Three CCC Teams Ranked in Final NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho remains No. 1 spot for the third week in a row of the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday afternoon. The Yotes captured all 12 first-place votes this week.
Three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams remained in the top-10, with all three advancing to the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball National Championship, presented by Athletic Care. The Yotes are on a historic run (24-straight wins) and captured their third Danny Miles Trophy Tuesday night. Oregon Tech and Southern Oregon University swapped rankings, with the Hustlin’ Owls now sitting at No. 7 and the Raiders at No. 8.
2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Final (March 4)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
College of Idaho [12] |
30-3 |
312 |
| 2 |
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
29-4 |
302 |
| 3 |
2 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
26-3 |
292 |
| 4 |
4 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
30-3 |
282 |
| 5 |
6 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
27-6 |
268 |
| 6 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
24-7 |
263 |
| 7 |
8 |
Oregon Tech |
26-7 |
248 |
| 8 |
7 |
Southern Oregon |
23-7 |
246 |
| 9 |
12 |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
27-4 |
223 |
| 10 |
9 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
26-6 |
219 |
| 11 |
11 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
23-9 |
215 |
| 12 |
14 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
25-8 |
206 |
| 13 |
13 |
Grace (Ind.) |
19-12 |
181 |
| 14 |
18 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
25-8 |
169 |
| 15 |
17 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
23-8 |
167 |
| 16 |
20 |
Union (Ky.) |
24-9 |
153 |
| 17 |
15 |
WVU Tech |
23-8 |
150 |
| 18 |
16 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
20-11 |
142 |
| 19 |
24 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) |
20-12 |
124 |
| 20 |
23 |
Indiana East (Ind.) |
23-10 |
101 |
| 21 |
10 |
Washington Adventist (Md.) |
23-7 |
91 |
| 22 |
22 |
IU Kokomo (Ind.) |
26-7 |
86 |
| 23 |
19 |
Dordt (Iowa) |
22-9 |
79 |
| 24 |
NR |
Indiana Tech |
21-11 |
72 |
| 25 |
25 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
23-8 |
57 |
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Receiving Votes: Indiana South Bend 54, Keiser (Fla.) 46, Concordia (Neb.) 43, Bellevue (Neb.) 39, Mayville (N.D.) 36, Montreat (N.C.) 33, St. Thomas (Fla.) 22, Rochester (Mich.) 20, Bethel (Ind.) 16
Top 25 Highlights
- The No. 1 Yotes have won 24-straight games as they went 3-0 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament beating Oregon Tech 82-77.
- Indiana Wesleyan moved up one spot to No. 2. The Wildcats have won 20 of their last 21 and winning the Crossroads League regular season and tournament championship.
- Ottawa (Kan.) cracked the top five this week after advancing to the Kansas Collegiate Conference Tournament championship this past week.
- Spring Arbor (Mich.) made the biggest positive movement moving up four spots.
- There were no newcomers to the final poll.
- 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.