KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside remain in the No. 1 spot for the third week in a row of the 2019-20 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs captured all 9 first-place votes this week allowing College of Idaho to receive two and Indiana Wesleyan one.
The No. 1 Mustangs are currently 15-1 in conference and 23-1 overall with their only loss being coming from cross town rival, Briar Cliff (Iowa). The Mustangs are ranked in the top five in four different statistical categories including: field goal percentage (.522), total rebound defense (30.0), scoring defense per game (66.75), assist/turnover ratio (1.531) and scoring margin (16.542)
Elsewhere in the GPAC, Dakota Wesleyan remains in the 10 spot, Mount Marty falls to 18, and Dordt and Concordia received votes
2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 4 (Feb. 5)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Morningside (Iowa) [9] | 23-1 | 310 |
| 2 | 3 | College of Idaho [2] | 22-3 | 299 |
| 3 | 2 | Indiana Wesleyan [1] | 20-4 | 296 |
| 4 | 4 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 22-2 | 282 |
| 5 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 19-5 | 268 |
| 6 | 14 | Keiser (Fla.) | 19-3 | 249 |
| 7 | 7 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 20-4 | 242 |
| 8 | 15 | Southern Oregon | 18-5 | 235 |
| 9 | 11 | Bethel (Ind.) | 19-5 | 231 |
| 10 | 10 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 18-5 | 224 |
| 11 | 8 | Washington Adventist (Md.) | 20-5 | 208 |
| 12 | 5 | Oregon Tech | 18-5 | 207 |
| 13 | 13 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 19-6 | 185 |
| 14 | 12 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 19-5 | 184 |
| 15 | 21 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 18-6 | 176 |
| 16 | 16 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 18-6 | 162 |
| 17 | 23 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 18-4 | 131 |
| 18 | 17 | Mount Marty (S.D.) | 18-7 | 127 |
| 19 | 25 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 19-5 | 121 |
| 20 | 6 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 18-6 | 119 |
| 21 | 20 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 17-7 | 102 |
| 22 | 24 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 17-3 | 101 |
| 23 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | 15-9 | 97 |
| 24 | 22 | Madonna (Mich.) | 18-7 | 88 |
| 25 | 19 | Union (Ky.) | 17-8 | 74 |
Receiving Votes: Dordt (Iowa) 69, Montreat (N.C.) 30, Indiana East 24, Ave Maria (Fla.) 21, Bethel (Kan.) 20, Concordia (Neb.) 19, Indiana Tech 12, McPherson (Kan.) 11, Northwest 8, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 8, Cal Maritime 4, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 3, Bellevue (Neb.) 3
