Feb. 20, 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the first time in nine polls there is a new No. 1. Georgetown (Ky.), who held the No. 2 slot the last seven weeks, sits on top of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Feb. 20). After a loss by then-No. 1 Mountain State (W.V.) back on Feb. 12 to Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Georgetown stands as the lone undefeated team in the basketball world at 26-0. The Tigers earned 330 total points and all 11-first place votes.
Louisiana State University-Shreveport moves up one spot to No. 2 while Mountain State falls down to No. 3. No. 4 Lee (Tenn.) stays while Lambuth (Tenn.) vaults up to No. 5, its highest spot this season.
Two teams hop into the Top 25 after receiving votes last week, No. 16 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) and No. 22 Azusa Pacific (Calif.). RMC has won nine of its last 10 and currently holds a 1.5 game lead in the Frontier Conference standings. After a 10-7 start to the year, the Cougars of APU have come back strong winning eight of their last nine. Wins included during that streak are against national contenders Concordia (Calif.) and California Baptist.
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The 10th regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Feb. 27.
2007-08 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Feb. 20 (Rating #9)
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1st PLACE VOTES |
2007-08 RECORD* |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
2 |
Georgetown College (Ky.) |
11 |
26-0 |
330 |
|
2 |
3 |
Louisiana State University-Shreveport |
|
24-1 |
312 |
|
3 |
1 |
Mountain State University (W.Va.) |
|
25-1 |
302 |
|
4 |
4 |
Lee University (Tenn.) |
|
23-1 |
298 |
|
5 |
7 |
Lambuth University (Tenn.) |
|
23-3 |
279 |
|
6 |
6 |
Robert Morris College (Ill.) |
|
22-2 |
275 |
|
7 |
5 |
Concordia University (Calif.) |
|
20-4 |
269 |
|
8 |
11 |
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) |
|
20-6 |
255 |
|
9 |
10 |
Oklahoma City University |
|
19-7 |
231 |
|
10 |
12 |
Martin Methodist College (Tenn.) |
|
23-4 |
228 |
|
11 |
9 |
California Baptist University |
|
19-4 |
210 |
|
12 |
14 |
McKendree University (Ill.) |
|
21-6 |
207 |
|
13 |
8 |
Xavier University (La.) |
|
20-6 |
200 |
|
14 |
20 |
Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) |
|
16-6 |
162 |
|
15 |
19 |
Texas Wesleyan University |
|
17-8 |
153 |
|
16 |
RV |
Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) |
|
21-5 |
151 |
|
17 |
17 |
Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) |
|
19-6 |
143 |
|
18 |
22 |
University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) |
|
16-10 |
129 |
|
19 |
18 |
Wayland Baptist University (Texas) |
|
16-9 |
128 |
|
20 |
23 |
Columbia College (Mo.) |
|
22-6 |
127 |
|
21 |
21 |
Saint Xavier University (Ill.) |
|
21-6 |
97 |
|
22 |
RV |
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) |
|
17-8 |
94 |
|
23 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) |
|
16-8 |
89 |
|
24 |
15 |
Westminster College (Utah) |
|
17-5 |
71 |
|
25 |
24 |
Oklahoma Baptist University |
|
18-7 |
66 |
Others receiving votes:
University of Mobile (Ala.) 58; Vanguard University (Calif.) 50; Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) 43; Shorter
College (Ga.) 23; University of Illinois at Springfield 17; Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) 17;
Cumberland University (Tenn.) 15; Rogers State University (Okla.) 10; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.)
10; Voorhees College (S.C.) 9; Pikeville College (Ky.) 9; Faulkner University (Ala.) 9; Texas College 8;
Wiley College (Texas) 7; Jarvis Christian College (Texas) 6; Crichton College (Tenn.) 4; Tougaloo College
(Miss.) 4; Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) 3; Berry College (Ga.) 3; Montana State University-Northern 2;
Campbellsville University (Ky.) 2
* Record through games played Feb. 17
