2018-2019 NAIA DII Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll — Final
Indiana Wesleyan moves to No. 1 in final 2018-2019 Poll
Top 25 Highlights:
- Indiana Wesleyan is No. 1 after going 3-0 to win the Crossroads League Tournament. The Wildcats overcame a double digit deficit in the second half to defeat then- No. 11 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) in the championship.
- No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan received three first-place votes. The Eagles were No. 1 in the poll the previous three weeks. The Eagles lost in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship to Southwestern (Kan.).
- College of Idaho joined the top-five this week previously ranked No. 7, after winning the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament.
- Jamestown (N.D) and Union (Ky.) both moved into the top ten highlighting the positive movement in the top 25.
- The top-eight teams lost at least one game since the last poll.
- Voorhees (S.C.) joined the top 25 poll this week after going 3-0 since the last poll
- Indiana Northeast (Ind.) fell out of the rankings from No. 21.
- Indiana Wesleyan holds the longest active streak in the poll with 82-straight appearances. Bethel (Ind.) (No. 20) is next with 72, with Cornerstone (Mich.), currently ranked 12th in the poll, with 61.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Association of Independent Institutions.
- 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 ratings) 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 appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
2018-2019 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Final (Feb. 27, 2019)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 28-5 | 308 |
| 2 | 1 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 30-3 | 301 |
| 3 | 4 | WVU Tech | 29-4 | 289 |
| 4 | 2 | Morningside (Iowa) | 27-3 | 289 |
| 5 | 7 | College of Idaho | 28-5 | 270 |
| 6 | 8 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 27-4 | 260 |
| 7 | 5 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 25-7 | 251 |
| 8 | 6 | Oregon Tech | 24-7 | 225 |
| 9 | 12 | Union (Ky.) | 26-6 | 223 |
| 10 | 13 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 28-5 | 220 |
| 11 | 9 | Marian (Ind.) | 25-7 | 218 |
| 12 | 10 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 25-8 | 211 |
| 13 | 11 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 26-7 | 200 |
| 14 | 14 | Indiana East (Ind.) | 24-8 | 181 |
| 15 | 16 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 23-8 | 155 |
| 16 | 18 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 22-9 | 149 |
| 17 | 17 | Warner (Fla.) | 21-10 | 143 |
| 18 | 19 | Montreat (N.C.) | 24-7 | 142 |
| 19 | 15 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 20-8 | 124 |
| 20 | 20 | Bethel (Ind.) | 21-10 | 112 |
| 21 | 24 | Madonna (Mich.) | 23-9 | 108 |
| 22 | 25 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 25-7 | 97 |
| 23 | 22 | Friends (Kan.) | 22-9 | 93 |
| 24 | 23 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 20-9 | 75 |
| 25 | NR | Voorhees (S.C.) | 24-5 | 46 |
Dropped out: Indiana Northwest (Ind.)
Others receiving votes: Corban (Ore.) 44; Indiana Tech 41; Milligan (Tenn.) 39; Ave Maria (Fla.) 36; Holy Cross (Ind.) 33; Presentation (S.D.) 27; Antelope Valley (Calif.) 11; Asbury (Ky.) 7; Indiana Northwest 4; Saint Francis (Ind.) 4
