2018-2019 NAIA DII Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma Wesleyan stayed atop the latest edition of the Top 25 poll, released on Tuesday. The Eagles received seven first-place votes and 308 total points to stay in the pole position for the second-straight installment.
Top 25 Highlights:
- Oklahoma Wesleyan is No. 1 after going 3-1 the past two weeks. The Eagles clinched the conference championship with a 97-95 (OT) win at then-No. 6 Southwestern (Kan.).
- The top-8 teams last at least one game since the last poll.
- No. 2 Morningside (Iowa) received four first-place votes. The Mustangs went 3-1 in the last couple of weeks, including a win over then-12 Briar Cliff (Iowa), 97-79.
- WVU Tech (W. Va.) joined the top-five this week, after they went 5-0 since the last poll.
- WVU Tech and Olivet Nazarene (Ill) moved up five sports each, highlighting the positive movement in the top 25.
- Madonna (Mich.) is the lone newcomer in the poll this week.
- Northwest Christian (Ore.) fell out of the rankings from No. 25.
- Indiana Wesleyan holds the longest active streak in the poll with 81-straight appearances. Bethel (Ind.) (No. 20) is next with 71, with Cornerstone (Mich.), currently ranked tenth in the poll, with 60.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Association of Independent Institutions.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2018-2019 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 6 (Feb. 19, 2019)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma Wesleyan [7] | 28-2 | 308 |
| 2 | 2 | Morningside (Iowa) [4] | 25-2 | 305 |
| 3 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 25-5 | 292 |
| 4 | 9 | WVU Tech | 26-4 | 277 |
| 5 | T3 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 24-6 | 266 |
| 6 | 10 | Oregon Tech | 24-6 | 264 |
| 7 | T3 | College of Idaho | 25-5 | 248 |
| 8 | T6 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 24-4 | 244 |
| 9 | 11 | Marian (Ind.) | 24-6 | 233 |
| 10 | 8 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 23-7 | 216 |
| 11 | T6 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 24-6 | 203 |
| 12 | 14 | Union (Ky.) | 23-6 | 202 |
| 13 | 15 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 25-5 | 198 |
| 14 | 13 | Indiana East (Ind.) | 23-7 | 196 |
| 15 | 12 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 20-7 | 162 |
| 16 | 21 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 23-7 | 158 |
| 17 | 16 | Warner (Fla.) | 21-9 | 144 |
| 18 | T18 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 21-8 | 136 |
| 19 | T18 | Montreat (N.C.) | 21-6 | 118 |
| 20 | 17 | Bethel (Ind.) | 21-9 | 112 |
| 21 | 23 | Indiana Northwest (Ind.) | 23-6 | 106 |
| 22 | 22 | Friends (Kan.) | 21-8 | 97 |
| 23 | 20 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 20-8 | 93 |
| 24 | NR | Madonna (Mich.) | 22-8 | 79 |
| 25 | 24 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 23-6 | 73 |
Dropped out: Northwest Christian (Ore.)
Others receiving votes: Presentation (S.D.) 43; Milligan (Tenn.) 39, Northwest Christian (Ore) 38; Ave Maria (Fla.) 23; Indiana Tech 19; Holy Cross (Ind.) 17; Washington Adventist (Md.) 12; Corban (Ore.) 9; Saint Francis (Ind.) 9; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 5
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