Jan. 31, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Robert Morris (Ill.) earned back a first-place vote, grabbing eight this week to stay atop the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25, while Oklahoma City remained second with three first-place nods, five points behind Robert Morris in the poll.

 

Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 3 for the second-straight week while Mountain State (W. Va.) moved into the fourth slot, and Southern Nazarene (Okla.) rounded out the top five, up two spots from last week's seventh place rating. Georgetown (Ky.) and Lambuth (Tenn.) tied for sixth in this week's poll, while Park (Mo.) moved up one slot to No. 8 and Texas Wesleyan fell five to No. 9. Faulkner (Ala.) climbed back into the Top 10 this week, moving into tenth from No. 14 a week ago.

 

Six new teams found their way into the poll, as Southern Poly (Ga.), Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and Southern-New Orleans occupy No. 18 through No. 20, and Oklahoma Baptist, Illinois-Springfield and Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) round out the rating from No. 23 to No. 25.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	8	21-0	327
2	2	Oklahoma City	3	21-0	322
3	3	Concordia (Calif.)		18-3	300
4	5	Mountain State (W.Va.)		19-4	294
5	7	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		16-3	280
6	10	Georgetown (Ky.)		19-3	263
6	8	Lambuth (Tenn.)		18-3	263
8	9	Park (Mo.)		19-4	257
9	4	Texas Wesleyan		12-4	233
10	14	Faulkner (Ala.)		16-5	231
11	15	Campbellsville (Ky.)		19-2	230
12	24	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		18-3	221
13	16	Houston Baptist (Texas)		14-4	187
14	12	San Diego Christian (Calif.)		15-3	172
15	18	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		12-6	169
16	25	Carroll (Mont.)		16-6	157
17	6	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		16-3	128
18	NR	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)		17-4	123
19	NR	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)		14-7	121
20	NR	Southern-New Orleans (La.)		10-7	96
21	17	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		17-5	93
22	11	Union (Tenn.)		13-7	80
23	NR	Oklahoma Baptist		11-7	74
24	NR	Illinois-Springfield		12-8	72
25	NR	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		14-7	68

 

Others Receiving Votes: LSU-Shreveport (La.), 62; California Baptist, 55; Voorhees (S.C.), 46; Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), 40; McKendree (Ill.), 40; Northwestern Oklahoma, 20; Crichton (Tenn.), 18; Westmont (Calif.), 15; St. Xavier (Ill.), 13; Lee (Tenn.), 8; Oklahoma Christian, 8; Biola (Calif.), 5; Jarvis Christian (Texas), 5; Emmanuel (Ga.), 4; Langston (Okla.), 4; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 3; Montana State-Northern, 3; Mobile (Ala.), 2; West Virginia Tech (W.Va.), 2; Missouri Baptist, 1.