Feb. 28, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - After Oklahoma City suffered its first loss of the season last Saturday, Robert Morris (Ill.) is the undisputed No. 1 ranked team in NAIA Division I Men's Basketball, capturing all 11 first-place votes and 330 possible ratings points in the season's final Top 25 poll.
Oklahoma City remains No. 2, followed by No. 3 Georgetown (Ky.), No. 4 Mountain State (W. Va.) and No. 5 Concordia (Calif.) in an unchanged top five. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) inched up a spot to No. 6 this week, followed by San Diego Christian, who fell a spot to No. 7, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) who moved up five slots to No. 8 and Park (Mo.) at No. 9.
Crichton (Tenn.) jumped 11 spots to No. 10 this week, earning a top-ten tie with Houston Baptist (Texas), who also climbed a spot. Cumberlands (Ky.) enters the poll this week at No. 14, while Campbellsville (Ky.) falls from No. 8 to NO. 21. Tougaloo (Miss.) also entered this week's rating, checking in at No. 23.
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Robert Morris (Ill.) |
11 |
27-0 |
330 |
|
2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City |
|
29-1 |
319 |
|
3 |
3 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
|
26-3 |
303 |
|
4 |
3 |
Mountain State (W.Va.) |
|
26-4 |
300 |
|
5 |
5 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
|
25-5 |
283 |
|
6 |
7 |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
|
24-6 |
270 |
|
7 |
6 |
San Diego Christian (Calif.) |
|
23-4 |
263 |
|
8 |
13 |
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) |
|
23-4 |
233 |
|
9 |
9 |
Park (Mo.) |
|
22-6 |
232 |
|
10 |
21 |
Crichton (Tenn.) |
|
23-7 |
223 |
|
10 |
11 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) |
|
21-5 |
223 |
|
12 |
14 |
Union (Tenn.) |
|
21-8 |
190 |
|
13 |
15 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
|
19-9 |
181 |
|
14 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
|
19-9 |
169 |
|
15 |
12 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) |
|
24-6 |
168 |
|
16 |
16 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
|
23-6 |
160 |
|
17 |
17 |
Illinois-Springfield |
|
20-8 |
147 |
|
18 |
9 |
Lambuth (Tenn.) |
|
23-6 |
133 |
|
19 |
22 |
California Baptist |
|
20-9 |
130 |
|
19 |
18 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
|
21-9 |
130 |
|
21 |
8 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
|
25-5 |
123 |
|
22 |
20 |
Jarvis Christian (Texas) |
|
25-5 |
95 |
|
23 |
NR |
Tougaloo (Miss.) |
|
16-11 |
93 |
|
24 |
25 |
Northwestern Oklahoma |
|
18-10 |
83 |
|
25 |
24 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
|
17-10 |
60 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lee (Tenn.), 42; McKendree (Ill.), 41; Xavier (La.), 41; Westminster (Utah), 29; LSU-Shreveport (La.), 26; Westmont (Calif.), 20; Wiley (Texas), 19; Texas Wesleyan, 14; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 10; Oklahoma Christian, 9; John Brown (Ark.), 8; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 6; Carroll (Mont.), 3; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.), 3; Montana State-Northern, 2; Voorhees (S.C.), 1.
