ASHLAND – The Southern Oregon women's basketball team checked in at No. 15 in the NAIA Top 25 preseason coaches' poll, released Wednesday by the national office.

Coming off a 34-1 season and an NAIA Tournament quarterfinal appearance, the Raiders have been included in every poll since November of 2023. They were No. 2 in the final Top 25 of 2024-25.

Fifth-year head coach Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt's team debuts in Butte, Mont., at the Peggy Sarsfield Basketball Weekend, playing host Montana Tech on Oct. 31 and Montana Western on Nov. 1. The Raiders retained a spot in the rankings despite losing four starters and were picked third in last week's Cascade Conference preseason poll.

The CCC is also represented in the Top 25 by No. 7 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and No. 14 Oregon Tech. Defending NAIA champion Dordt (Iowa) is the unanimous No. 1 team.

The first poll of the regular season will be released Nov. 12, the week after the Raiders play their Nov. 6-7 home openers.
 

TREND	RANK	LAST	INSTITUTION [1st-place votes]	2024-25	POINTS
●	1	1	Dordt (Iowa) [20]	35-2	600
▲	2	16	Bethel (Tenn.)	27-8	560
●	3	3	Campbellsville (Ky.)	28-4	543
▲	4	8	Dakota State (S.D.)	25-5	474
▲	5	12	Marian (Ind.)	27-8	471
▲	6	7	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	28-6	444
▲	7	25	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	26-7	411
▲	8	9	Saint Francis (Ind.)	25-8	410
▲	9	13	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	25-7	382
▼	10	4	Indiana Wesleyan	34-3	369
▲	11	17	Langston (Okla.)	31-3	359
▲	12	18	Hastings (Neb.)	25-8	332
▼	13	10	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	28-4	308
▲	14	23	Oregon Tech	23-8	281
▼	15	2	Southern Oregon	34-1	279
▲	16	RV	Carroll (Mont.)	19-12	259
▲	17	RV	Indiana Tech	27-6	248
▼	18	14	Arizona Christian	25-6	211
▲	19	RV	St. Francis (Ill.)	25-8	209
▼	20	5	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	30-6	191
▲	21	RV	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	20-11	172
▲	22	25	LSU Shreveport (La.)	27-4	168
▲	23	RV	Shawnee State (Ohio)	28-5	146
▲	24	NR	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	16-14	144
▼	25	5	Cumberlands (Ky.)	26-6	140

Dropped from Top 25: Georgetown (Ky.), William Carey (Miss.), Rio Grande (Ohio), Wayland Baptist (Texas), Providence (Mont.), Xavier (La.), Mid-America Christian (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Governors State (Ill.) 98, Loyola (La.) 94, Rio Grande (Ohio) 81, Georgetown (Ky.) 69, Providence (Mont.) 69, Florida Memorial 60, Pikeville (Ky.) 49, Columbia (Mo.) 34, Xavier (La.) 31, Southeastern (Fla.) 25, Montana Tech 19, Grand View (Iowa) 18, Evangel (Mo.) 17, William Carey (Miss.) 15, Huntington (Ind.) 15, College of Idaho 14, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 11, LSU Alexandria (La.) 10, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 8, Morningside (Iowa) 6, Milligan (Tenn.) 4, Friends (Kan.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 3, Williams Baptist (Ark.) 2, Hope International (Calif.) 2