Division II Men's Basketball Rating No. 9 - NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Feb. 14, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - For the second-straight week, Bellevue (Neb.) earned enough first-place votes, 13, to earn the No. 1 ranking in NAIA Division II Men's Basketball, staying nine points ahead of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), who earned four first-place considerations this week.

Point Park (Pa.) moved up three spots to No. 3 after clinching a conference divisional title, while Warner Pacific (Ore.) also climbed, moving to No. 4 in the season's ninth rating. Huntington (Ind.) moved up three spots to fill out the top five after knocking off Indiana Wesleyan, who fell from No. 3 last week to No. 10 this week. Also in the Top 10 are No. 6 Oregon Tech and No. 8 Walsh (Ohio), while No. 7 Kansas Wesleyan moved up two spots to the highest ranking in Coyote basketball history.

Evangel (Mo.) made the rating's largest leap, entering the rating at No. 17 after spending previous weeks unranked. Northwest (Wash.) is the only remaining school to enter the poll in its ninth week, as Northwest is one of four Cascade Conference members in the Top 25.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Bellevue (Neb.)	13	26-1	505
2	2	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	4	23-2	496
3	6	Point Park (Pa.)		27-1	465
4	5	Warner Pacific (Ore.)		23-4	460
5	8	Huntington (Ind.)		24-4	434
6	7	Oregon Tech		25-3	427
7	9	Kansas Wesleyan		22-3	387
8	4	Walsh (Ohio)		22-5	382
9	10	Northwestern (Iowa)		20-6	379
10	3	Indiana Wesleyan		24-3	375
11	11	Sioux Falls (S.D.)		24-3	348
12	12	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)		21-5	303
13	14	St. Francis (Ind.)		21-8	292
14	13	Albertson (Idaho)		19-5	274
15	15	Cedarville (Ohio)		19-6	260
16	19	Aquinas (Mich.)		18-9	222
17	NR	Evangel (Mo.)		16-10	221
18	20	Mayville State (N.D.)		19-8	213
19	16	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		22-6	206
20	21	William Penn (Iowa)		21-7	186
21	25	Holy Names (Calif.)		17-1	169
22	18	Benedictine (Kan.)		17-8	132
23	17	Warner Southern (Fla.)		17-8	129
24	22	Ozarks (Mo.)		18-9	123
25	NR	Northwest (Wash.)		21-7	119

Others Receiving Votes: Asbury (Ky.), 91; Bluefield (Va.), 70; Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.), 60; Cornerstone (Mich.), 44; Eastern Oregon, 36; Grace (Ind.), 25; Montreat (N.C.), 15; Dordt (Iowa), 14; Friends (Kan.), 11; Northwood (Fla.), 11; St. Ambrose (Iowa), 8; William Jessup (Calif.), 6; Southwestern (Kan.), 4; Maine-Machias, 1; Morningside (Iowa), 1; Tennessee Wesleyan, 1.