The Oklahoma City Stars made the biggest positive move in the first regular season version of the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Top 25 Coaches Poll.
OCU was ranked 19th in the country in the preseason edition of the poll. The Stars are 8-1 overall and have won their first two Sooner Athletic Conference contests.
Oklahoma is on a seven-game winning streak currently, which is the longest for any team with one or more losses.
Complete poll:
| Rank | Previous | School (First-place votes) | 2016-17 Record | Total Points |
| 1 | 8 | Freed Hardeman (Tenn.) (8) | 8-0 | 219 |
| 2 | 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (1) | 13-0 | 207 |
| 3 | 1 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 7-1 | 206 |
| 4 | 2 | Westmont (Calif.) | 6-1 | 199 |
| 5 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 9-0 | 195 |
| 6 | 6 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 6-1 | 178 |
| 6 | 4 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 7-2 | 178 |
| 8 | 9 | Lyon (Ark.) | 7-1 | 168 |
| 9 | 19 | Oklahoma City | 8-1 | 159 |
| 10 | 11 | Shawnee State( Ohio) | 12-0 | 158 |
| 11 | 16 | Montana State-Northern | 8-2 | 147 |
| 12 | 13 | Baker (Kan.) | 8-1 | 143 |
| 13 | 20 | Columbia (Mo.) | 8-1 | 128 |
| 14 | 11 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 7-3 | 126 |
| 14 | 18 | Great Falla (Mont.) | 9-2 | 126 |
| 16 | 14 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 6-1 | 120 |
| 17 | 15 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 7-2 | 102 |
| 18 | 10 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 5-4 | 99 |
| 19 | 23 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 9-2 | 96 |
| 20 | NR | John Brown (Ark.) | 7-4 | 87 |
| 21 | 3 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 3-5 | 83 |
| 22 | 24 | Loyola (La.) | 7-2 | 62 |
| 23 | NR | Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) | 6-2 | 61 |
| 24 | 17 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 8-3 | 58 |
| 25 | 25 | Carroll (Mont.) | 8-2 | 53 |