Jan. 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -For the fourth straight poll, Mountain State University (W.V.) is ranked No. 1 in the fourth regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Jan. 16). The Cougars, who received 328 total votes and nine of the possible 11 first-place votes, started the season No. 5 in the preseason poll (Oct 31).

Four teams in Division I still remain undefeated, with Mountain State and No. 2 Georgetown (Ky.) leading the way with identical 16-0 records. Concordia (Calif.) holds the No. 3 position, winners of nine straight. The other two perfect teams are No. 4 LSU-Shreveport at 15-0 and No. 5 Lee (Tenn.) at 14-0.

LSU-Shreveport will face a tough challenge in trying to keep a perfect record as the Pilots take on No. 16 Xavier (La.) next Wednesday, Jan. 23.

At No. 23, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) finds itself in the poll for the first time since the preseason ranking. Also, No. 24 Saint Xavier (Ill.) reaches the Top 25 for the first time this year.

The fifrth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

2007-08 NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Jan. 16 (Rating #4)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	2007-08 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Mountain State University (W.Va.)	9	16-0	328
2	2	Georgetown College (Ky.)		16-0	312
3	3	Concordia University (Calif.)		13-1	302
4	4	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	2	15-0	298
5	5	Lee University (Tenn.)		14-0	286
6	6	Oklahoma Baptist University		14-1	273
7	8	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)		12-1	268
T8	12	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		12-1	239
T8	10	Robert Morris College (Ill.)		15-2	239
10	7	Campbellsville University (Ky.)		15-3	228
11	9	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		13-2	218
12	13	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		12-3	200
13	14	Westminster College (Utah)		12-3	196
14	16	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)		13-1	183
15	15	California Baptist University		12-1	177
16	11	Xavier University (La.)		13-3	171
17	21	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		10-4	139
18	18	McKendree University (Ill.)		12-5	135
19	19	Oklahoma City University		9-5	124
20	23	Pikeville College (Ky.)		14-2	115
21	17	Wiley College (Texas)		11-5	107
22	25	Jarvis Christian College (Texas)		11-2	81
23	NR	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho)		12-5	78
24	RV	Saint Xavier University (Ill.)		15-4	69
25	RV	University of Illinois at Springfield		12-6	59

Others receiving votes:

Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 58; Columbia College (Mo.) 44; Cumberland University (Tenn.) 28; Berry College (Ga.) 27; Montana State University-Northern 24; Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 21; Carroll College (Mont.) 17; Vanguard University (Calif.) 16; Texas Wesleyan University 14; Northwestern Oklahoma State University 10; Paul Quinn College (Texas) 10; The Master's College (Calif.) 7; Shorter College (Ga.) 4; Indiana University-South Bend 4; West Virginia Institute of Technology (WV) 2; Park University (Mo.) 2; Crichton College (Tenn.) 1; University of Mobile (Ala.) 1

* Record through games played Jan. 13