Dec. 13, 2006

OLATHE, Kan. - For the second-straight week, Robert Morris (Ill.) is the No. 1 rated NAIA Division I men's basketball team, earning eight first-place votes to hold on to the top spot for the second-consecutive regular-season poll.

 

Oklahoma City earned three first-place votes and finished second in the rating, while Azusa Pacific (Calif.) remained in the No. 3 slot and Faulkner (Ala.) jumped four spots from No. 8 to No. 4. Union (Tenn.) rounded out the top five, followed by LSU-Shreveport, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Mountain State (W. Va.), Texas Wesleyan and Southern Nazarene (Okla.) in the top ten.

 

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	RECORD	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	8	11-0	297
2	2	Oklahoma City	3	11-0	293
3	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		7-1	279
4	8	Faulkner (Ala.)		11-1	256
5	NR	Union (Tenn.)		7-2	254
6	7	LSU-Shreveport (La.)		8-1	231
7	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		11-1	229
7	4	Mountain State (W.Va.)		9-3	229
9	9	Texas Wesleyan		7-3	223
10	5	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		8-1	222
11	6	Campbellsville (Ky.)		10-1	202
12	15	Concordia (Calif.)		8-2	190
13	12	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)		8-1	182
14	24	Park (Mo.)		11-3	171
15	NR	Lambuth (Tenn.)		8-2	153
16	10	San Diego Christian (Calif.)		6-1	145
17	13	Oklahoma Baptist		6-3	128
18	16	Georgetown (Ky.)		11-3	124
19	18	Spring Hill (Ala.)		2-1	112
20	23	Houston Baptist (Texas)		5-2	95
21	14	McKendree (Ill.)		8-5	91
22	17	Westminster (Utah)		8-5	80
23	20	Lee (Tenn.)		9-3	68
24	22	Westmont (Calif.)		5-2	65
25	NR	Crichton (Tenn.)		6-2	53

 

Others Receiving Votes: Carroll (Mont.), 41; St. Xavier (Ill.), 38; Voorhees (S.C.), 33; William Carey (Miss.), 32; Lubbock Christian (Texas), 31; Oklahoma Christian, 23; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 15; Southern Polytechnic (Ga.), 15; Cumberland (Tenn.), 13; Langston (Okla.), 10; Belhaven (Miss.), 9; Missouri Baptist, 9; Biola (Calif.), 5; Lyon (Ark.), 2; Illinois-Springfield, 1; Xavier (La.), 1.