The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) released its 2025 women’s basketball preseason polls on Wednesday, with Evangel University leading the coaches’ poll and Tabor College earning the top spot in the media rankings.
Evangel, the defending regular-season champion, received nine of 14 first-place votes from league coaches to total 161 points. Friends University followed with 147 points and two first-place votes. Tabor, the top team in the media poll, was third among coaches with 132 points.
Bethel College and Sterling College both landed in the top half of the coaches’ poll, checking in at No. 5 and No. 7, respectively. Bethel received 118 points, while Sterling earned 99 points and one first-place vote after a strong finish to last season.
McPherson College, still building under second-year coach Josh Nichols, was picked 14th by both the coaches and media after finishing near the bottom of the standings a year ago.
In the media poll, Tabor edged Friends for the No. 1 ranking with 123 total points and four first-place votes. Evangel followed in third with 112 points, while Kansas Wesleyan (110) and Saint Mary (87) rounded out the top five.
Sterling was again in the mix at No. 6, while Bethel landed at No. 7 in the media poll, reflecting the league’s depth and parity entering the 2025 campaign.
The KCAC season tips off in early November, with conference play beginning later that month.