2023-24 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (October 25, 2023)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – College of Idaho led the way with all 21 first-place votes in the preseason edition of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. The Yotes will look to repeat their national title run from a season ago at the top of the pile. Grace (Ind.) checked-in at No. 2 while Arizona Christian, Langston (Okla.) and Georgetown (Ky.) rounded-out the top five. Of that group, College of Idaho, Grace and Arizona Christian were No. 1 seeds in the 2023 NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship. Georgetown, however, was the lone school other than College of Idaho that reached the semifinal round as a No. 3-seed.
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 ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- For the first preseason poll, there is no column referencing a previous ranking, as polls are new and different from the ratings system
| RANK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | College of Idaho [21] | 36-1 | 570 |
| 2 | Grace (Ind.) | 31-3 | 534 |
| 3 | Arizona Christian | 27-6 | 519 |
| 4 | Langston (Okla.) | 31-2 | 508 |
| 5 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 24-4 | 479 |
| 6 | Montana Tech | 29-5 | 473 |
| 7 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 27-5 | 459 |
| 8 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 26-8 | 408 |
| 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 21-9 | 380 |
| 10 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 24-9 | 359 |
| 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 26-8 | 349 |
| 12 | Union (Ky.) | 27-3 | 332 |
| 13 | Morningside (Iowa) | 24-8 | 308 |
| 14 | Huntington (Ind.) | 24-8 | 282 |
| 15 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 21-9 | 243 |
| 16 | Kansas Wesleyan | 26-5 | 236 |
| 17 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 20-10 | 212 |
| 18 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 23-9 | 199 |
| 19 | William Penn (Iowa) | 30-4 | 183 |
| 20 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 26-7 | 166 |
| 21 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 20-10 | 161 |
| 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 18-11 | 116 |
| 23 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 26-3 | 108 |
| 24 | Indiana Tech | 31-5 | 100 |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 23-8 | 94 |
Others Receiving Votes: Faulkner (Ala.) 93, Lourdes (Ohio) 77, Xavier (La.) 75, Dordt (Iowa) 64, Eastern Oregon 62, Southeastern (Fla.) 61, Columbia (Mo.) 49, Florida College (Fla.) 48, Hope International (Calif.) 41, OUAZ (Ariz.) 39, Jamestown (N.D.) 33, Rio Grande (Ohio) 32, Life (Ga.) 31, Loyola (La.) 24, Cumberlands (Ky.) 18, SAGU (Texas) 16, Pikeville (Ky.) 15, Mayville State (N.D.) 11, Evangel (Mo.) 11, Rochester (Mich.) 7, Bethel (Ind.) 5, Oregon Tech 4, Marian (Ind.) 3, Tougaloo (Miss.) 2.