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2015-16 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8 (Feb. 9)

2015-16 Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 8 (Feb. 9)

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By Scott Barker, Communications and Sports Information Intern 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Davenport (Mich.) is No. 1 for the fifth-straight week in the eighth regular-season edition of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The ninth regular-season installment will be released on Feb. 16. 

Top 25 Highlights (Historical information dates back to 1991):

• Davenport (Mich.) (23-3) remains in the top spot for the fifth-straight week after receiving ten first-place votes and a total of 311 points.
• No. 2 St. Francis (Ill.) (23-2) received two first-place votes and 303 total points. The Fighting Saints have been ranked in the top five in eight-straight polls, dating back to Dec. 1. 
• No. 3 Saint Francis (Ind.) (22-4) (291 points), No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan (23-3) (279 points) and No. 5 Union (Ky.) (21-4) (272 points) rounds out the top five. 
• There are three newcomers in this week’s edition – No. 22 Indiana Tech (19-7) (89 points), No. 24 Warner Pacific (Ore.) (17-8) (69 points) and No. 25 Grace (Ind.) (18-8) (66 points). 
• No. 11 Bethel (Ind.) (20-6) has the most all-time No. 1 mentions with 35. Former-member Embry-Riddle (Fla.) is second with 21. 
• There have been 42 teams ranked this year. 
• Three teams have been ranked No. 1 - Cornerstone (Mich.) (Oct. 27), Indiana Wesleyan (Dec. 1, Dec. 8 and Jan. 5) and Davenport (Jan. 12, Jan. 19, Jan. 26, Feb. 2 and Feb. 9). 
• Davenport holds the longest active streak of being consecutively ranked with 85-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. 
• No. 15 Robert Morris (Ill.) (20-6) cracks the top 15 for the first time since Jan. 19, 2016. 
• There was no movement within the top eight this week. Ten teams are ranked in the same spot as they were last week.
• No. 19 Southwestern (Kan.) (22-4) moved up four spots highlighting the positive movement. 
• No. 16 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (19-8), No. 20 Valley City State (N.D.) (18-7) and No. 23 Bellevue (Neb.) (17-9) each fell three positions, which was the biggest drop in the Top 25. 
• Thirteen teams have been ranked in every poll this year. 
• No. 18 Mount Mercy (Iowa) is in the top 20 for the first time since the preseason poll conducted on Oct. 27, 2015. 
• Davenport and Indiana Wesleyan are the only teams to be ranked inside the top 5 in each poll. 
• Eleven of the twelve conference/Association of Independent Institutions are represented in the Top 25.
• The Crossroads League leads all leagues with four teams represented – Saint Francis, Indiana Wesleyan, Bethel and Grace. 
• Indiana Wesleyan has been ranked in the Top 25 for 53-straight weeks, dating back to Jan. 30, 2012. 
• For more information on NAIA Men’s DII Basketball, click here
• For the complete ratings calendar, click here

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”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

2015 – 16 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll - No. 8 (Feb. 9)
RANK LAST WEEK^ SCHOOL (1st Place Votes) WON LOST FINAL POINTS
1 1 Davenport (Mich.) (10) 23 3 311
2 2 St. Francis (Ill.) (2) 23 2 303
3 3 Saint Francis (Ind.) 22 4 291
4 4 Indiana Wesleyan 23 3 279
5 5 Union (Ky.) 21 4 272
6 6 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 23 3 265
7 7 Tabor (Kan.) 23 3 251
8 8 Northwest Christian (Ore.) 22 4 243
9 10 Keiser (Fla.) 22 3 227
10 11 Cornerstone (Mich.) 20 5 216
11 9 Bethel (Ind.) 20 6 207
12 12 Warner (Fla.) 19 5 205
13 15 Tennessee Wesleyan 21 1 191
14 14 Southern Oregon 20 5 186
15 16 Robert Morris (Ill.) 20 6 173
16 13 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 19 8 156
17 19 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 16 7 147
18 21 Mount Mercy (Iowa) 19 6 137
19 23 Southwestern (Kan.) 22 4 130
20 17 Valley City State (N.D.) 18 7 123
21 24 Cal Maritime 18 7 104
22 NR Indiana Tech 19 7 89
23 20 Bellevue (Neb.) 17 9 74
24 NR Warner Pacific (Ore.) 17 8 69
25 NR Grace (Ind.) 18 8 66

Dropped from the Top 25: Aquinas (Mich.) (No. 22), Marian (Ind.) (No. 18) and Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) (No. 25)

Others Receiving Votes: Indiana East 63; Aquinas (Mich.) 50; Marian (Ind.) 49; College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 26; Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 21; Midland (Neb.) 11; Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) 9; St. Thomas (Fla.) 5; Oregon Tech 4; Rochester (Mich.) 3. 

^ Ranking based off the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 7 (Feb. 2)

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