Kansas City, MO. – The final edition of the NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll is out. National champion Union (Ky.) earned the top spot. The Bulldogs earned all 11 first-place votes and 281 total points to remain in control.The Crossroads League, Cascade Collegiate Conference and the Great Plains Athletic Conference are tied for most schools represented with four each.
Briar Cliff led the conference with an 11th place finish followed by Northwestern in the 12 spot. Dakota Wesleyan finished at number 20 with Midland ranked number 24 in the final poll. Concordia finished in the receiving votes category.
1 | Union (Ky.) (11) | 35-3 | 281 | |
2 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 34-4 | 272 | |
3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 29-8 | 258 | |
4 | Bethel (Ind.) | 31-5 | 256 | |
5 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 25-11 | 245 | |
6 | IU East (Ind.) | 28-8 | 237 | |
7 | Trinity International (Ill.) | 30-6 | 215 | |
8 | Tabor (Kan.) | 25-10 | 212 | |
9 | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 25-6 | 209 | |
10 | Robert Morris (Ill.) | 27-7 | 207 | |
11 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 26-8 | 182 | |
12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 27-7 | 168 | |
13 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 23-11 | 163 | |
14 | College of Idaho | 24-10 | 159 | |
15 | Davenport (Mich.) | 24-9 | 148 | |
16 | Warner (Fla.) | 26-5 | 144 | |
17 | Eastern Oregon | 24-9 | 139 | |
18 | Rochester (Mich.) | 29-3 | 130 | |
19 | York (Neb.) | 25-10 | 127 | |
20 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D) | 23-10 | 121 | |
21 | Taylor (Ind.) | 21-12 | 101 | |
22 | Oregon Tech | 24-10 | 89 | |
23 | IU Southeast | 24-7 | 87 | |
24 | Midland (Neb.) | 21-10 | 79 | |
25 | Washington Adventist (Md.) | 22-7 | 72 |
Receiving Votes: WVU Tech 59; Reinhardt (Ga.) 27; Florida Memorial 25; Morningside (Iowa) 17; Cal Maritime 14; Aquinas (Mich.) 11; St. Thomas (Fla.) 10; Pacific Union (Calif.) 8; Corban (Ore.) 7; Southwestern (Kan.) 6; Concordia (Neb.) 5