KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top three spots – albeit, with a slight change – remain the same in the new NABC/Division II men’s basketball rankings, with No. 1-ranked Cal Poly Pomona retaining the top spot for the second week in a row.
Findlay, who was ranked second and one spot ahead of Bellarmine last week, is now tied with the Knights for the No. 2 position in the poll. Bellarmine posted an impressive 24-point win at West Virginia State last week and followed that a night later with a 20-point victory over Charleston. Last week’s No. 4 team, Grand Valley State, and No. 6 Tarleton State both suffered losses over the holiday weekend, moving a number of teams up the charts in the process.
Winona State moved up from fifth to fourth, while South Carolina Aiken also moved into the top five from the No. 7 spot. Alabama-Huntsville checks in at No. 6, with West Liberty, Central Oklahoma, Indiana (Pa.) and Montevallo rounding out the top 10.
The second 10 begins with undefeated Kentucky Wesleyan at No. 11, followed by Central Missouri, Rollins, Fort Hays State and Cal State-Dominguez Hills. Grand Valley State dropped 12 spots to No. 16, while Tarleton State landed at No. 17. Augusta State moved up two spots to 18th, while Bowie State and Northern Kentucky complete the first 20 spots.
Arkansas Tech checks in at No. 21, while the balance of the top 25 is made up of teams that were unranked in the first regular season poll. Southern Indiana leads that group at No. 22, while Chaminade -- who beat Oklahoma and played Michigan State to an eight-point game in the Maui Invitational – is 23rd this week. The final two teams in this week’s poll are Central Washington and Hillsdale.
NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (November 30, 2010 – Poll #2)
Record Points Pvs
1. Cal Poly Pomona (8 first place votes) 1-0 200 1
2. (tie) Findlay, Ohio 5-0 185 2
2. (tie) Bellarmine, Ky. 3-0 185 3
4. Winona State, Minn. 3-0 1745
5. South Carolina Aiken 4-0 163 7
6. Alabama-Huntsville 6-0 162 8
7. West Liberty, W.Va. 5-0 151 9
8. Central Oklahoma 7-0 146 10
9. Indiana, Pa. 3-1 126 12
10. Montevallo, Ala. 4-0 108 13
11. Kentucky Wesleyan 5-0 105 16
12. Central Missouri 5-1 100 14
13. Rollins, Fla. 5-1 90 15
14. Fort Hays State, Kan. 6-0 87 18
15. Cal State-Dominguez Hills 5-0 76 19
16. Grand Valley State, Mich. 3-1 75 4
17. Tarleton State, Texas 4-1 74 6
18. Augusta State, Ga. 4-0 72 20
19. Bowie State, Md. 4-0 64 23
20. Northern Kentucky 4-0 48 25
21. Arkansas Tech 4-1 29 22
22. Southern Indiana 4-0 19 NR
23. Chaminade 5-2 17 NR
24. Central Washington 3-0 15 NR
25. Hillsdale, Mich. 6-0 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) 12, Merrimack (Mass.) 12, Metropolitan State (Colo.) 10, Minnesota State 11, Virginia Union 10, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 8, Ferris State (Mich.) 7, Bentley (Mass.) 6, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 6, Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 6, Midwestern State (Texas) 5, Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 4, Stonehill (Mass.) 4, Eckerd (Fla.) 1, Quincy (Ill.) 1, Saint Rose (N.Y.) 1.
Dropped out: Metropolitan State (11), Clark Atlanta (17), Florida Southern (21), Ferris State (24).
Records are through games of Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010.
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