Feb. 7, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Robert Morris (Ill.) kept all eight of its first-place votes from a week ago to retain its No. 1 position in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25, followed by Oklahoma City with three first-place nods, Concordia (Calif.), Mountain State (W. Va.) and Southern Nazarene (Okla.) in the season's eighth rating of the year.

 

While the top half of the Top 10 stayed unchanged, the second wave did see some movement as Lambuth (Tenn.) broke free to gain the rights to the No. 6 position, where it was tied last week with Georgetown (Ky.), checking in this week at No. 7. Park (Mo.) held on to its No. 8 positioning, while Azusa Pacific (Calif.) rejoined the Top 10 at No. 9, three spots up from last week.

 

Campbellsville (Ky.) climbed up a spot to round out the Top 10, while three newcomers - No. 17 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), No. 21 Jarvis Christian (Texas) and No. 25 California Baptist - round out the Top 25. Union (Tenn.) made the polls biggest jump on the week, moving from No. 22 to No. 13 with a pair of wins last week.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	8	23-0	327
2	2	Oklahoma City	3	21-0	322
3	3	Concordia (Calif.)		20-3	301
4	4	Mountain State (W.Va.)		20-4	290
5	5	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		19-3	283
6	6	Lambuth (Tenn.)		20-3	271
7	6	Georgetown (Ky.)		21-3	268
8	8	Park (Mo.)		20-4	263
9	12	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		19-4	239
10	11	Campbellsville (Ky.)		20-3	232
11	10	Faulkner (Ala.)		17-6	215
12	13	Houston Baptist (Texas)		15-4	209
13	22	Union (Tenn.)		15-7	193
14	14	San Diego Christian (Calif.)		16-4	183
15	15	Lubbock Christian (Texas)		13-8	144
16	16	Carroll (Mont.)		17-7	143
17	NR	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)		17-4	136
18	20	Southern-New Orleans (La.)		11-8	107
19	24	Illinois-Springfield		14-8	105
20	25	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		15-8	97
21	NR	Jarvis Christian (Texas)		17-4	93
22	21	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		17-6	75
23	18	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)		18-5	72
24	23	Oklahoma Baptist		12-8	66
25	NR	California Baptist		15-7	65

 

Others Receiving Votes: Texas Wesleyan, 62; LSU-Shreveport (La.), 54; McKendree (Ill.), 53; Cumberlands (Ky.), 47; Crichton (Tenn.), 36; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 31; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 28; St. Xavier (Ill.), 15; Oklahoma Christian , 11; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 11; Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), 11; Northwestern Oklahoma, 10; Wiley (Texas), 10; Emmanuel (Ga.), 9; Voorhees (S.C.), 8; Lee (Tenn.), 7; Montana State-Northern, 5; William Carey (Miss.), 4; Westminster (Utah), 3; Spring Hill (Ala.), 1.