(Sioux City, Iowa) – Dordt University totaled 120 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Women’s Basketball Championship. The Defenders tallied 10 of the possible 12 first-place votes. Dakota Wesleyan was picked second with 111 points and one first-place vote. Hastings was selected third with 99 points and the final first-place vote.
Dordt repeated as the NAIA National Champion in 2024-25 and won the GPAC regular season (20-2) and GPAC Tournament Championship.
Points were awarded on an 11-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.Here is the complete 2025-26 GPAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:
|
RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
1st Place Votes |
|
1. |
DORDT |
120 |
10 |
|
2. |
DAKOTA WESLEYAN |
111 |
1 |
|
3. |
HASTINGS |
99 |
1 |
|
4. |
BRIAR CLIFF |
86 |
|
|
5. |
MORNINGSIDE |
83 |
|
|
6. |
CONCORDIA |
73 |
|
|
7. |
NORTHWESTERN |
62 |
|
|
8. |
MOUNT MARTY |
51 |
|
|
9. |
DOANE |
44 |
|
|
10. |
MIDLAND |
31 |
|
|
11. |
WALDORF |
18 |
|
|
12. |
COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY |
14 |
