NAIA Men's Basketball Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll Announced - #2
Dec. 12, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Thanks to an 11-game winning streak and some key wins, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) has been voted No. 1 In the second regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Dec. 12). The Pioneers received all 17 first-place votes and a total of 510 points. MidAmerica won two more times last week and will take more than two weeks off before getting back into action Dec. 28.
MidAmerica leads Morningside (Iowa) by a 510-486 point margin as the Mustangs are No. 2. Walsh stays at No. 3 while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) moves up one spot to No. 4. Evangel (Mo.) closes out the top-five teams at No. 5.
Five teams this week are seeing the Top 25 poll for the first time this season: No. 15 Valley City State (N.D.), No. 22 Milligan (Tenn.), No. 23 Oklahoma Wesleyan, No. 24 Bethel (Ind.) and No. 25 Asbury (Ky.).
The third regular season Top 25 poll is scheduled to be released Jan. 9.
2007 NAIA Men's Basketball Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Dec. 12 (Rating #2)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) |
17 |
11-0 |
510 |
|
2 |
2 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
|
11-0 |
486 |
|
3 |
3 |
Walsh University (Ohio) |
|
8-1 |
471 |
|
4 |
5 |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) |
|
9-0 |
450 |
|
5 |
4 |
Evangel University (Mo.) |
|
8-1 |
437 |
|
6 |
T9 |
Eastern Oregon University |
|
8-1 |
413 |
|
7 |
8 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) |
|
9-0 |
400 |
|
8 |
T9 |
Hastings College (Neb.) |
|
13-0 |
395 |
|
9 |
7 |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
|
10-1 |
377 |
|
10 |
11 |
College of the Ozarks (Mo.) |
|
9-1 |
367 |
|
11 |
15 |
William Penn University (Iowa) |
|
12-2 |
323 |
|
12 |
13 |
Huntington University (Ind.) |
|
9-3 |
300 |
|
13 |
6 |
Warner Pacific College (Ore.) |
|
5-3 |
294 |
|
14 |
17 |
Bellevue University (Neb.) |
|
12-1 |
290 |
|
15 |
NR |
Valley City State University (N.D.) |
|
9-2 |
280 |
|
16 |
18 |
Northwestern College (Iowa) |
|
9-2 |
265 |
|
17 |
14 |
Oregon Institute of Technology |
|
9-2 |
240 |
|
18 |
16 |
Bluefield College (Va.) |
|
10-3 |
206 |
|
19 |
T20 |
Cedarville University (Ohio) |
|
7-3 |
191 |
|
T20 |
T20 |
University of Saint Francis (Ind.) |
|
6-3 |
171 |
|
T20 |
24 |
Northwood University (Fla.) |
|
3-0 |
171 |
|
22 |
RV |
Milligan College (Tenn.) |
|
9-2 |
127 |
|
23 |
RV |
Oklahoma Wesleyan University |
|
8-1 |
97 |
|
24 |
RV |
Bethel College (Ind.) |
|
10-2 |
94 |
|
25 |
RV |
Asbury College (Ky.) |
|
8-3 |
84 |
Others Receiving Votes:
Southwestern College (Kan.) 79; Saint Thomas University (Fla.) 60; Grace College (Ind.) 56; Dordt College (Iowa) 50; William Jewell College (Mo.) 44; King College (Tenn.) 30; William Jessup University (Calif.) 28; Jamestown College (N.D.) 25; Ashford University (Iowa) 19; Warner Southern College (Fla.) 18; Evergreen State College (Wash.) 13; Ottawa University (Kan.) 11; Florida Memorial University 8; Benedictine College (Kan.) 6; Briar Cliff University (Iowa) 6; Taylor University (Ind.) 6; Goshen College (Ind.) 4; Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) 2; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 1
* Record through games played Dec. 9
