Dec. 6, 2006

OLATHE, Kan. - Huntington (Ind.) earned 11 first-place votes to top Oregon Tech's three and Mid-America Nazarene's two to claim the No. 1 spot in this week's NAIA Division-II Men's Basketball Rating.

 

Sioux Falls (S.D.) and Bellevue (Neb.) finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the poll, while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) was followed by Warner Pacific (Ore.), Point Park (Pa.), Cedarville (Ohio) and Dordt (Iowa) to round out the top ten.

 

Ratings will appear weekly at the NAIA's official Web site, www.naia.org, with this week's rating listed below:

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	LOST	TOTAL POINTS
1	2	Huntington (Ind.)	11	9-1	1	475
2	4	Oregon Tech	3	11-0	0	462
3	6	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	2	8-0	0	450
4	8	Sioux Falls (S.D.)		10-1	1	418
5	22	Bellevue (Neb.)		11-0	0	384
6	5	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		8-1	1	383
7	NR	Warner Pacific (Ore.)		8-0	0	373
8	23	Point Park (Pa.)		11-0	0	372
9	NR	Cedarville (Ohio)		8-0	0	349
10	NR	Dordt (Iowa)		9-1	1	337
11	15	Indiana Wesleyan		8-0	0	305
11	NR	Benedictine (Kan.)		6-2	2	301
13	NR	Albertson (Idaho)		6-1	1	262
14	20	St. Francis (Ind.)		7-1	1	253
15	NR	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		8-1	1	244
16	10	Mayville State (N.D.)		6-3	3	242
17	7	Walsh (Ohio)		5-2	2	222
18	NR	Kansas Wesleyan		8-2	2	217
19	3	Evangel (Mo.)		5-3	3	197
20	NR	Jamestown (N.D.)		6-2	2	155
21	14	Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)		7-2	2	149
22	25	Tennessee Wesleyan		7-3	3	142
23	23	Eastern Oregon		7-2	2	140
23	21	Morningside (Iowa)		7-3	3	97
25	NR	Cornerstone (Mich.)		7-4	4	83

 

Others Receiving Votes

Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.), 76; Northwest (Wash.), 68; Asbury (Ky.), 56; Taylor (Ind.), 51; Bluefield (Va.), 32; St. Ambrose (Iowa), 27; Shawnee State (Ohio), 19; Southern Oregon, 19; Holy Names (Calif.), 15; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.), 13; Montreat (N.C.), 11; Doane (Neb.), 8; Hastings (Neb.), 6; Indiana Southeast, 6; Indiana Tech, 5; Northwood (Fla.), 5; Friends (Kan.), 4; Grace (Ind.), 3; Warner Southern (Fla.), 3; Grand View (Iowa), 1.