Feb. 14, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Despite losing one of its first-place votes in an idle week, Robert Morris (Ill.) is the No. 1 ranked NAIA Division I Men's Basketball team, followed by Oklahoma City, who grabbed an extra first-place nod after its win last week over a top-five opponent.

 

Mountain State (W. Va.) moved up one to No. 3 this week, followed by Georgetown (Ky.), who climbed three spots into the No. 4 position. Last week's No. 3, Concordia (Calif.), fell two places to No. 5, while Park (Mo.) moved from No. 8 to No. 6. Lambuth (Tenn.) fell a spot to No. 7 in the poll, while Southern Nazarene (Okla.) fell four spaces to No. 8.

 

San Diego Christian (Calif.) moved up five and into the Top 10 at No. 9, while a two-way tie for the No. 10 position exists between Campbellsville (Ky.) and Houston Baptist (Texas). The poll's only other tie lies at No. 25, where California Baptist and Texas Wesleyan occupy the rating's final spot.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	7	23-0	326
2	2	Oklahoma City	4	26-0	323
3	4	Mountain State (W.Va.)		22-4	302
4	7	Georgetown (Ky.)		22-3	291
5	3	Concordia (Calif.)		21-4	286
6	8	Park (Mo.)		21-4	276
7	6	Lambuth (Tenn.)		21-4	261
8	5	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		20-5	244
9	14	San Diego Christian (Calif.)		18-4	238
10	10	Campbellsville (Ky.)		20-4	216
10	12	Houston Baptist (Texas)		17-4	216
12	13	Union (Tenn.)		17-7	210
13	9	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		20-5	206
14	11	Faulkner (Ala.)		19-7	187
15	16	Carroll (Mont.)		19-7	165
16	17	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)		19-4	149
17	24	Oklahoma Baptist		15-8	125
18	19	Illinois-Springfield		16-8	124
19	21	Jarvis Christian (Texas)		20-4	108
20	22	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		19-6	95
21	23	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)		20-5	77
22	NR	Xavier (La.)		16-7	75
23	NR	Cumberlands (Ky.)		16-8	73
24	20	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		16-9	66
25	25	California Baptist		16-8	65
25	NR	Texas Wesleyan		14-6	65

 

Others Receiving Votes: McKendree (Ill.), 60; Crichton (Tenn.), 54; Northwestern Oklahoma, 49; Southern-New Orleans (La.), 39; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 26; Voorhees (S.C.), 20; Lubbock Christian (Texas), 16; Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), 15; LSU-Shreveport (La.), 11; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 11; St. Xavier (Ill.), 9; John Brown (Ark.), 7; Westminster (Utah), 6; Westmont (Calif.), 6; Emmanuel (Ga.), 4; Lee (Tenn.), 4; William Carey (Miss.), 4; Wiley (Texas), 3; Montana State-Northern, 2.