KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams will start the season ranked with the preseason edition of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
Oregon Tech leads the trio at No. 13 and was picked to win the CCC. Lewis-Clark State College – which last year finished as the National Runner-Up – starts the season at No. 20 while the College of Idaho begins the year ranked No. 24.
2021-22 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (Oct. 27, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST YEAR |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
6 |
Shawnee State (Ohio) [11] |
31-2 |
567 |
| 2 |
24 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) [1] |
27-9 |
547 |
| 3 |
8 |
SAGU (Texas) [5] |
13-3 |
544 |
| 4 |
2 |
William Penn (Iowa) [3] |
25-2 |
543 |
| 5 |
16 |
Loyola (La.) |
15-6 |
499 |
| 6 |
3 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) [1] |
16-2 |
488 |
| 7 |
5 |
Arizona Christian |
24-3 |
466 |
| 8 |
18 |
Bethel (Kan.) |
21-7 |
422 |
| 9 |
1 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
30-3 |
407 |
| 10 |
RV |
Carroll (Mont.) |
20-8 |
400 |
| 11 |
9 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
25-5 |
398 |
| 12 |
12 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
21-6 |
388 |
| 13 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
8-2 |
376 |
| 14 |
13 |
Marian (Ind.) |
23-5 |
331 |
| 15 |
11 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
17-3 |
302 |
| 16 |
20 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
21-7 |
278 |
| 17 |
14 |
Stillman (Ala.) |
17-4 |
271 |
| 18 |
22 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
21-7 |
246 |
| 19 |
RV |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
22-9 |
225 |
| 20 |
4 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
22-2 |
211 |
| 21 |
15 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
16-8 |
178 |
| 22 |
RV |
The Master's (Calif.) |
21-5 |
176 |
| 23 |
RV |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
17-10 |
171 |
| 24 |
NR |
College of Idaho |
8-9 |
169 |
| 25 |
NR |
IU South Bend (Ind.) |
7-1 |
100 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Faulkner (Ala.), Providence (Mont.), Texas A&M Texarkana, LSU Alexandria (La.), Bethel (Ind.), Nothwestern (Iowa), Cumberlands (Ky.)
Others Receiving Votes: LSU Alexandria (La.) 94, Faulkner (Ala.) 93, Dillard (La.) 79, Indiana Tech 55, Vanguard (Calif.) 45, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 42, Grace (Ind.) 27, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 23, Warner (Fla.) 23, Xavier (La.) 22, Ottawa (Kan.) 21, Union (Ky.) 19, Antelope Valley (Calif.) 15, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 9, Central Baptist (Ark.) 9, Concordia (Neb.) 8, John Brown (Ark.) 7, Texas A&M Texarkana 6, Montana Tech 5, Keiser (Fla.) 5.
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) beginning in 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.