Division II Men's Basketball Rating No. 10 - NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) moved into the Top 10 with 284 points, tying for 10th with Northwestern (Iowa).

Feb. 21, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Bellevue (Neb.) is the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball No. 1 for the third-straight week, edging out No. 2 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) by 10 points and 10 first-place votes in the regular season's tenth Top 25 rating. Point Park (Pa.) remained No. 3, while Huntington (Ind.) and Oregon Tech each moved up a spot to round out the Top 10.

Kansas Wesleyan set yet another program benchmark by moving up a notch to No. 6 this week, followed by Walsh (Ohio) at No. 7, Warner Pacific (Ore.) at No. 8 and Indiana Wesleyan at No. 9. For the first time this season, 11 teams dot the Top 10 with a tie at its final spot, as both Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) and Northwestern (Iowa) earned 284 ratings points.

Three schools joined the rating this week after spending last week outside the Top 25, beginning with Northwest (Wash.) at No. 17 and continuing with No. 21 Cornerstone (Mich.) and No. 23 Northwood (Fla.). Albertson (Idaho) took the largest fall of the week, dropping from No. 14 to No. 20, while three schools jumped three spots in the regular-season's final rating.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Bellevue (Neb.)	12	28-1	417
2	2	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	2	26-2	407
3	3	Point Park (Pa.)		28-1	390
4	5	Huntington (Ind.)		26-4	373
5	6	Oregon Tech		27-3	361
6	7	Kansas Wesleyan		24-3	340
7	8	Walsh (Ohio)		24-5	334
8	4	Warner Pacific (Ore.)		24-5	324
9	10	Indiana Wesleyan		26-3	323
10	12	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)		23-5	284
10	9	Northwestern (Iowa)		21-7	284
12	11	Sioux Falls (S.D.)		25-4	262
13	15	Cedarville (Ohio)		21-6	240
14	13	St. Francis (Ind.)		21-9	224
15	18	Mayville State (N.D.)		20-8	215
16	19	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		24-6	203
17	NR	Northwest (Wash.)		23-7	195
18	21	Holy Names (Calif.)		19-11	154
19	17	Evangel (Mo.)		18-11	148
20	14	Albertson (Idaho)		19-6	140
21	NR	Cornerstone (Mich.)		21-8	137
22	24	Ozarks (Mo.)		20-9	136
23	NR	Northwood (Fla.)		23-7	121
24	20	William Penn (Iowa)		22-8	114
25	22	Benedictine (Kan.)		19-9	82

Others Receiving Votes: Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.), 67; Aquinas (Mich.), 53; Bluefield (Va.), 45; Asbury (Ky.), 36; Eastern Oregon, 22; St. Ambrose (Iowa), 21; Tennessee Wesleyan, 17; Warner Southern (Fla.), 13; Friends (Kan.), 9; Hastings (Neb.), 7; Grace (Ind.), 4; Montreat (N.C.), 3; Jamestown (N.D.), 2Southwestern (Kan.), 2; Maine-Machias, 1.