2019-2020 NAIA DII Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll – No. 2
Dec 11, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mustangs of Morningside move up one spot to earn the No. 1 spot in the latest edition of the 2019-20 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs are the only team in the Great Plains Athletic Conference to remain undefeated on the season.
Top 25 Highlights
- Morningside (Iowa) claimed all 12 first-place votes this week.
- The Mustangs are currently 10-0 overall, 5-0 in conference including a win over then-No. 23 Dordt (Iowa)
- The newcomers to the poll this week Lourdes (Ohio), Northwestern (Iowa), Michigan-Dearborn, Keiser (Fla.), Mount Marty (S.D.), Antelope Valley (Calif.)
- Lourdes (Ohio).
- No. 14 Lourdes has a very talented team this season, they have won six straight games with the help of National Player of the Week last week, Cliff Snow.
- Bethel (Ind.) made the biggest improvement this week moving from No. 19 to No. 9. Bethel went 3-0 since the last poll and is currently 11-0 overall. They have five wins over teams in Top 25 or receiving votes.
- Indiana Wesleyan holds the longest active streak in the poll with 85-straight appearances. Bethel (Ind.) is next with 74 and then Cornerstone (Mich.) with 64.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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 ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2019-2020 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 – Poll 2 (Dec. 11)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Morningside (Iowa) [12] | 10-0 | 312 |
| 2 | 1 | Oregon Tech | 10-1 | 295 |
| 2 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 9-2 | 295 |
| 4 | 4 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 11-1 | 286 |
| 5 | 5 | College of Idaho | 9-3 | 266 |
| 6 | 8 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 11-1 | 263 |
| 7 | 6 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 9-1 | 255 |
| 8 | 10 | Marian (Ind.) | 8-2 | 242 |
| 9 | 19 | Bethel (Ind.) | 11-0 | 224 |
| 10 | 12 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 11-1 | 219 |
| 11 | 13 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 10-1 | 204 |
| 12 | 11 | Washington Adventist (Md.) | 10-3 | 203 |
| 13 | 16 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 9-2 | 169 |
| 14 | NR | Lourdes (Ohio) | 9-3 | 162 |
| 15 | 7 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 6-4 | 161 |
| 16 | 20 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 10-2 | 155 |
| 17 | 15 | Saint Francis (Ind.) | 11-2 | 153 |
| 18 | 17 | Southern Oregon | 6-3 | 150 |
| 19 | NR | Northwestern (Iowa) | 10-2 | 145 |
| 20 | 22 | Bethel (Kan.) | 11-2 | 124 |
| 21 | NR | Michigan-Dearborn | 10-3 | 105 |
| 22 | NR | Keiser (Fla.) | 9-1 | 94 |
| 23 | NR | Mount Marty (S.D.) | 12-2 | 82 |
| 24 | 14 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 9-5 | 71 |
| 25 | NR | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 7-3 | 63 |
Dropped Out: Union (Ky.), Saint Xavier (Ill.), Warner (Fla.), Madonna (Mich.), Dordt (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 34, Saint Xavier (Ill.) 34, Warner (Fla.) 32, Indiana Southeast 32, Oklahoma Wesleyan 32, Southeastern (Fla.) 27, Madonna (Mich.) 23, Dordt (Iowa), 22, Mayville State (N.D.) 21, Northwest (Wash.) 7, Indiana East 3
