Sioux City, Iowa – Northwestern College totaled 100 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Championship. The Red Raiders tallied 10 of the possible 11 first-place votes. Morningside was picked second with 86 points, while Dordt and Concordia tied for third with 78 points each. The Defenders garnered the final first-place vote.
Dordt won the 2024-25 GPAC regular season with an 18-2 record, while Morningside won the GPAC Tournament Championship.
Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2025-26 GPAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
| 1. | NORTHWESTERN | 100 | 10 |
| 2. | MORNINGSIDE | 86 | |
| 3t. | CONCORDIA | 78 | |
| 3t. | DORDT | 78 | 1 |
| 5. | MIDLAND | 60 | |
| 6. | BRIAR CLIFF | 59 | |
| 7. | DAKOTA WESLEYAN | 42 | |
| 8. | MOUNT MARTY | 36 | |
| 9. | HASTINGS | 33 | |
| 10. | DOANE | 23 | |
| 11. | WALDORF | 11 |
