KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time ever, a team from the South Atlantic Conference heads the national rankings for NCAA Division II as Lincoln Memorial is the new No. 1-ranked squad in the latest NABC/Division II men’s basketball poll.
The Railsplitters, who stand at 14-0 on the season, moved to the top spot after losses last week by the top two teams, Metropolitan State and Southern Indiana. They will face an immediate test this week as the nation’s No. 1 team, as they are slated to play Saturday at Anderson, a team that handed them two of their three losses a year ago.
Kentucky Wesleyan moved up two spots as well to No. 2, while fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference member Bellarmine moved up to No. 3. West Liberty also advanced back into the top five at No. 4, while Metropolitan State slipped to No. 5 after its loss Friday at Colorado School of Mines, who jumped to ninth as a result of that victory.
Tarleton State moved up to No. 6 this week, followed by Southern Indiana, who dropped five places after a loss to Missouri S&T, with Northern Kentucky jumping three spots to No. 8. Colorado School of Mines and Cal Poly Pomona rounded out the top 10.
Midwestern State, one of the four remaining undefeated teams in Division II, begins the second 10 at No. 11, followed by Bowie State, Winona State, Indiana (Pa.) and Christian Brothers, one of six new teams in this week’s poll. Minnesota State-Moorhead moved up to No. 16, followed by Alabama-Huntsville, Hillsdale, Fort Hays State and Montevallo.
The final five teams in this week’s poll are St. Cloud State, District of Columbia, Missouri Southern, Northwest Missouri State and West Georgia.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 10, 2012)
Rec Pts Pvs
1. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. (6) 14-0 196 3
2. Kentucky Wesleyan (2) 12-0 194 4
3. Bellarmine, Ky. 11-1 186 5
4. West Liberty, W.Va. 12-1 163 7
5. Metropolitan State, Colo. 13-1 159 1
6. Tarleton State, Texas 11-1 154 9
7. Southern Indiana 11-1 151 2
8. Northern Kentucky 12-0 145 11
9. Colorado School of Mine 12-1 142 12
10. Cal Poly Pomona 9-1 129 6
11. Midwestern State, Texas 12-0 126 16
12. Bowie State, Md. 9-1 115 15
13. Winona State, Minn. 13-2 88 10
14. Indiana, Pa. 10-2 81 20
15. Christian Brothers, Tenn. 11-2 69 NR
16. MSU Moorhead 12-1 59 19
17. Alabama-Huntsville 9-3 52 13
18. Hillsdale, Mich. 13-1 46 NR
19. Fort Hays State, Kan. 10-3 45 8
20. Montevallo, Ala. 12-2 39 NR
21. St. Cloud State 11-2 33 NR
22. District of Columbia 12-1 31 NR
23. Missouri Southern 12-3 29 14
24. Northwest Missouri State 12-1 27 NR
25. West Georgia 14-2 26 25
Others receiving votes: Findlay (Ohio) 20, Western Oregon 20, Alaska-Anchorage 16, Arkansas-Monticello 15, South Carolina Aiken 13, Western Washington 10, Bentley (Mass.) 6, Charleston (W.Va.) 4, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 4, King (Tenn.) 3, West Texas A&M 3, Missouri-St. Louis 1.
Dropped out: Findlay (17), Alaska-Anchorage (18), Augustana (21), Arkansas Tech (22), Western Washington (23), Benedict (24).
Records and previous rankings are through games of Jan. 8, 2012. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Jan. 17
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