KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho moves up this week to claim the No. 1 spot in the fifth edition of the NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Yotes captured 11 first-place votes and Morningside (Iowa) earned one.
No. 20 West Virginia Tech and No. 21 Dordt (Iowa) both joined the top 25 this week.
Other GPAC teams of note are Morningside at #2, Dakota Wesleyan at #9, and Mount Marty and Northwestern received votes.
2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 5 (Feb. 19)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | College of Idaho [11] | 25-3 | 312 |
| 2 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [1] | 25-2 | 296 |
| 3 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 23-5 | 295 |
| 4 | 4 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 26-2 | 284 |
| 5 | 5 | Marian (Ind.) | 23-5 | 273 |
| 6 | 7 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 23-5 | 256 |
| 7 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 20-6 | 255 |
| 8 | 12 | Oregon Tech | 22-6 | 231 |
| 9 | 10 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 20-7 | 223 |
| 10 | 11 | Washington Adventist (Md.) | 22-7 | 207 |
| 11 | 19 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 23-5 | 203 |
| 12 | 17 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 22-4 | 193 |
| 13 | 23 | Grace (Ind.) | 18-10 | 189 |
| 14 | 16 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 21-7 | 173 |
| 15 | 21 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 21-7 | 172 |
| 16 | 14 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 23-5 | 156 |
| 17 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 21-5 | 154 |
| 18 | 15 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 19-9 | 142 |
| 19 | 24 | Madonna (Mich.) | 20-8 | 136 |
| 20 | NR | WVU Tech | 20-7 | 130 |
| 21 | NR | Dordt (Iowa) | 21-8 | 98 |
| 22 | 25 | Union (Ky.) | 19-9 | 95 |
| 23 | 13 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 19-9 | 86 |
| 24 | 22 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 20-4 | 80 |
| 25 | 9 | Bethel (Ind.) | 19-9 | 48 |
Dropped Out: Mount Marty (S.D.) and Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
Receiving Votes: Indiana East 46, Northwestern (Iowa) 46, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 40, Montreat (N.C.) 38, Bellevue (Neb.) 28, Mount Marty (S.D.) 21, Indiana Tech 13, Indiana South Bend 9, Southwestern (Kan.) 8, Northwest (Wash.) 8, Mount Vernon Nazarene 8, St. Thomas (Fla.) 5
