Jan. 10, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - As they have in the previous three NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 polls, Robert Morris (Ill.) and Oklahoma City each earned first-place consideration this week with Robert Morris hanging on to the top spot with eight first-place votes, while Oklahoma City stayed at No. 2 with three first-place nods. Following the two undefeated front-runners, spots No. 3 and No. 4 also stayed put this week, as Azusa Pacific (Calif.) held on to the third station in the poll and Campbellsville (Ky.) finished No. 4.
At No. 5, Mountain State (W. Va.) jumped up one from last week's No. 6 rating, while the vacated sixth spot went to Lambuth (Tenn.), who also moved up a spot from last week. A seventh-place tie was awarded to Texas Wesleyan and Concordia (Calif.), who both moved up from the bottom two Top 10 positions, while Southern Nazarene moved to No. 9 and Faulkner (Ala.) fell to No. 10 from its No. 7 ranking last week. The Top 10's only casualty checks in at No. 11 this week, as LSU-Shreveport fell out of the Top 10 from its No. 5 rating last week.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
8 |
15-0 |
327 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City |
3 |
15-0 |
322 |
|
3 |
3 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
|
13-1 |
308 |
|
4 |
4 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
|
14-1 |
290 |
|
5 |
6 |
Mountain State (W.Va.) |
|
14-3 |
277 |
|
6 |
7 |
Lambuth (Tenn.) |
|
12-2 |
274 |
|
7 |
9 |
Texas Wesleyan |
|
9-3 |
259 |
|
8 |
10 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
|
13-2 |
250 |
|
9 |
11 |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
|
12-2 |
240 |
|
10 |
7 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
|
12-3 |
228 |
|
11 |
5 |
LSU-Shreveport (La.) |
|
10-2 |
224 |
|
12 |
14 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
|
14-3 |
196 |
|
13 |
12 |
Union (Tenn.) |
|
8-4 |
189 |
|
14 |
17 |
Park (Mo.) |
|
14-4 |
182 |
|
15 |
19 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) |
|
10-2 |
177 |
|
16 |
15 |
San Diego Christian (Calif.) |
|
10-2 |
166 |
|
17 |
17 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
|
14-3 |
165 |
|
17 |
16 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
|
8-4 |
139 |
|
19 |
21 |
Lee (Tenn.) |
|
11-4 |
124 |
|
20 |
20 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
|
12-4 |
112 |
|
21 |
22 |
McKendree (Ill.) |
|
10-6 |
105 |
|
22 |
25 |
Crichton (Tenn.) |
|
10-4 |
97 |
|
23 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
|
9-3 |
76 |
|
24 |
24 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
|
9-4 |
73 |
|
25 |
NR |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
|
12-4 |
53 |
Others Receiving Votes: Voorhees (S.C.), 40; St. Xavier (Ill.), 36; Fresno Pacific (Calif.), 33; Langston (Okla.), 28; Emmanuel (Ga.), 21; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.), 19; Oklahoma Christian, 11; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 11; Spring Hill (Ala.), 11; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 10; Westmont (Calif.), 10; Illinois-Springfield, 6; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 5; Missouri Baptist, 5; Montana State-Northern, 4; Northwestern Oklahoma, 4; Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), 4; Cumberlands (Ky.), 3; Biola (Calif.), 1.
