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Section 7. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/NJCAA National Office chose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that
assignment or pay for those rooms.
Section 8. NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the
NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
1. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on
Monday of each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Poll will be
released the last week of October. The first regular season poll will be voted on during the second week of November. The last poll
will be voted on during the first week of March. TBD due to COVID-19
C. The NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday
where the poll will be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
1. The voters will consist of the seven members of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee.
2. A first-place vote receives 25 points and 25th-place vote receives 1 point
E. Poll Criteria
1. Overall Body of Work
2. Record since last poll
3. Last 10 games
4. vs. District opponents
5. vs. DI, DII, DIII opponents
6. Home, away, neutral record
F. The poll voters will submit their top-25 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: TBD due to COVID-19
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Wednesday due to a federal holiday.
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