back to the start of the 1999-2000 season. Vanguard is next in line with 171-straight mentions.
Former member Union (Tenn.) leads all schools in all-time No. 1 rankings with 53, while Oklahoma City (49), Vanguard (41), Freed-Hardeman (18) and former member Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (15) are the only other programs with 10-or-more No. 1 rankings.
Union (Ky.) and Vanguard are the only programs to have spent an entire season ranked No. 1 (Union: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) (Vanguard: 2005-06, 2006-07).

Poll Methodology
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click�here.