Jan. 3, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - After two weeks in the top five, Mid-America Nazarene (Kan.) has taken over the top spot in this week's NAIA Division-II Men's Basketball Top 25 poll.

Mid-America takes over the top spot with seven first place votes while Huntington (Ind.), who is now in the No. 2 slot after spending the first two weeks atop the rating, got five first-place nods in this week's selections. Sioux Falls (S.D.) received one first-place vote and is in third, while Point Park (Pa.) also got first-place consideration and assumes the No. 4 slot.  Warner Pacific (Ore.) rounds out the top five, moving from No. 8 to No. 5 in this week's poll.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	3	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	7	9-0	410
2	1	Huntington (Ind.)	5	16-2	400
3	4	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	1	15-1	392
4	7	Point Park (Pa.)	1	14-0	373
5	8	Warner Pacific (Ore.)		13-2	367
6	5	Bellevue (Neb.)		14-1	341
7	2	Oregon Tech		16-1	338
8	6	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		11-3	324
9	11	Indiana Wesleyan		12-1	295
10	10	Benedictine (Kan.)		10-2	295
11	18	Walsh (Ohio)		12-3	292
12	14	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		13-2	267
13	13	Albertson (Idaho)		10-2	254
14	9	Cedarville (Ohio)		9-3	234
15	12	Dordt (Iowa)		12-4	185
16	22	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)		11-3	182
17	17	Evangel (Mo.)		6-4	178
18	16	Mayville State (N.D.)		10-5	177
19	20	Kansas Wesleyan		10-3	156
20	23	Northwest (Wash.)		13-5	153
21	15	St. Francis (Ind.)		12-6	121
22	NR	Northwood (Fla.)		10-3	101
23	19	Jamestown (N.D.)		10-5	98
24	23	Northwestern (Iowa)		11-5	98
25	21	Eastern Oregon		11-3	65

Others Receiving Votes: William Jewell (Mo.), 55; Indiana Tech, 46; Asbury (Ky.), 44; Montreat (N.C.), 40; Morningside (Iowa), 40; William Jessup (Calif.), 36; Grace (Ind.), 35; William Penn (Iowa), 27; Shawnee State (Ohio), 18; Southwestern (Kan.), 17; Cornerstone (Mich.), 13; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), 10; Missouri Valley, 10; California State-Maritime, 6; Southern Oregon, 6; St. Ambrose (Iowa), 4; Indiana Southeast, 3; Tennessee Wesleyan, 3; Hastings (Neb.), 1.