KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The College of Idaho maintains its top spot in the latest edition of the 2022-23 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Wednesday by the national office.
The Coyotes captured 18 first-place votes and checked in with an 18-1 record on the season, with all their wins being consecutive. Eastern Oregon University continues to pick up votes. The next rating release in two weeks will be the last one before the final poll.
2022-23 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
College of Idaho [18] |
18-1 |
559 |
| 2 |
2 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan [2] |
19-1 |
543 |
| 3 |
3 |
Langston (Okla.) |
18-1 |
513 |
| 4 |
5 |
Arizona Christian |
17-4 |
483 |
| 5 |
9 |
Union (Ky.) |
19-1 |
472 |
| 6 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
16-5 |
456 |
| 7 |
6 |
Grace (Ind.) |
18-3 |
447 |
| 8 |
11 |
Indiana Tech |
17-3 |
441 |
| 9 |
13 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
18-2 |
434 |
| 10 |
15 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
18-3 |
401 |
| 11 |
14 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
17-3 |
391 |
| 12 |
12 |
Montana Tech |
18-3 |
341 |
| 13 |
17 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
18-2 |
327 |
| 14 |
8 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
16-5 |
295 |
| 15 |
22 |
Loyola (La.) |
16-3 |
288 |
| 16 |
19 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
17-3 |
278 |
| 16 |
16 |
Marian (Ind.) |
17-4 |
278 |
| 18 |
20 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
16-3 |
272 |
| 19 |
18 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
17-3 |
260 |
| 20 |
21 |
Florida College |
16-3 |
228 |
| 21 |
4 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
16-4 |
211 |
| 22 |
10 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
15-5 |
180 |
| 23 |
25 |
Iowa Wesleyan |
19-1 |
153 |
| 24 |
RV |
Texas A&M Texarkana |
16-4 |
107 |
| 25 |
RV |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
18-1 |
84 |
Dropped from the Top 25: LSU Shreveport (La.), Menlo (Calif.)
Others Receiving Votes: Ottawa (Ariz.) 74, LSU Shreveport (La.)43, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 43, Madonna (Mich.) 28, Shawnee State (Ohio) 27, Dordt (Iowa) 26, The Master's (Calif.) 26, Thomas (Ga.) 25, Huntington (Ind.) 22, Tougaloo (Miss.) 20, Rio Grande (Ohio) 13,
Eastern Oregon 12, St. Thomas (Fla.) 11, Mayville State (N.D.) 10, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, UNT Dallas (Texas) 8, Hope International (Calif.) 7, Northwestern (Iowa) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 4, Lourdes (Ohio) 3.
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.