2019-2020 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside move up one spot to earn the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the 2019-20 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs are the only team in the Great Plains Athletic Conference to remain undefeated on the season.

The Mustangs are currently 10-0 overall, 5-0 in conference including a win over then-No. 23 Dordt (Iowa). Dakota Wesleyan fell one spot to #7, Northwestern jumped into the rankings to 19th, and Dordt fell out of the top 25, but received votes.

2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 2 (Dec. 11)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	2	Morningside (Iowa) [12]	10-0	312
2	1	Oregon Tech	10-1	295
2	3	Indiana Wesleyan	9-2	295
4	4	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	11-1	286
5	5	College of Idaho	9-3	266
6	8	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	11-1	263
7	6	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	9-1	255
8	10	Marian (Ind.)	8-2	242
9	19	Bethel (Ind.)	11-0	224
10	12	Ottawa (Kan.)	11-1	219
11	13	Ave Maria (Fla.)	10-1	204
12	11	Washington Adventist (Md.)	10-3	203
13	16	IU Kokomo (Ind.)	9-2	169
14	NR	Lourdes (Ohio)	9-3	162
15	7	Spring Arbor (Mich.)	6-4	161
16	20	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	10-2	155
17	15	Saint Francis (Ind.)	11-2	153
18	17	Southern Oregon	6-3	150
19	NR	Northwestern (Iowa)	10-2	145
20	22	Bethel (Kan.)	11-2	124
21	NR	Michigan-Dearborn	10-3	105
22	NR	Keiser (Fla.)	9-1	94
23	NR	Mount Marty (S.D.)	12-2	82
24	14	Cornerstone (Mich.)	9-5	71
25	NR	Antelope Valley (Calif.)	7-3	63

Dropped Out: Union (Ky.), Saint Xavier (Ill.), Warner (Fla.), Madonna (Mich.), Dordt (Iowa)

Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 34, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 34, Warner (Fla.) 32, Indiana Southeast 32, Oklahoma Wesleyan 32, Southeastern (Fla.) 27, Madonna (Mich.) 23, Dordt (Iowa) 22, Mayville State (N.D.) 21, Northwest (Wash.) 7, Indiana East 3