KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The College of Idaho continues to claim the 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 tallied their largest number of first-place votes at 20 after maintaining leader status for the third consecutive ranking. With a 23-1 record and four games remaining, The College of Idaho also clinched the Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season title and punched its ticket to the national tournament.
Eastern Oregon University and Corban University picked up votes. The next rating release in two weeks will be the final poll of the season.
2022-23 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
College of Idaho [20] |
22-1 |
560 |
| 2 |
4 |
Arizona Christian |
21-4 |
522 |
| 3 |
5 |
Union (Ky.) |
22-1 |
509 |
| 4 |
7 |
Grace (Ind.) |
22-3 |
507 |
| 5 |
3 |
Langston (Okla.) |
22-2 |
482 |
| 6 |
8 |
Indiana Tech |
21-3 |
461 |
| 7 |
9 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
21-2 |
456 |
| 8 |
2 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
22-3 |
452 |
| 9 |
11 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
22-3 |
427 |
| 10 |
10 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
20-4 |
412 |
| 11 |
12 |
Montana Tech |
21-4 |
350 |
| 12 |
13 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
21-3 |
346 |
| 13 |
6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
18-7 |
325 |
| 14 |
20 |
Florida College |
22-3 |
321 |
| 14 |
15 |
Loyola (La.) |
19-4 |
321 |
| 16 |
22 |
Thomas More (Ky.) |
19-5 |
290 |
| 17 |
16 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
20-4 |
258 |
| 18 |
RV |
Huntington (Ind.) |
19-6 |
202 |
| 19 |
RV |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
19-5 |
201 |
| 20 |
21 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
19-5 |
168 |
| 21 |
25 |
Antelope Valley (Calif.) |
21-1 |
158 |
| 22 |
14 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
17-7 |
151 |
| 23 |
23 |
Iowa Wesleyan |
22-2 |
147 |
| 24 |
19 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
19-5 |
136 |
| 25 |
18 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
17-6 |
92 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Texas A&M Texarkana, Marian (Ind.)
Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M Texarkana 83, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 82, Dordt (Iowa) 74, The Master's (Calif.) 71, Tougaloo (Miss.) 35, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 29, St. Thomas (Fla.) 28, Madonna (Mich.) 25, Marian (Ind.) 23, Rio Grande (Ohio) 22, Mayville State (N.D.) 19,
Eastern Oregon 14, Hope International (Calif.) 12, Montana State-Northern 10, Ottawa (Ariz.) 8, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Tennessee Southern 5, Thomas (Ga.) 3,
Corban (Ore.) 3, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 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.