Yotes Hold at No. 1 in Latest NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho remains No. 1 spot for the second week in a row of the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Yotes captured all 12 first-place votes this week.
Three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams remain in the top-10, with C of I leading the charge. The Yotes are on a historic run and won the CCC regular-season title by becoming the first team to go a perfect 20-0. Southern Oregon University and Oregon Tech held at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively.
2019-2020 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 6 (Feb.26)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
College of Idaho [12] |
27-2 |
312 |
| 2 |
2 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
26-2 |
299 |
| 3 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
26-4 |
294 |
| 4 |
4 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
28-2 |
283 |
| 5 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
24-6 |
265 |
| 6 |
6 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
25-5 |
264 |
| 7 |
7 |
Southern Oregon |
22-6 |
257 |
| 8 |
8 |
Oregon Tech |
24-6 |
243 |
| 9 |
11 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
25-5 |
219 |
| 10 |
10 |
Washington Adventist (Md.) |
23-7 |
218 |
| 11 |
9 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
21-8 |
215 |
| 12 |
12 |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
25-4 |
210 |
| 13 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
19-11 |
189 |
| 14 |
19 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
22-8 |
157 |
| 15 |
20 |
WVU Tech |
21-7 |
155 |
| 16 |
18 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
20-10 |
150 |
| 17 |
15 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
21-8 |
147 |
| 18 |
14 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
22-8 |
139 |
| 19 |
21 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
22-8 |
126 |
| 20 |
22 |
Union (Ky.) |
21-9 |
116 |
| 21 |
17 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
22-6 |
105 |
| 22 |
16 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
24-6 |
88 |
| 23 |
NR |
Indiana East (Ind.) |
20-10 |
83 |
| 24 |
NR |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
19-11 |
81 |
| 25 |
NR |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
23-7 |
80 |
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Dropped Out: Mayville (N.D.) and Lourdes (Ohio)
Receiving Votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 66, Indiana Tech 59, Mayville State (N.D.) 29, Concordia (Neb.) 25, Indiana South Bend 18, Montreat (N.C.) 17, Rochester (Mich.) 12, Lourdes (Ohio) 6, Northwestern (Iowa) 6, Indiana Southeast 3, St. Thomas (Fla.) 3
Top 25 Highlights
- The No. 1 Yotes have won 21 straight games and finished Cascade Collegiate Conference play undefeated at 20-0, which is the first time in conference history. They are playing at an impressive level lately. Beating their last four opponents by 46, 21, 42 and 15.
- The top eight remained the same from the previous poll (Feb. 19)
- Holy Cross (Ind.) moved up to spots to crack the top ten. The Saints have won 13 games straight and tied Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) for conference regular season championship.
- Madonna (Mich.) and WVU Tech (W.Va.) both improved five spots this week
- There were three newcomers to the poll including: No. 23 Indiana East, No. 24 Spring Arbor (Mich.) and No. 25 Southwestern (Kan.).
- Indiana Wesleyan holds the longest active streak in the poll with 90-straight appearances.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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 rating) 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.