Release courtesy of John Kean, Sports Information Director, Missouri S&T
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Indianapolis’ overtime victory over No. 1-ranked Bellarmine has brought Missouri Southern to the top of the national rankings for the first time since the Lions became a member of NCAA Division II in 1989 in the new NABC/Division II rankings.
The Lions have opened the season with eight consecutive wins,
including a road victory at Central Missouri Saturday, to land
seven of the eight first place votes and the top spot in the
poll. The three teams that followed Missouri Southern last
week all moved up as well, as Metropolitan State is now the
second-ranked team in the poll and Lincoln Memorial and Southern
Indiana share the No. 3 position.
Kentucky Wesleyan, who is out of the gate at 6-0 after winning two
road games on the opening weekend of Great Lakes Valley Conference
play, received the other first place vote and is ranked fifth this
week.
Bellarmine checks in right behind Kentucky Wesleyan as it dropped
five spots as a result of its loss, while Colorado School of Mines
is up four spots to No. 7. Humboldt State and
Findlay claimed the next two places in the
rankings, while Fort Hays State made the largest jump of any team
in this week’s poll by moving from No. 24 to No. 10.
West Liberty heads up the second 10, followed by Tarleton State,
Rollins and a pair of teams tied at No. 14 in Cal Poly Pomona and
Indiana (Pa.). A pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference teams, Augustana and Winona State, occupy the
next two places and are followed by Alabama-Huntsville, Georgia
Southwestern and Bowie State.
The final five teams in this week’s poll are Benedict,
Alaska-Anchorage, Northern Kentucky, Midwestern State and Arkansas
Tech.
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NABC Division II Coaches Poll: Dec. 6, 2011 |
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Rank
|
Team (first place votes)
|
Record |
Points |
Previous |
|
1 |
Missouri Southern (7 first place votes) |
8-0 |
199 |
2 |
|
2 |
Metropolitan State |
7-0 |
189 |
3 |
|
3t |
Lincoln Memorial |
8-0 |
176 |
4 |
|
3t |
Southern Indiana |
6-0 |
176 |
5 |
|
5 |
Kentucky Wesleyan (1) |
6-0 |
170 |
9 |
|
6 |
Bellarmine |
6-1 |
158 |
1 |
|
7 |
Colorado Mines |
5-0 |
156 |
11 |
|
8 |
Humboldt State |
5-1 |
123 |
6 |
|
9 |
Findlay |
6-1 |
120 |
13 |
|
10 |
Fort Hays State |
7-0 |
97 |
24 |
|
11 |
West Liberty State |
7-1 |
94 |
14 |
|
12 |
Tarleton State |
6-1 |
83 |
16 |
|
13 |
Rollins |
6-0 |
81 |
25 |
|
14t |
Cal Poly Pomona |
4-0 |
79 |
23 |
|
14t |
Indiana (Pa.) |
5-1 |
79 |
8 |
|
16 |
Augustana (SD) |
5-1 |
74 |
18 |
|
17 |
Winona State |
6-1 |
70 |
20 |
|
18 |
Alabama-Huntsville |
5-2 |
66 |
7 |
|
19 |
Georgia Southwestern |
6-1 |
63 |
12 |
|
20 |
Bowie State |
3-1 |
53 |
17 |
|
21 |
Benedict |
3-1 |
51 |
10 |
|
22 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
4-2 |
35 |
21 |
|
23 |
Northern Kentucky |
6-0 |
33 |
nr |
|
24 |
Midwestern State |
6-0 |
29 |
nr |
|
25 |
Arkansas Tech |
4-1 |
26 |
15 |
Others receiving votes: Western Washington 19, Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 16, Montevallo (Ala.) 16, Harding (Ark.) 12, Bloomsburg (Pa.) 10, West Georgia 9, Mount Olive (N.C.) 8, Hillsdale (Mich.) 6, LIU-C.W. Post (N.Y.) 6, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 4, West Texas A&M 4, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 2, St. Cloud State (Minn.) 2, Western Oregon 2, District of Columbia 1, Grand Valley State (Mich.) 1, Southern New Hampshire 1, Stonehill (Mass.) 1.
Dropped out: Seattle Pacific (19), Florida Southern (22).
Records and previous rankings are through games of Dec. 4, 2011. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 13.