2015-16 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5 (Jan. 19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Davenport (Mich.) is No. 1 for the second-straight week in the fifth regular-season edition of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The sixth regular-season installment will be released on Jan. 26.
Top 25 Highlights (Historical information dates back to 1991):
• After making its first-ever appearance at No. 1 last week, Davenport (Mich.) (17-3) remains in the top spot after receiving ten first-place votes and a total of 311 points.
• No. 2 St. Francis (Ill.) (17-2) received one first-place votes and 295 total points. The Fighting Saints have been ranked in the top five in five-straight polls.
• No. 4 Briar Cliff (Iowa) (19-2) received the final first-place vote and 386 total points.
• Four new teams join the Top 25 – No. 22 Mount Mercy (Iowa) (15-5), No. 23 Cal Maritime (13-6), No. 24 Southeastern (Fla.) (13-6) and No. 25 WVU Tech (13-6).
• Mount Mercy finds itself in the Top 25 for the first time since March 25, 2015 when it was ranked No. 10.
• Southeastern is in the Top 25 for the first time since the Dec. 1 poll, while Cal Maritime and WVU Tech was ranked on Dec. 8.
• No. 9 Bethel (Ind.) (15-4) has the most all-time No. 1 mentions with 35. Former-member Embry-Riddle (Fla.) is second with 21.
• No. 8 Tabor (Kan.) is in the top 10 for the first time since the 1997 preseason poll, when it was ranked No. 10.
• This is the first-ever top 10 billing for No. 10 Northwest Christian (Ore) (16-4)
• Davenport holds the longest active streak of being consecutively ranked with 82-straight mentions, dating back to Feb. 22, 2010.
• Jamestown (N.D.) (2003-04) and Embry-Riddle (2000-01) are the only Division II teams to go the entire season ranked No. 1.
• Northwest Christian moved up seven spots and No. 17 Aquinas (Mich.) (15-5) moved up five spots highlighting the positive movement.
• Cornerstone (Mich.) (14-5) had the biggest drop in the Top 25, as it fell seven spots from No. 9 to No. 16. No. 18 Southern Oregon (15-5) fell six spots.
• All twelve conference/Association of Independent Institutions are represented in the Top 25.
• The Crossroads League leads all leagues with five teams represented – No. 3 Saint Francis (Ind.) (17-3), No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan (17-3), Bethel, No. 13 Marian (Ind.) (17-3) and No. 21 Grace (Ind.) (16-4).
• Indiana Wesleyan has been ranked in the Top 25 for 50-straight weeks, dating back to Jan. 30, 2012.
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Poll Methodology:
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the 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”
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2015 – 16 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll - No. 5 (Jan. 19)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK^ |
SCHOOL |
WON |
LOST |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Davenport (Mich.) (10) |
17 |
3 |
311 |
| 2 |
3 |
St. Francis (Ill.) (1) |
17 |
2 |
295 |
| 3 |
5 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
17 |
3 |
291 |
| 4 |
4 |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) (1) |
19 |
2 |
286 |
| 5 |
2 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
17 |
3 |
269 |
| 6 |
6 |
Union (Ky.) |
16 |
4 |
263 |
| 7 |
10 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
19 |
1 |
256 |
| 8 |
11 |
Tabor (Kan.) |
18 |
3 |
235 |
| 9 |
13 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
15 |
4 |
231 |
| 10 |
17 |
Northwest Christian (Ore.) |
16 |
4 |
212 |
| 11 |
7 |
Warner (Fla.) |
13 |
5 |
204 |
| 12 |
16 |
Valley City State (N.D.) |
16 |
4 |
189 |
| 13 |
8 |
Marian (Ind.) |
17 |
3 |
178 |
| 14 |
15 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
15 |
6 |
177 |
| 15 |
19 |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
17 |
4 |
173 |
| 16 |
9 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) |
14 |
5 |
165 |
| 17 |
22 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
15 |
5 |
158 |
| 18 |
12 |
Southern Oregon |
15 |
5 |
149 |
| 19 |
21 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
15 |
1 |
134 |
| 20 |
18 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
16 |
7 |
132 |
| 21 |
24 |
Grace (Ind.) |
16 |
4 |
101 |
| 22 |
RV |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
15 |
5 |
90 |
| 23 |
RV |
Cal Maritime |
13 |
6 |
78 |
| 24 |
RV |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
13 |
6 |
70 |
| 25 |
RV |
WVU Tech |
13 |
6 |
52 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (No. 14); College of Idaho (No. 25), Rochester (Mich.) (No. 23); Rio Grande (Ohio) (No. 20).
Others Receiving Votes: Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 48; College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 47;
Warner Pacific (Ore.) 34; Indiana Tech 31;
College of Idaho 28; Indiana East 16; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 10; Southwestern (Kan.) 10; Dordt (Iowa) 8; Rochester (Mich.) 5; Hastings (Neb.) 4.
^ Ranking based off the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 4 (Jan. 12)