KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho leads three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams on the latest edition of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The Coyotes moved up to No. 10 in the rankings – which do not take last night’s defeat into consideration – and are the only CCC team in the top-25. Oregon Tech and Lewis-Clark State College are receiving votes in the poll.
2021-22 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Five (January 26, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
William Penn (Iowa) [14] |
19-1 |
552 |
| 2 |
3 |
Talladega (Ala.) [3] |
17-1 |
541 |
| 3 |
1 |
Loyola (La.) [3] |
17-1 |
525 |
| 4 |
5 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
21-1 |
508 |
| 5 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
19-3 |
485 |
| 6 |
4 |
William Jessup (Calif.) |
21-2 |
480 |
| 7 |
10 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
17-2 |
436 |
| 8 |
8 |
Arizona Christian |
20-3 |
426 |
| 9 |
12 |
SAGU (Texas) |
16-3 |
424 |
| 10 |
13 |
College of Idaho |
18-3 |
382 |
| 11 |
14 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
13-1 |
358 |
| 12 |
6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
19-3 |
344 |
| 13 |
17 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
16-2 |
315 |
| 14 |
9 |
Grace (Ind.) |
18-4 |
306 |
| 15 |
15 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
16-4 |
274 |
| 16 |
21 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
18-4 |
273 |
| 17 |
18 |
Hope International (Calif.) |
16-4 |
262 |
| 18 |
24 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
18-3 |
258 |
| 19 |
RV |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
18-3 |
232 |
| 20 |
RV |
Montana Tech |
18-5 |
198 |
| 21 |
RV |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
15-4 |
166 |
| 22 |
22 |
IU South Bend (Ind.) |
15-3 |
160 |
| 23 |
RV |
Bethel (Kan.) |
17-4 |
144 |
| 24 |
16 |
Marian (Ind.) |
14-4 |
133 |
| 25 |
NR |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
14-6 |
132 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.), WVU Tech (W.Va.), Jamestown (N.D.),
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Xavier (La.)
Others Receiving Votes: Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 128; Concordia (Neb.) 73;
Oregon Tech 68; WVU Tech (W.Va.) 45; Tennessee Southern 40; Stillman (Ala.) 38; Florida College 26; Southwestern (Kan.) 26; Indiana Tech 23; Jamestown (N.D.) 20; Northwestern (Iowa) 16; Evangel (Mo.) 10;
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 7; LSU Shreveport (La.) 7; Texas A&M Texarkana 6; Missouri Baptist 6; Texas Wesleyan 4; IU Kokomo (Ind.) 3
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.