2024-25 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll - No. 4 (January 15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgetown (Ky.) remains on top of the NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll to open the back half of the 2024-25 season. The Tigers received 17 first-place votes with a perfect 17-0 record. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and Northwestern (Iowa) jumped into the top three, receiving two and one first-place votes, respectively. Langston (Okla.) and Baker (Kan.) tie at eight after the Wildcats climbed four spots. Dalton State (Ga.) joined the top 25 this week at No. 13 with a 14-2 record; while Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Hope International (Calif.), Florida Memorial, and William Woods (Mo.) also joined the top 25 this week.
Poll Methodology:
- The NAIA Men’s Basketball Poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place, and so on through the list
- The highest and lowest vote for each team (a non-vote is considered a low vote) is removed
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly
- Records listed are as of the end of the day on Monday of the poll week
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgetown (Ky.) [17] | 17-0 | 538 |
| 2 | 3 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] | 16-1 | 517 |
| 3 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) [1] | 17-0 | 495 |
| 4 | 5 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 16-1 | 478 |
| 5 | 2 | College of Idaho | 13-2 | 467 |
| 6 | 4 | Arizona Christian | 14-3 | 436 |
| 7 | 9 | The Master's (Calif.) | 14-3 | 407 |
| 8 | 8 | Langston (Okla.) | 13-2 | 402 |
| 8 | 12 | Baker (Kan.) | 15-1 | 402 |
| 10 | 10 | Bethel (Ind.) | 14-3 | 376 |
| 11 | 6 | Montana Tech | 14-2 | 369 |
| 12 | 11 | Dordt (Iowa) | 17-1 | 350 |
| 13 | RV | Dalton State (Ga.) | 14-2 | 305 |
| 14 | 16 | Grace (Ind.) | 13-4 | 291 |
| 15 | 21 | Keiser (Fla.) | 14-2 | 263 |
| 16 | 19 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 15-3 | 250 |
| 17 | 13 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 13-3 | 236 |
| 18 | 17 | Huntington (Ind.) | 13-4 | 219 |
| 19 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 14-2 | 191 |
| 20 | RV | Hope International (Calif.) | 15-2 | 140 |
| 21 | 15 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 13-3 | 128 |
| 22 | NR | Florida Memorial | 11-4 | 112 |
| 22 | RV | William Woods (Mo.) | 13-2 | 112 |
| 24 | 18 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 13-4 | 107 |
| 25 | 23 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 13-3 | 96 |
Dropped from Top 25: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas), Graceland (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, Morningside (Iowa), Rio Grande (Ohio), Oklahoma Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 76, Oregon Tech 67, St. Francis (Ill.) 62, Cumberlands (Ky.) 55, Columbia International (S.C.) 49, Life (Ga.) 49, Nelson (Texas) 43, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 38, Saint Francis (Ind.) 36, Saint Mary (Kan.) 35, Indiana Tech 17, William Carey (Miss.) 15, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 14, Friends (Kan.) 13, Graceland (Iowa) 12, Texas Wesleyan 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 5, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Ind.) 2, Indiana Wesleyan 2, Tougaloo (Miss.) 2, Columbia (S.C.) 2
