2024-25 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5 (January 29)
Jan 29, 2025
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 | 2 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [16] | 19-2 | 508 |
| 2 | 4 | LSU Alexandria (La.) [3] | 18-1 | 485 |
| 3 | 1 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 19-1 | 483 |
| 4 | 5 | College of Idaho | 18-2 | 457 |
| 5 | 7 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 18-3 | 426 |
| 6 | 8 | Baker (Kan.) | 19-1 | 410 |
| 7 | 10 | Bethel (Ind.) | 17-3 | 407 |
| 8 | 12 | Dordt (Iowa) | 20-1 | 392 |
| 9 | 11 | Montana Tech | 18-2 | 374 |
| 10 | 6 | Arizona Christian | 17-4 | 363 |
| 11 | 13 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 17-2 | 350 |
| 12 | 14 | Grace (Ind.) | 16-4 | 313 |
| 13 | RV | Concordia (Neb.) | 17-4 | 276 |
| 14 | 22 | William Woods (Mo.) | 17-2 | 266 |
| 15 | 22 | Florida Memorial | 16-4 | 264 |
| 16 | 3 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 18-3 | 232 |
| 17 | RV | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 15-5 | 194 |
| 18 | 8 | Langston (Okla.) | 15-5 | 193 |
| 19 | 18 | Huntington (Ind.) | 15-5 | 192 |
| 20 | 17 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 16-4 | 187 |
| 21 | 16 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 18-4 | 160 |
| 22 | 20 | Hope International (Calif.) | 18-3 | 156 |
| 23 | 24 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 16-5 | 146 |
| 24 | RV | Oregon Tech | 15-4 | 140 |
| 25 | RV | St. Francis (Ill.) | 17-2 | 100 |
Dropped from Top 25: Keiser (Fla.), Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho), Rio Grande (Ohio)
Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 69, Keiser (Fla.) 62, Saint Francis (Ind.) 47, Oklahoma Wesleyan 31, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 31, Nelson (Texas) 27, Indiana Tech 23, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 17, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 14, Graceland (Iowa) 10, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) 9, Indiana Wesleyan 5, Morningside (Iowa) 4, Columbia International (S.C.) 4