ATLANTA – Oglethorpe garnered seven of a possible eight first-place votes to secure the top spot in the inaugural SAA women's basketball preseason poll. The Stormy Petrels earned 63 total points to best second-place Rhodes, the defending league champion, by 6 points in the ranking. Millsaps came in third with 42 points, while Berry and Centre tied for the fourth spot with 35. Rhodes received the other first-place vote.

The league's women's basketball coaches voted on the poll, each predicting the season's eventual order of finish 1-8. A first-place vote garnered a team 8 points, a second-place vote netted them 7 points, a third-place vote 6, etc.

The 2021-22 women's basketball season kicks off this weekend.

The full 2021-22 SAA women's basketball preseason rankings are as follows:

1. Oglethorpe (7) 63 pts

2. Rhodes (1) 57

3. Millsaps 42

4. Berry 35

Centre 35

6. Birmingham-Southern 27

7. Hendrix 19

8. Sewanee 10 

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