KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The No. 1 ranking is shared by Robert Morris (Ill.) and Concordia (Calif.) in the first regular-season edition of the 2011 – 12 NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the NAIA announced Monday. Both programs have sprinted out to undefeated records and brought home 306 total points in the ranking. Robert Morris earned six first-place votes, while the Eagles landed five first-place nods.

No. 3 Oklahoma Baptist, who collected 292 total points, improved four positions. Georgetown (Ky.) finished with the remaining first-place vote and 284 points to take over the fourth spot. Leaping up seven spots, No. 5 Shorter (Ga.) tallied 269 points.

LSU Shreveport (La.) fell out of the Top 25 after starting the Preseason with a No. 6 ranking. That was the farthest slide out of the poll this week.

Eleven of the 12 conference/independent/unaffiliated groups are mentioned in the poll. The Golden State Athletic Conference, Mid-South Conference and Sooner Athletic Conference each place four teams in the ranking. Five other leagues land a pair of programs.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conference/independent/unaffiliated groups. The second regular-season Division I Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll will be announced on Dec. 12.

Notes: (All information dates back to 2000 – 01 season) Defending national champion and Preseason No. 1 Pikeville (Ky.) fell down to the 22^nd spot… No. 5 Shorter (Ga.) enjoys its first top-five ranking since polls date back to the 2000 season… No. 9 Mountain State (W.Va.) has been in the Top 25 for the last 135-consecutive weeks, which is the longest active streak in NAIA Division I; No. 4 Georgetown (Ky.) is next with 67, followed by No. 7 Texas Wesleyan at 44 and No. 3 Oklahoma Baptist at 39… Mountain State has the most No. 1 rankings since 2000 – the Cougars have been No. 1 a total of 48 times since 2000, which marks the highest total of any program in that span; Robert Morris (Ill.) is second with 23 No. 1s and Concordia (Calif.) follows with nine mentions… Robert Morris is the only program to start and end a season ranked No. 1, doing so during the 2006 – 07 season.

RANK	LAST WEEK^	SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)	2011-12 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
T1	3	Robert Morris (Ill.) (6)	9-0	306
T1	4	Concordia (Calif.) (5)	8-0	306
3	7	Oklahoma Baptist	8-0	292
4	8	Georgetown (Ky.) (1)	10-0	284
5	12	Shorter (Ga.)	9-0	269
6	11	Rogers State (Okla.)	7-0	261
7	10	Texas Wesleyan	6-1	251
8	5	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	8-2	237
9	2	Mountain State (W.Va.)	8-3	236
10	9	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	6-2	219
11	RV	Westminster (Utah)	10-2	208
12	RV	Cumberlands (Ky.)	8-1	206
13	18	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	6-1	195
14	19	Evangel (Mo.)	9-3	181
15	15	Biola (Calif.)	6-1	176
16	NR	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	7-3	136
17	15	Montana State-Northern	11-2	133
18	20	Southern Poly (Ga.)	6-2	130
19	RV	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	7-3	124
T20	13	Tougaloo (Miss.)	9-4	119
T20	NR	John Brown (Ark.)	9-1	119
22	1	Pikeville (Ky.)	7-3	102
23	24	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	7-3	80
24	RV	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	5-3	74
25	25	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	6-3	62