(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
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