KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams rank and another earned votes on the preseason edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The College of Idaho and Oregon Tech will begin the year ranked at No. 3 and No. 22, respectively. Lewis-Clark State College also earned votes heading into the season.
2022-23 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (Oct. 26, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST YEAR |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
4 |
Arizona Christian [15] |
31-5 |
553 |
| 2 |
5 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [3] |
31-5 |
521 |
| 3 |
9 |
College of Idaho |
32-5 |
513 |
| 4 |
3 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan [1] |
34-3 |
501 |
| 5 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
28-7 |
489 |
| 6 |
13 |
William Jessup (Calif.) |
30-7 |
485 |
| 7 |
1 |
William Penn (Iowa) [1] |
31-2 |
457 |
| 8 |
RV |
Grace (Ind.) |
27-9 |
429 |
| 9 |
NR |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
25-11 |
403 |
| 10 |
RV |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
25-8 |
367 |
| 11 |
15 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
26-7 |
356 |
| 12 |
21 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
25-8 |
312 |
| 13 |
10 |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
25-8 |
262 |
| 14 |
12 |
Marian (Ind.) |
26-6 |
252 |
| 15 |
RV |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
25-8 |
242 |
| 16 |
8 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
29-5 |
237 |
| 17 |
18 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
22-8 |
236 |
| 18 |
NR |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
19-13 |
224 |
| 19 |
19 |
Indiana South Bend (Ind.) |
25-7 |
197 |
| 20 |
RV |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
22-9 |
193 |
| 21 |
RV |
Florida College |
31-4 |
171 |
| 22 |
RV |
Oregon Tech |
22-11 |
167 |
| 23 |
14 |
Montana Tech |
27-7 |
124 |
| 24 |
RV |
Briar Cliff (Iowa) |
19-12 |
123 |
| 25 |
25 |
Indiana Tech |
26-8 |
121 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Loyola (La.), Talladega (Ala.), Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Saint Francis (Ind.), Hope International (Calif.), Bethel (Kan.), IU Kokomo (Ind.), Concordia (Neb.), SAGU (Texas).
Others Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 117, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 112, Evangel (Mo.) 80, Kansas Wesleyan 70, Huntington (Ind.) 60, Hope International (Calif.) 57, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 57, Xavier (La.) 56, Ottawa (Ariz.) 35, Missouri Baptist 26, Northwestern (Iowa) 23,
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 22, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 22, Madonna (Mich.) 18, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 16, Langston (Okla.) 16, Stillman (Ala.) 15, Bellevue (Neb.) 14, Cumberlands (Ky.) 14, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 9, Concordia (Neb.) 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- 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.