Dec. 12, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the second week in-a-row, Mountain State University (W.V.) is No. 1 in the second regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Dec. 12). The Cougars' high-powered offense averages 97.9 points per game, including 100 points in five games. MSU recently took down NCAA Division I Lincoln (Penn.) 123-80 to win the West Virginia Tech Baisi Classic.

Georgetown gets the other first-place nod with 309 total points - the Tigers lead Division I with 12 wins. GC holds a slight edge, 309 to 306 points, over third-place Concordia (Calif.). Oklahoma Baptist and Louisiana State University-Shreveport stay put at No. 4 and 5, respectively.

The six through 11 positions stay the same from last rating. Carroll (Mont.) appears in the Top 25 for the first time this year. The Fighting Saints are 10-3 and recently had a five-game winning streak. Included in that streak was an 89-85 win over then-No. 3 Warner Pacific (Calif.) back on Nov. 24.

The third regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 9.

2007 NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Dec. 12 (Rating #2)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	2007 RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Mountain State University (W.Va.)	10	10-0	329
2	T2	Georgetown College (Ky.)	1	12-0	309
3	T2	Concordia University (Calif.)		7-1	306
4	4	Oklahoma Baptist University		9-0	293
5	5	Louisiana State University-Shreveport		9-0	292
6	6	Campbellsville University (Ky.)		11-2	265
7	7	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)		6-0	261
8	9	Lee University (Tenn.)		9-0	253
9	8	Robert Morris College (Ill.)		11-1	241
10	10	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		8-1	233
11	11	Xavier University (La.)		9-1	218
12	14	Westminster College (Utah)		8-2	206
13	12	Oklahoma City University		6-3	205
14	13	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		7-1	184
15	19	California Baptist University		4-0	156
16	21	William Carey University (Miss.)		8-1	150
17	16	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		8-2	148
18	20	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)		8-1	143
19	15	Wiley College (Texas)		9-3	123
20	23	McKendree University (Ill.)		8-4	119
21	18	Northwestern Oklahoma State University		5-2	111
22	22	Union University (Tenn.)		4-3	92
23	RV	Carroll College (Mont.)		10-3	89
24	25	Pikeville College (Ky.)		9-2	84
25	17	University of Illinois at Springfield		7-5	52

 

Others receiving votes:

Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 50; Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) 44; Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 42; Belhaven College (Miss.) 36 Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 31; Park University (Mo.) 9; Texas College 8; Columbia College (Mo.) 7; Vanguard University (Calif.) 7; Faulkner University (Ala.) 6; Rogers State University (Okla.) 4; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 2; Berry College (Ga.) 2; Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) 2; Paul Quinn College (Texas) 1; The Master's College (Calif.) 1; Loyola University (La.) 1

 

* Record through games played Dec. 9