Jan. 9, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -With a perfect 14-0 record, Mountain State University (W.V.) remains No. 1 in the third regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Jan. 9). The Cougars have been No. 1 in three of the four polls this season. MSU leads the country in scoring offense averaging over 105 points per contest - the Cougars have hit the 100-point mark in nine of their first 14 games.
Georgetown (Ky.) and Concordia (Calif.) stay at No. 2 and 3, respectively. LSU-Shreveport notched two of the first-place votes as the Pilots hold a perfect 13-0 record. The Pilots have already earned two victories over NCAA Division I opponents, in addition to a Division I exhibition win. Most recently, the Pilots took down Northwestern State (La.) back on Dec. 8.
Lee (Tenn.) moved up to No. 5 thanks in large part to a 77-75 win over NCAA Division I member East Carolina back on Dec. 29.
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) made perhaps the biggest leap all the way up to No. 13. Last Saturday, SNU picked up a 74-69 road win at then-No. 13 Oklahoma City. Two teams, No. 24 Montana State-Northern and No. 25 Jarvis Christian (Texas) both are in the poll for first time in 2007-08.
The fourth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 16.
2007-08 NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Jan. 9 (Rating #3)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Mountain State University (W.Va.) |
9 |
14-0 |
328 |
|
2 |
2 |
Georgetown College (Ky.) |
|
14-0 |
312 |
|
3 |
3 |
Concordia University (Calif.) |
|
11-1 |
302 |
|
4 |
5 |
Louisiana State University-Shreveport |
2 |
13-0 |
297 |
|
5 |
8 |
Lee University (Tenn.) |
|
11-0 |
271 |
|
6 |
4 |
Oklahoma Baptist University |
|
12-1 |
270 |
|
7 |
6 |
Campbellsville University (Ky.) |
|
14-2 |
269 |
|
8 |
7 |
Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) |
|
9-1 |
255 |
|
9 |
10 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) |
|
12-1 |
246 |
|
10 |
9 |
Robert Morris College (Ill.) |
|
15-2 |
224 |
|
11 |
11 |
Xavier University (La.) |
|
12-2 |
213 |
|
12 |
14 |
Lambuth University (Tenn.) |
|
9-1 |
207 |
|
13 |
RV |
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) |
|
10-3 |
187 |
|
14 |
12 |
Westminster College (Utah) |
|
10-3 |
184 |
|
15 |
15 |
California Baptist University |
|
11-0 |
178 |
|
16 |
18 |
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) |
|
10-1 |
168 |
|
17 |
19 |
Wiley College (Texas) |
|
11-3 |
147 |
|
18 |
20 |
McKendree University (Ill.) |
|
10-5 |
118 |
|
19 |
13 |
Oklahoma City University |
|
8-4 |
115 |
|
20 |
22 |
Union University (Tenn.) |
|
7-4 |
109 |
|
21 |
17 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) |
|
9-4 |
108 |
|
22 |
21 |
Northwestern Oklahoma State University |
|
7-3 |
101 |
|
23 |
24 |
Pikeville College (Ky.) |
|
13-2 |
88 |
|
24 |
NR |
Montana State University-Northern |
|
12-4 |
81 |
|
25 |
NR |
Jarvis Christian College (Texas) |
|
9-2 |
64 |
Others receiving votes:
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 49; University of Illinois at Springfield 48; Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 43; William Carey University (Miss.) 37; Carroll College (Mont.) 27; Texas Wesleyan University 12; Texas College 11; Park University (Mo.) 10; Vanguard University (Calif.) 9; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 8; Faulkner University (Ala.) 7; Cumberland University (Tenn.) 5; Berry College (Ga.) 2; Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 2; Indiana University-South Bend 1; Paul Quinn College (Texas) 1; The Master's College (Calif.) 1
* Record through games played Jan. 6
