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. Representatives of the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) have been labeled in bold.
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 (N.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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