The Butler women's basketball team is ranked 15th in the first regular season NJCAA Division I poll of the 2015-16 season.
After receiving votes in the Oct. 27 preseeason rankings, the Grizzlies opened the season with a 10-1 record and have scored 90 points or more in their last four victories. Butler received 88 votes and is the second-highest ranked team in this week's poll that was not included in the preseason top 25.
Butler, which hosts Garden City (6-5) tonight at 5:30 p.m. to open Jayhawk Conference play, is one of three KJCCC teams in this week's poll. Hutchinson (9-0) is rated fourth, while Seward County (7-1) sits at 13th in the rankings. Another KJCCC team, Independence (8-1), is one of four teams receiving votes in the poll. State Fair, Mo. (12-1), who the Grizzlies split with in non-conference play, is ranked 14th, just eight points ahead of Butler.
Salt Lake, Utah (10-0) was voted No. 1 in the poll, receiving all eight first-place votes and 200 total points, while Trinity Valley, Texas (7-1) is ranked second with 192 points. Gulf Coast State, Fla., Hutchinson and Southern Idaho round out the top five.
| NJCAA DIVISION I TOP 25 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL POLL | ||||
| Dec. 2, 2015 | ||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1. | Salt Lake, UT (8) | 10-0 | 200 | 7 |
| 2. | Trinity Valley, TX | 7-1 | 192 | 2 |
| 3. | Gulf Coast State, FL | 9-0 | 184 | 5 |
| 4. | Hutchinson | 9-0 | 176 | 3 |
| 5. | Southern Idaho | 8-0 | 168 | 4 |
| 6. | Tyler, TX | 8-0 | 160 | 10 |
| 7. | Shelton State, AL | 8-0 | 152 | 17 |
| 8. | Daytona State, FL | 8-1 | 144 | NR |
| 9. | New Mexico | 12-2 | 136 | 9 |
| 10. | NW Florida State | 9-1 | 128 | 6 |
| 11. | Midland, TX | 12-2 | 120 | 20 |
| 12. | Walters State, TN | 10-0 | 112 | 11 |
| 13. | Seward County | 7-1 | 104 | 8 |
| 14. | State Fair, MO | 12-1 | 96 | 13 |
| 15. | Butler | 10-1 | 88 | RV |
| 16. | Odessa, TX | 10-2 | 80 | 23 |
| 17. | Iowa Western | 7-2 | 72 | RV |
| 18. | Florida State Jacksonville | 8-3 | 64 | NR |
| 19. | Collin County, TX | 8-2 | 56 | NR |
| 20. | Casper, WY | 8-2 | 48 | RV |
| 21. | Copiah-Lincoln, MS | 8-0 | 40 | RV |
| 22. | ASA New York | 6-0 | 32 | 15 |
| 23. | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M | 6-3 | 24 | 21 |
| 24. | South Georgia Tech | 6-2 | 16 | 16 |
| 25. | NW Mississippi | 5-0 | 8 | NR |
Other schools receiving votes: Eastern Arizona (6-3); Independence (8-1); McCook, NE (10-1); Tallahassee, FL (8-3).
Dropped from rankings: ^Chipola, FL (1); ^Central Florida (12); Central Arizona (14); ^Wabash Valley, IL (18); Eastern Arizona (19); ^Lake Region State, ND (22); ^Wallace State, AL (24); ^Western Nebraska (25).
^Team not nominated for ranking
