KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With very little
activity taking place in the NCAA Division II college basketball
world last week, little change took place as a result when it came
to the latest NABC/Division II rankings as the top 15 spots went
unchanged and only two teams falling out of the top 25.
West Liberty stayed in the top spot for the third week in a row,
with Bellarmine, Drury, Florida Southern and Western Washington
also holding onto their top five spots. Metropolitan State
remained at No. 6, followed by Indiana (Pa.), Dixie State, Southern
Indiana and Montevallo to complete the top 10.
The next five spots are retained by Tarleton State, East
Stroudsburg, Livingstone, Seattle Pacific and Findlay.
The first change comes at No. 16, as Arkansas-Fort Smith suffered
its first loss of the year and fell out of the rankings as a
result; their spot was taken by its conqueror, Angelo State.
Arkansas-Fort Smith’s loss moved Minnesota State to No. 16
and Colorado School of Mines to 17th, while Georgia
Southwestern jumped three spots to 18th.
Midwestern State and Lincoln Memorial remained in the
19th and 20th spots in the poll,
respectively.
The last five spots are held by Indianapolis, Angelo State,
Franklin Pierce, North Alabama and Valdosta State, who like Angelo
State, is making its first appearance in the national rankings this
season.
The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 31.
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NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 17, 2013 – Poll #5) |
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Record |
Points |
Pvs |
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1. West Liberty, W.Va. (13 first place votes) |
7-0 |
394 |
1 |
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2. Bellarmine, Ky. (2 first place votes) |
7-0 |
380 |
2 |
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3. Drury, Mo. |
7-0 |
356 |
3 |
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4. Florida Southern (1 first place vote) |
10-0 |
348 |
4 |
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5. Western Washington |
7-0 |
334 |
5 |
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6. Metropolitan State, Colo. |
6-1 |
326 |
6 |
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7. Indiana, Pa. |
7-0 |
304 |
7 |
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8. Dixie State, Utah |
7-0 |
283 |
8 |
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9. Southern Indiana |
7-0 |
269 |
9 |
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10. Montevallo, Ala. |
8-0 |
245 |
10 |
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11. Tarleton State, Texas |
7-0 |
235 |
11 |
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12. East Stroudsburg, Pa. |
8-0 |
197 |
12 |
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13. Livingstone, N.C. |
5-0 |
168 |
13 |
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14. Seattle Pacific, Wash. |
9-2 |
166 |
14 |
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15. Findlay, Ohio |
6-1 |
165 |
15 |
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16. Minnesota State |
10-2 |
142 |
17 |
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17. Colorado School of Mines |
8-0 |
136 |
18 |
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18. Georgia Southwestern |
10-0 |
107 |
21 |
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19. Midwestern State, Texas |
6-2 |
90 |
19 |
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20. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. |
7-1 |
80 |
20 |
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21. Indianapolis, Ind. |
6-0 |
67 |
23 |
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22. Angelo State, Texas |
9-0 |
56 |
NR |
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23. Franklin Pierce, N.H. |
11-1 |
45 |
24 |
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24. North Alabama |
7-2 |
32 |
25 |
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25. Valdosta State, Ga. |
7-0 |
31 |
NR |
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Dropped out: Arkansas-Fort Smith (16), North
Carolina-Pembroke (22). |
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Others receiving votes: Arkansas-Fort Smith 28, Chico State (Calif.) 28, Central Missouri 25, Alaska-Anchorage 21, Lewis (Ill.) 18, Delta State (Miss.) 17, Cal State-San Bernardino 16, South Carolina Aiken 16, California Baptist 15, Northeastern State (Okla.) 11, Shepherd (W.Va.) 9, Florida Tech 8, Cal State-L.A. 7, Lake Superior State (Mich.) 5, Winona State (Minn.) 4, St. Mary’s (Texas) 3, Wingate (S.C.) 3, North Carolina-Pembroke 1, Truman State (Mo.) 1. |
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Records are through games of Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. |
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NABC POLL
COMMITTEE 2012-13 SEASON
Atlantic
Region:
Bob Rukavina,
Pittsburgh-Johnstown
CIAA/PSAC rep*
Central
Region:
Matt Margenthaler, Minnesota
State Tom Smith, Missouri
Western
East
Region:
Keith Dickson, Saint
Anselm
Kryk Peponakis, Queens (N.Y.)
Midwest
Region:
Stan Gouard,
Indianapolis*
Jeff Rekeweg, Northwood
South
Region:
Mike Nienaber, Christian
Brothers
Linc Darner, Florida Southern
South Central Region:
Bob Hofman, Fort
Lewis
Pete Peterson, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Southeast
Region:
Dip Metress, Augusta
State
Jason Taylor, Anderson
West
Region:
Keith Cooper, Saint
Martin’s
Chris Carlson, UC San Diego
