Dec. 6, 2006

OLATHE, Kan. - After beginning the season with 10-straight wins, including four away from Chicago to begin the season, Robert Morris is the No. 1 ranked team in NAIA Division-I men's basketball.

 

Robert Morris edged out Oklahoma City for the top spot, while Azusa Pacific (Calif.), Mountain State (W. Va.) and Southern Nazarene (Okla.) make up the remainder of the top five in the poll. Campbellsville (Ky.) claimed a spot in the top ten at No. 6, followed by LSU-Shreveport (La.), Faulkner (Ala.), Texas Wesleyan and San Diego Christian (Calif.).

 

Ratings will appear weekly at the NAIA's official Web site, www.naia.org, with this week's rating listed below:

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	8	10-0	327
2	2	Oklahoma City	3	10-0	322
3	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		5-1	302
4	4	Mountain State (W.Va.)		8-2	280
5	10	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		7-0	276
6	21	Campbellsville (Ky.)		9-1	265
7	7	LSU-Shreveport (La.)		7-1	258
8	23	Faulkner (Ala.)		9-1	257
9	6	Texas Wesleyan		7-3	253
10	22	San Diego Christian (Calif.)		6-0	230
11	9	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		10-1	216
12	NR	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)		7-1	201
13	17	Oklahoma Baptist		6-2	186
14	NR	McKendree (Ill.)		8-4	174
15	NR	Concordia (Calif.)		6-2	169
16	8	Georgetown (Ky.)		9-2	166
17	13	Westminster (Utah)		7-4	144
18	14	Spring Hill (Ala.)		1-1	134
19	20	Voorhees (S.C.)		9-2	124
20	NR	Lee (Tenn.)		8-2	103
21	25	Oklahoma Christian		5-3	99
22	NR	Westmont (Calif.)		4-2	96
23	15	Houston Baptist (Texas)		3-2	93
24	NR	Park (Mo.)		8-3	74
25	NR	Carroll (Mont.)		8-4	69

Others Receiving Votes

William Carey (Miss.), 55; Missouri Baptist, 46; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 42; Northwestern Oklahoma, 37; St. Xavier (Ill.), 35; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.), 32; Illinois-Springfield, 15; Xavier (La.), 15; Biola (Calif.), 7; Jarvis Christian (Texas), 6; Belhaven (Miss.), 3; Wayland Baptist (Texas), 3; Emmanuel (Ga.), 1.